Welcome to The Options Edge
Welcome to The Options Edge, your source for unique analysis and investment ideas. Investing can be one of the most intellectually and financially rewarding activities in which one can engage.…
We Have No Interest
In a free market system, prices are determined by supply and demand. Such a system is self-correcting. If the demand for an item is increasing over time the price of…
Unusual Activity Report | Crude Oil Update
Yesterday was a relatively calm day in the markets. The popular indexes rose in the morning and gave back a good chunk of the gains by the end of the day.…
The Difference Between Rich People and Poor People
Or radio, TV and the internet, there are people out there who sell some get rich scheme. We were listening to NPR yesterday evening and the subject was Real Estate…
Precious Metals Update | Something Strange This Way Comes
The precious metals market is precisely where the action was not for some time now. We have been in a rather odd place in the precious metals. We have been…
Mises Moment | How the Postal Service Loses So Much Money
On April 5, 2018, we wrote an article about Amazon and how they were taking advantage of taxpayers by paying the US Postal delivery fees that are below their cost of…
Trade Suggestion Update | Options Expiration Week
Standard Monthly Options expire at the end of this week. Since we have 9 open positions to address, we thought we should discuss them now so you have time to decide…
The Week Ahead 04/16/2018
For many people, the U.S. Tax Day has arrived, and the annoying commercials will stop. Normally the day falls on April 15th, but we got an extra day due the…
The Big Bank’s Beat on Earnings but Stocks Take A Beating | What’s Ahead for Morgan Stanley (MS)
Friday was a big day for banks reporting earnings. The reports were good but the street was disappointed and their stock prices fell. Now Morgan Stanley is on the radar…
Unusual Volume Report
Going forward we will be providing an unusual volume report when it looks like there is something unique going on in the marketplace. Some investors like to keep an eye…
So Volatility is Higher than Last Year | Now What?
Unless you are an investor living under a rock, you know that the volatility of returns we are witnessing in the marketplace are lately are much higher than what we have experienced since…