Major World $Indices Green

April 10, 2015 7:18 pm / Published in ETF, FTSE, Germany, Hedge Funds, IBEX, Market Update, Nasdaq, Nasdaq and NYSE, SP500, Spain, SPY, VIX
Green across world indices in the month, in the 3 months, YTD

Bears did not push hard enough $VIX

April 1, 2015 6:36 pm / Published in VIX, XIV
Stocks extended losses and the dollar dipped on disappointing U.S. manufacturing and private sector employment data, while bets on a slower move by Fed on rates pushed Treasuries higher. Oil jumped on smaller-than-feared U.S. stock build and gold advanced.  

$VXX and $VIX Historical Spread and Correlation

March 26, 2015 9:08 pm / Published in Hedge, Hedge Funds, VIX, VXX
This chart saved me a lot of money. Here is an example of when not to trade VXX if you want to go long VIX. The correlation has greatly decreased as well as the spread.

$VIX increasing and $SPX at trendline

March 26, 2015 9:21 am / Published in * Trade Alert, Hedge, Market Internals, Middle East, Nasdaq and NYSE, SPX, SPY, VIX, VXX
We are trading just at the trendline (green) if the selling pressure does not stop there is a chance to trade to 2000 or bellow to 1990 in the SPX The situation in the Middle East is not helping the markets: “Centuries old conflict between two branches of Islam, Suni and Shia, just escalated.  Overnight Saudis

New Long Trade $IWM

February 19, 2015 8:34 am / Published in * Trade Alert, IWM, VIX
Short March’15 Puts 110 for a total of 1.03% of your entire portfolio. This is a bullish trade to pay for the hedge from last week. I will be adding more to the hedge trade once the market open today. Max. Return for this trade is 2.25%    

Markets are closed today – Weekly Recap and #Europe

February 16, 2015 12:10 pm / Published in Europe, Nasdaq, VIX
The markets were strong last week breaking through resistance lines and creating new highs. We saw the same pattern in the S&P 500, Russell 2000, and the Nasdaq which is a strong confirmation of the bullish move. Volatility has been confirming the move as it continues to drop, now resting in the mid-14s. Volatility is