A China Stock Rebound or Head Fake: KWEB
Mike discussed the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF on Friday's (8-Oct-21) episode of Options Action. This ETF finds itself in a fascinating situation because China Tech stocks are in the…
Market Risk (SPX)
For the past 11 years or so, all we have known is a bull market. Yes, there have been some scares along the way, but they only served to scare…
MarketAxess (MKTX)
Electronic trading has been rapidly growing for the past 15+ years. The discount brokers like Schwab, ScottTrade, TD Ameritrade and others led the charge to bring convenience and lower costs…
View The Biggest Companies By Market Cap in 60 Countries
The Biggest Companies By Market Cap in 60 Countries Tech giants are increasingly making up more of the Fortune 500, but the world’s biggest companies by market cap aren’t so cut…
Visualizing the Products and Fuels Made from Crude Oil
What Products Are Made from a Barrel of Crude Oil? From the gasoline in our cars to the plastic in countless everyday items, crude oil is an essential raw material that…
What is the Next Move for XILINX (XLNX)?
XILINX is a company we have discussed in the past, and our suggestions concerning trading the stock through options have worked out well. Knock Wood! We recognize the company has…
Options Expiration
Standard monthly options will expire this Friday, September 17. We have 16 trade suggestions expiring, eight of which are winners so far, while eight are losers. Net-net, the basket of…
Dow & S&P500 Swoon, Now What?
Stock prices as defined by the DOW and S&P500 took a bit of a beating on Tuesday, Sept 7. The NASDAQ bucked the trend closing close to "unched." Most people…
The US Consumer is Bolstering the Global Economy…Just Not Ours.
The S&P 500 closed today at 4,486.23, an all-time high, in round numbers a ~90% return off the pandemic lows. The Nasdaq Composite close of 15,019.80 was also an all-time…
How to: Decipher Unusual Options Volume Activity like a Pro.
Many market pundits, data services, and online brokerage platforms will highlight unusual options activity. On many occasions, I've received tweets that suggest that some readers and viewers mistake market data,…