Markets are showing excessive volatility, which is why the Volatility Index, or VIX, is our chart of the week. The markets reflected complacency over the last few months, which helped fuel a rise back up near all time highs. The Dow Industrials even closed over 18K for the first time in months last week –…
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by Abigail Stevenson Mad Money. Dragged down by the gravitational pull of negative European news, home improvement stocks have taken a real beating lately. But Jim Cramer thinks many could be ready to rebound, and even head higher. To gain further insight from the charts, he consulted with Suz Smith of Strategic Portfolio Solutions, the…
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Bulls have held the advantage lately; any spike in volatility has been quickly sold down. But things changed on Friday. Volatility is spiking, and traders went into risk-off mode. Take a look at the VIX chart below and you’ll see that the last two spikes prior to Friday ( up to 16 and then 17)…
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Options trading is a very tough business. It’s even tougher because it’s so solitary – you trade in a room at a desk all alone. To be sure, the Internet has made it much easier for us to connect with like-minded traders in an options trading chat room. Those connections may lead to valuable, long-lasting…
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Options Trading Webinar: Marc Chaikin On Current Markets, Options, and Volatility Marc Chaikin is one of our most popular guests on the webinar, and he was back for another great options trading webinar. Not familiar with him? Marc created Chaikin Analytics to put the power of proven stock research tools and revolutionary analytics in the hands…
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The Mosaic Company is the world’s largest supplier of phosphate and potash, but despite its market dominance, it has been stuck in a downtrend since peaking in early 2011. Not only has the cost of potash and fertilizer components fallen dramatically but more competition has been coming online. Both events have hit Mosaic’s margins hard.…
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Market timing is everything in investing, but when you have an egg timer running constantly, it makes success that much more difficult to achieve. That is what we face as option traders. Now, as option sellers, we have the luxury of time being on our side, preferring to let options decay and taking in the…
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Options Trading Webinar: Chart and Market Analysis In Anticipation Of A June Swoon On the heels of some interesting market action to close out May, we had quite a bit to discuss during this options trading webinar. We covered: The markets and trading in May Market myths, which we quickly dispelled Chart patterns, including what…
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After suffering through a catastrophic drop in February, CyberArk Software has been moving slowly but steadily up. Once considered a darling of the high-value momentum names, this stock fell upon hard times last year as spending on cyber security software started to slow. Then things really went downhill this winter. It was not a complete…
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Last week, the stock market had its best performance in a couple of months. Today, people are asking, “Are markets overbought?” Based on several indicators, the answer is yes, probably. So, what’s with the mixed signals? Let’s take a look at what is happening in the markets: Price action is strong Price action was very…
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