After a rally to close out last week, we had a strong open to this one. But the question I keep getting is… will it hold? The answer is anyone’s guess. This market has been anything but predictable lately. My gut says “stay bullish.” But contrary to what you might think, I don’t do all my thinking with my gut…
This week, I broke tradition. After scouring my scanners for any sign of worthwhile unusual options activity to recommend you trade… I walked away unconvinced. You can chalk it up to the ridiculous volatility we’ve seen lately…
With markets so uncertain, and so bearish as they’ve been lately, it’s imperative that traders know how to hedge their long positions with short positions. Shorting stocks, however, is risky. You expose yourself to unlimited risk and limited gain. On top of that, you generally need a lot of capital to short stocks in the first place. But with options, you can gain short exposure with limited risk…
If you’ve followed King’s Corner closely, you know all about my history… How I grew up as a kid with a knack for trading baseball cards… How I parlayed that knack into a trading job at the CBOE… How I almost lost everything I had there… And how I recalibrated on the other side of the world and made a fortune on the comeback…
This week was brutal. At the lowest point yesterday, the S&P 500 had dropped 3.7% since the start of the week… And the NASDAQ had dropped 4.4%. That was after the Fed took stocks to the cleaners on Friday. So, the question for us traders is: How can we stay afloat in this volatility? The answer is timing. Knowing when to act, and when not to, is a real skill.
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