Options Trading School: A Real-World Gamma Example

On Thursday, our Options Shark trading advisory locked in a 57% gain on some Bed, Bath & Beyond (BBBY) puts… one of several nice winning trades the BigTrends team has made of late. Though we issue far more trading ideas than we could ever review — as a learning tool — this is one worth going back and taking a...

Why Gundlach says ‘coiling’ markets could spark a volatility surge

By Sunny Oh, MarketWatch Bond savant Jeff Gundlach says “coiling markets” could prompt a surge in volatility as Wall Street’s so-called “fear gauge” remains at multidecade lows. Gundlach, fund manager and founder of DoubleLine Capital, known for making accurate market predictions, said a breakout in bond yields to the upside, meaning selling in Treasurys, could lead to a pullback in...

Why Gundlach says ‘coiling’ markets could spark a volatility surge

By Sunny Oh, MarketWatch Bond savant Jeff Gundlach says “coiling markets” could prompt a surge in volatility as Wall Street’s so-called “fear gauge” remains at multidecade lows. Gundlach, fund manager and founder of DoubleLine Capital, known for making accurate market predictions, said a breakout in bond yields to the upside, meaning selling in Treasurys, could lead to a pullback in...

Strange Days Indeed: Tuesday’s Red Flags

For some, the fact that stocks didn't finish Monday with a gain is interesting, though hardly alarming. The market has hit several consecutive record highs over the course of the past few days, and is deserving of a break. There are a couple of red flags waving now, however. You just have to look a little deeper and a little...

Strange Days Indeed: Tuesday’s Red Flags

For some, the fact that stocks didn't finish Monday with a gain is interesting, though hardly alarming. The market has hit several consecutive record highs over the course of the past few days, and is deserving of a break. There are a couple of red flags waving now, however. You just have to look a little deeper and a little...

You Better Check Under The Hood Of This Rally

Given Monday's gains and most of the indices move to within reach of new record highs, it would be easy to assume the underpinnings of the rally are plenty healthy.  That's not actually the case though.  In reality, the market's breadth and depth –the rallies participation and subsequent volume — are done only unhealthy, they're getting sicker.  Specifically, the number...

You Better Check Under The Hood Of This Rally

Given Monday's gains and most of the indices move to within reach of new record highs, it would be easy to assume the underpinnings of the rally are plenty healthy.  That's not actually the case though.  In reality, the market's breadth and depth –the rallies participation and subsequent volume — are done only unhealthy, they're getting sicker.  Specifically, the number...

Beneath the glow of stock-market records, darkly bearish trends are lurking

Recent weeks have seen sharp drops in the percentage of stocks above their 50-day moving averages By Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch Major U.S. stock-market indexes are trading near record levels, but does that statistic simply mask an ominous picture that’s being painted behind the scenes? Market breadth, a measure of how many stocks are rising versus the number that are dropping,...

Beneath the glow of stock-market records, darkly bearish trends are lurking

Recent weeks have seen sharp drops in the percentage of stocks above their 50-day moving averages By Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch Major U.S. stock-market indexes are trading near record levels, but does that statistic simply mask an ominous picture that’s being painted behind the scenes? Market breadth, a measure of how many stocks are rising versus the number that are dropping,...

Weekly Market Outlook – Still Up in the Air

Though the market technically hammered out a gain last week (with the Dow Jones Industrial Average even managing to reach a record high above 22,000), it was an ugly, grinding effort, with stocks still struggling to get traction. Indeed, while the Dow was edging higher, the all-important NASDAQ Composite was struggling to hold its ground, and is currently at risk...
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