$FED and $VIX

September 19, 2016 9:26 am / Published in FED, VIX
Looking Foward: The big news for the week is the Federal Reserve Minutes due out on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday should be a noneventful day up until the minutes are released. This announcement will let us know if the Fed plans to keep rates the same in September or raise them. We expect the Fed to

$VIX: Volatility

August 29, 2016 9:06 am / Published in VIX
The $VIX was all over the place last week, rising when it could. It did end the week at 13.65% which should hold throughout the week. We don’t expect volatility to come back in until after the employment situation. If numbers are good, volatility should come in a lot and we could see the 11s

$VIX and $Turkey

July 15, 2016 5:03 pm / Published in TURKEY, VIX, VXX
Reuters reports: “Statement made on behalf of armed forces was not authorized by military command – Turkish presidential source” “Both of Istanbul’s Bosphorus bridges closed” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-istanbul-bridges-idUSKCN0ZV2FE?il=0 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-price-idUSKCN0ZV2IB?mod=related&channelName=worldNews    

$SPX closed above Friday’s high +1.7%

June 29, 2016 4:40 pm / Published in Hedge, SPX, SPY, TVIX, VIX, VXX
Adding long-term hedging strategies at this level above 2067 on the SP500. Shorting SPY, SPX Vertical Spreads Looking at Bonds ETFs Looking for a Volatility setup on VIX, TVIX, VXX

$SPX and $VIX

June 14, 2016 9:09 am / Published in SPX, VIX, VXX
The SP500 had 3 days of down pressure with a slope of -42º. The overnight low of 2068 which is 30 points away from the last move up. Hold the hedges on VXX   This is going to be a very busy week in terms of economic news. We have a lot of big reports

Week Ahead $GDP $VIX

March 21, 2016 10:40 am / Published in GDP, VIX
We have a short week ahead of us due to Easter being this Sunday. That means the markets will be closed for Good Friday. We still have a couple of key economic indicators due out this week. On Wednesday we will get another update with the Petroleum Status Report and then on Friday we will