Equity Prices are Down, What’s Next (SPY, QQQ, IWM, AAPL)
The equity markets had another down week. However, the big surprise was the trashing of the Consumer Staple Stocks. We need to use consumer Staples every day, so matter what,…
Close a Few Bearish Index Trades / Hedges
Of Friday’s episodes of CNBC, Mike revisited some bearish trades he discussed on the show. Given we were and continue to be in warning mode concerning the prices of risk…
In Times Like This, What do you do?
Our readers know that we have been decidedly negative on the price of equities for over a month now. The equity markets opened sharply down today and then had a…
IWM: Do Small Caps Have Small Hopes?
On Friday's airing of Options Action, the Chart Master Carter Braxton Worth took a sharper eye to small-cap stocks. The Russell 2000 is the benchmark index that both professional and…
You Bought the Dip… Now What?
Last Friday, Mike suggested that aggressive investors might want to buy the dip after a big beatdown that took place across the equity complex. The US and Chinese governments were…
Is it time to “Prepare for a Bear”?
We have been mostly bullish for most of this year. Our discipline is one in which we question what is happening with equity prices, but we respect the trend. "The…
The Week Ahead | 05/20/2019
The last two weeks the Fear monitor that most investors watch $VIX has been in a bullish trend. Unless you have been knee deep with other projects, you know there is a…
The Week Ahead | 4/8/2019
Did you catch CNBC Options Action Last Friday? Mike Khouw and Carter Worth identified the IWM – Russell 2000 as the catch up trade. The SP 500 is hitting…
Equity Prices Smacked ….. Again
It seems we find ourselves talking about the big picture once again. Price movements are so violent that even if you pick the right stock, you still get run over.…
Trading Discipline & Missing Out
We have been tempted here at theOptionsEdge.Com to make a trade suggestion on both Walmart and NVIDIA, both of whom reported earnings yesterday. We decided to take the conservative route and stand down for…