Bob talked about the changes in the market character, volatility and what we might expect. He touched upon some recent options trading plays. Bob then introduced Alan Farley, a private trader and master technician. Alan talked about how to trade gaps and gave some great lessons about markets.
Chicken one day, feathers the next. That’s what we saw past week, and really has been the case since May 22 when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke first hinted about a potential scaling back of bond purchases, or QE. The FOMC had a meeting this past week and in the followup press conference the Chairman did…
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Late this week I was in NYC for a couple of days attending thestreet/optionmonster conference, a wonderful collection of traders, investors, managers and analysts to help guide investors in the markets via option trading and other strategies. I was accompanied by my good friend and Realmoney Pro Contributor Tim Collins. The headliners were…
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Earlier in the week I told you of some ways to take advantage of the great option leverage to gain an edge. The option trading focus we are discussing is on selling option premium. Don’t be afraid to use options as a tool in your investing/trading toolkit. They are powerful if used correctly. Time decay…
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Many look at the options world as a high-risk gambling hall, not much different than Las Vegas or Atlantic City. Take your chances on a low percentage outcome where the house has a constant advantage, let the chips fall where they may. I suppose there are some with a huge risk appetite that needs to…
DetailsBob chatted about the recent market activity and went over some recent plays. He took some questions and fired out some analysis of audience picks.
every tuesday here on mad money, we go off the charts. we look at the technicals, that’s those of the stock’s action, ask the stock is headed. i’m always telling you i myself am not a charts, i’m a fundamentalist. meaning i believe best way to figure out where a stock is headed, how it’s…
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The old adage ‘sell in May and go away’ has so far served to be quite painful. If you moved out in late April expecting to re-enter with lower prices later you have been had (so far). It is nearly impossible to tell the market what it should do, and this is just one of…
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So here we are with the markets once again tagging new highs, and the list of complaints gets longer. Oh, a correction is coming. We know it, but then those who are “out of the market” won’t feel any of the pain. I’m hearing that a 5% correction is coming, and that it would be…
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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 times. It…
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