Welcome to part-three of this primer on credit spreads, which looks at one of the recent winners from our Index Options Timer to service to not just illustrate how these kinds of trades work, but why they work and when you may want to use them over straight-up buying of calls and puts. And, congratulations! If you’ve not been overwhelmed...
Welcome to part-three of this primer on credit spreads, which looks at one of the recent winners from our Index Options Timer to service to not just illustrate how these kinds of trades work, but why they work and when you may want to use them over straight-up buying of calls and puts. And, congratulations! If you’ve not been overwhelmed...
In part one of this two-parter look at the Index Option Timer’s recent winner on a put-credit spread on the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) – a neutral-to-bullish trade – we dissected what it was about the chart that prompted us to make what seemed like an unlikely trade. That is, we actually went semi-bullish on the market (using the SPY...
In part one of this two-parter look at the Index Option Timer’s recent winner on a put-credit spread on the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) – a neutral-to-bullish trade – we dissected what it was about the chart that prompted us to make what seemed like an unlikely trade. That is, we actually went semi-bullish on the market (using the SPY...
By Stephanie Landsman, CNBC One of the year's biggest bulls is bracing for a near-term pullback. Federated Investors' Phil Orlando believes escalating geopolitical risks will put pressure on stocks in coming weeks. He's concerned that uncertainty surrounding Federal Reserve policy, the Mueller investigation, midterm elections and the tariff war could trigger a downside move. "That's exactly what's on my list...
By Stephanie Landsman, CNBC One of the year's biggest bulls is bracing for a near-term pullback. Federated Investors' Phil Orlando believes escalating geopolitical risks will put pressure on stocks in coming weeks. He's concerned that uncertainty surrounding Federal Reserve policy, the Mueller investigation, midterm elections and the tariff war could trigger a downside move. "That's exactly what's on my list...
It was touch and go for the better part of the week, but against just the right backdrop of news and with just the right amount of FOMO (fear of missing out), the bulls were willing to plow into stocks late in the last trading day of the week. The S&P 500 even managed to reach a new record; the...
It was touch and go for the better part of the week, but against just the right backdrop of news and with just the right amount of FOMO (fear of missing out), the bulls were willing to plow into stocks late in the last trading day of the week. The S&P 500 even managed to reach a new record; the...
On Monday of this week, the BigTrends Index Options Timer services closed out a big score on a short-term credit spread trade we made on the broad market… using the S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY) as our proxy. Namely, we sold — pocketed a 'credit' upfront — by selling the SPY August week 4 (08/24) 279 puts (SPY 180824P279) last...
On Monday of this week, the BigTrends Index Options Timer services closed out a big score on a short-term credit spread trade we made on the broad market… using the S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY) as our proxy. Namely, we sold — pocketed a 'credit' upfront — by selling the SPY August week 4 (08/24) 279 puts (SPY 180824P279) last...
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