Black Friday sales reports showed a considerable gain over the weekend. Naturally investors are hoping that Santa Claus will make for a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with a big end of year rally. So before you start listening to all the news stories that will come out around this time, let’s see if ...…
As the universe of ETFs continues to grow, seemingly daily, it seems that investors and traders are getting more and more interested in these exotic products. Since you can basically create or develop an ETF for practically anything you want, the popularity of inverse ETF has exploded as an alternative to short any market and ...…
Whipsaw trading can really put a damper on your portfolio, so let’s take a step back right now and do a quick mini-lesson on technical analysis and MACD Divergence. After looking at charts for the past 5 days sitting on mostly all cash heading into expiration, I’ve noticed that the technical are flashing some important ...…
Especially when dealing with money, traders can sometimes develop self-destructive habits. As stocks jump up and down in price throughout the day, they can take hold of your mind and begin to play you like a fiddle if you are not careful. That’s why it’s so important to learn how your emotions will react to ...…
Each month Option Alpha has seen it’s readership and members grow – which is great. As always, I’ve never done any advertising or marketing for this blog. I’d rather have it grow via word of month and social media which to me is “real” growth and not “paid” growth. So thank you all and keep ...…
With the recent market volatility I wanted to cover a new topic and strategy. It’s another tool to put in your box and a great way to take advantage of volatility skew in options pricing. As we all know implied volatility levels should really drive your trading strategy, and having a way to profit from ...…
Ribbon studies and multiple moving averages are becoming more and more popular among trend traders. The basic idea behind the technical indicator is that you are using roughly 12-16 different moving averages on the same exact chart (instead of using just 1 or 2 on your chart). How Do You Build This Indicator? Typically ribbon ...…
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