When Will We Hit Rock Bottom?
We are beginning to think it will be in January with an outside chance the mayhem continues until Early February. Equity markets have turned to from relentless selling to horrific back and…
Equity Investors Nervousness Calms a Bit… Now What
Equity investors seem to have "gotten a grip" on themselves the past few days. Yes, there have been some equity price gyrations, but the moves both up and down have been…
Is it Time to Sell Volatility?
The month of October will go down as a surprise and shock to many investors. We at theOptionsEdge.Com are always a bit skeptical on extended bull moves and whenever it…
Do not make rash decision during this market turmoil.
A couple of housekeeping items before we move on to today's note. Mark will be speaking at the MoneyShow in Orlando, Florida on Saturday. Hope to see all of you there. When…
Leverage is a 2 Edge Sword with VIX Products
The big market selloff is all we are hearing about on the news tonight. TOE subscribers were given warning that a selloff could be around the corner. The charts we…
Is a Turning at Hand?
Anyone paying attention knows that the equity markets have been on a tear ever since the election. On that fateful night of the election, the Dow Futures contract was down well over…
Is the VIX Quietly Telling Us Something or Is It a Head Fake?
The volatility markets tell us something about the cost of speculating on the size of an asset's price move or the lack their of. If an investor thinks a big…
An Alternative Way to Play a Smackdown
There are a number of ways of playing a crash in share prices. The traditional methods investors use would be to buy out of the money puts by the truckload…
To VIX or Not to VIX
Investors look to the VIX index for guidance concerning future volatility of return on the equity markets in general and the S&P 500 in particular. Many people want to “trade”…