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• Turnaround Tuesday – Crisis, What Crisis?

  

  What's a little invasion between friends? Apparently, it was enough to cancel the US delegation to the Paralympics (but our athletes are still going), but not... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• What the Market Wants: War Drums Trump Solid Economic Numbers

  

  Today brought three better than expected economic releases from Construction Spending, ISM Manufacturing, and Personal Income. The ISM figure was quite... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• PetSmart Calls Active Ahead Of Earnings

  The most traded options by volume on PetSmart are the Mar $70 strike calls after some 3,600 of the contracts appear to have been purchased most at a premium of... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Monday Madness – Anarchy in the Ukraine

  

  How long has it been since we worred about that one? For people in the Ukraine, the answer is "when did they leave?" as Russia has always had a major naval... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Sector Detector: Stocks Find Blue Skies While Economy Deals with Inclement...

  

  Facing formidable resistance and the threat of an ominous triple-top sell signal if bulls lost their battle, U.S. stocks appear to have successfully navigated... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Options Trades Look For Upside In Yahoo

  Of those contracts that expire 07Mar’14, the most traded YHOO options by volume are the $41 strike calls, with around 6,000 lots in play against zero open... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• GDPhriday – Can the Economy Justify the Rising Markets?

  Sure it's low-volume, sure it's coming on a day when the Fed put $4Bn worth of POMO into the system and sure it came on Yellen's second day of Free... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• PSW February Trade Review – Part 1

  

  It will be even more interesting as we begin our trade reviews with the last week of the previous month and, when we left off in our January Trade Review, on th... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• JCP Options Volume Well Above Average As Shares Pop

  The most traded call options on JCP as of the time of this writing are the 21 Mar ’14 7.0 strike calls, with roughly 23,000 contracts in play (this is... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Thrilling Thursday – Tell Us About It, Janet!

  

  On Tuesday, the 11th, we found our thrill on Capitol Hill when Janet Yellen testified before Congress (summarized in my Wednesday post) and the markets took... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Order From Walmart Sparks Heavy Options Activity On Plug Power

  Options volume on PLUG is more than two times the stock’s average daily volume as of midday in New York, with upwards of 19,000 contracts in play versus an... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Which Way Wednesday – Popping Or Topping?

  

  All but the Dow have fully recovered from the January drop and the Nasdaq is making up for it by going 50 points over the previous 4,250 high (1.2%). Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• What the Market Wants: Market Hits New High, Three Stocks to Consider

  

  The market’s major equity indices were all up a little more than 0.6% yesterday, which was off mid-day highs, but positive because the market shrugged off poor... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• $10,000 Tuesday – Cashing in Last Week’s Natural Gas Trade

  

  Last Friday, we talked about hedges for a market correction and, as I do on occasion, I shared a trade idea from our Member Chat Room (and you can join right... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Monday Market Movement – Making M’s

  

  They're forming them now but it won't be obvious until we're on the other side and re-testing the January lows. By then it's a little late, isn't it? That's why... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Healthcare, Utilities, and Tech Lead as Market Confronts Resistance

  

  Stocks continue to consolidate just under their prior high, which is offering formidable resistance. Although many long-standing uncertainties have significantl... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• PSW January Trade Review (Part IV)

  

  Actually, I hate to see it go as our Trade Ideas in Parts, 1, 2 3 have had 51 winners and just 8 losers (87.6%) so far, not bad in a choppy market! Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Bulls Take A Seat At OpenTable

  

  The most traded options on OPEN are the 21Feb’14 $77.5 strike calls, with around 6,000 lots in play against open interest of roughly 1,200 contracts. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Friday – 5 New Trade Ideas That Can Make 500% If the Market Falls

  

  Stop? Markets don't stop going up, do they? Certainly not when the Fed can toss $2.7Bn onto the bonfire to keep things warm for another day and, at $65Bn a... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS

• Facebook Shares Are What’s Up On Agreement To Buy WhatsApp

  

  Average daily options volume on Facebook is an impressive 344,000 contracts, but overall volume in call and put options on the social media giant today has... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS