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Reality, reality, wherefore art thou reality? I like to put up this chart of the Macro Indicators (this one from Dave Fry) every once in awhile, just to keep us grounded as we play the market at these nose-bleed levels.  And yes, I know I sound like a grumpy old bear, the same way I was...

Even to make the statement that we are overbought to begin with is quite bold when you think about it. I mean we could continue rallying slowly up to SPY $170 or even higher without any kind of significant pullback. However, when stocks get a little bit ahead of themselves, the chop action is...

Highlighting fourth-quarter 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it was noted hedge fund legends David Einhorn and George Soros held sizable stakes in the largest gold miners ETF, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX). To be fair to Soros, during the fourth quarter...

Jobless Claims surge to 6-week highs, well above expectations and Housing Starts dropped 16.5%. Consumer Price index also fell in April. This economic data has pushed the indexes down slightly during the premarkets but we've held up well considering the negative sentiment from these reports...

Markets continue their move up in a slow trudging manner. Unlike our typical bull rallies where everything across the board is breaking out. We have slow movements along with historically low volatility environments. This combination makes the risk favorable for those that are long options, but...

By Chris Ebert Here it is! The all-new Stocks and Options at a Glance. With just one look, it is now possible to see exactly which option strategies are currently profitable and which are not. Those who use option performance as a technical indicator can now see where the stock market is now...

One of the fears about trading options is being hit by an event and the stock moving against you.  A 5 contract trade opened at 2.00 can be vaporized in a day on some bad news.   $1,000 nearly wiped out.  Not easy to recover from that, either.   I’ve been there many...

Indexes are really confusing directional traders today, pushing aggressively both ways & facilitating the ‘hard trade'. Holding a directional during this kind of environment can be detrimental to the mind as well as the bank accounts. Stocks were decisively in negative territory this morning...

What a rally! The markets are going up and up and up some more, which is exactly what we were guarding against on April 14th, when I wrote "5 Trade Ideas that can Make 500% in an Up Market."  At the time, the S&P was "only" at 1,588 (now 1,632) and, of course, the...

Companies are typically more volatile when they report earnings than many other times during the year. By using option pricing, we can estimate where the market is pricing the current move. Below are five companies that report quarterly earnings after the stock market closes. Based on the...