October’s Option Cycle
The MLB playoffs isn't the only wild event going on in early October. We are entering option expiration! And it's an election year as well. Rob Hanna (@QuantEdges) over at…
Bias and Option Expiration
Option expiration week is one of those "love it or hate it" times in the market. I love it as that's when I reap the majority of my rewards for…
Why I Use Opex Pivots
Something noteworthy is going on and occurs more often than most may know. I'm referring to pivot points acting as support/resistance. Most traders are familiar with pivot points and they…
December Can Be Tricky As A Premium Seller
Historically there's a positive bias to December in the markets. As an option trader I like to look at the returns for the option cycle versus the calendar month. Specifically,…
Weekly Thoughts
It doesn't get much better than option expiration week. Throw in a nice little pullback and increased volatility and you've got a market again. Lots of economic data coming out…
Trading SPX Opex Week
I love to trade options expiration week and thought I would share one of my strategies that involves credit spreads. I choose the $SPX because it's what the IRS calls…
Friday’s Close
Retail sales will set the tone early tomorrow followed by consumer sentiment, but it's the close that I'll be watching. Will the recent bullishness, suggesting a gap fill of 2/3…
Option Watch
Look at the option chains for the stocks listed below as their option activity has seen some tremendous increase today. Typically you can see what others are thinking by looking…
Option Watch
Look at the option chains for the stocks listed below as their option activity has seen some tremendous increase today. Typically you can see what others are thinking by looking…
Option Watch
Look at the option chains for the stocks listed below as their option activity has seen some tremendous increase today. Typically you can see what others are thinking by looking…