April’s SPX Range
As a premium seller I've already been in the month of April for two weeks. One of the data points I track is the range for both the option cycle…
July’s A Toss-Up
Here we are with June expiry upon us and only 6 more months of premium selling left for 2011. Summer is always tough to gauge what's going to happen in…
Askew Me!
September ends tomorrow (actually the opening print Friday of the SPX settlement price) for me. I can't trade/adjust/balance/ my position beyond the close tomorrow. The $SPX, $COMPQ, $RUTX and other…
Sherpa
Each option cycle I attempt to pick a leader in the $SPX option chain that can guide me. I typically look for strikes that are close to important technical levels…
The Onyx Cycle Is Upon Us
It's no secret that my market participation consists mainly of selling premium on the "broad based" indices. In fact, I'd go even further and say that it's really only the…
Lightest Cycle In Months
May has been one of the lightest cycles for me in many months with regards to my discretionary account. In fact, I've only put on two trades for the entire…
Patience
I grew up in the Northwest corner of Wyoming and as such loved the outdoors. One of my favorite activities was fishing, especially fly fishing. I used to fly fish…