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Mar 19th, 2010 |
By Rob
What is Quad Witching? Generally there’s a great deal of confusion concerning the term “quad witching” and what this day may constitute in financial markets. As a result, we would like to take this Quad Witching Friday, March 19, 2010, and demystify the phenomenon once and for all. “Witching” signifies the expiration of an entire group of
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Tags: 2009, delta, ETF, friday march 19, futures, greeks, index, index futures, market, market floor, market volatility, option's delta, options, quad witching, stock futures, stock options, stocks, traders, trading, Triple Witching, VIX, volatility, volatility index, what is quad witching, what is witching, witching, witching friday
Jan 2nd, 2010 |
By Rob
Is anyone else sick of the montage of blog posts and articles titled "yada yada yada 2010"? To institutional investors who have to decorate their books to look "pretty" for investor relations meetings, the end of the year is important, but to actual investors, traders, analysts, etc., (i.e. readers of this blog, Seeking Alpha, WSJ,
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Tags: 2009, 2009 portfolio, 2010, 2010 finance, 2010 portfolio, 2010 profits, Bond, bonds, commodites, do 2010, don't 2010, equities, forex, futures, gains in 2010, market, markets, pain in 2010, portfolio, profit in 2010, stock market, stocks, trouble in 2010, what not to do in 2010
Dec 10th, 2009 |
By Rob
Last week you could have thrown a dart onto the floor of the CME and almost assuredly poked the eye out of a commodity bull. This week there's no telling who you'd maim. Blood and gore aside, the sideways pattern of the past three weeks is over as far as crude oil is concerned. The
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Posted in Trade Strategy |
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Tags: bounce, bubble, Carry Trade, commodities, contract, Crude, crude oil, crude profits, DTO, equities, futures, futures contract, oil, oil trader, oil trading secrets, short, short crude, short oil, Short USO, SPY, UDN, USD, USO, UUP, WTI, WTI spot January delivery
Dec 7th, 2009 |
By Rob
On October 23, 2009 we endorsed a position in the Peruvian gold mining firm Beunaventura Mines (BVN) in the article titled Profiting From Volatile Crude Oil Prices and Safe Guarding Your Dollars. Since October 23, BVN has moved from $36.97 to the Friday December 4, 2009 closing price of $39.84, capturing a 7.8% gain. Continuous spot
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Posted in Industry Analysis, Metals, Trade Flash, Trade Strategy |
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Tags: Buenaventura, Buenaventura Mining, BVN, BVN profit, commodities, equities, futures, gains, GLD, GLX, Gold, Gold Mine Stocks, Gold Miners, gold per ounce, Gold Stocks, La Zanja, La Zanja mine, Long BVN, long gold, Peru Gold Mines, Peru stock market, Peru stocks, profit, S&P 500, stock market, Tantahuatay, Tantahuatay mine, U.S. dollar
Nov 19th, 2009 |
By Rob
The world has followed Obama's recent visit to Asia, especially his visit to China, with hopes that Asian currencies would be allowed to appreciate over the short term. China's Renminbi has been re-pegged to the U.S. dollar since mid 2009 and should be allowed to appreciate vs. the dollar, as every major currency has over
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Posted in DS Video, Global Slice |
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Tags: America, Carry Trade, china, Chinese Financial Policy, Chinese Yen, Chinese Yuan peg. depegged, Currency, CYN, CYN pegged to USD, Dollar, equities, Exchange Rate, finance, futures, macro economics, Obama, options, Peg, Profits, Renminmbi, repegged, trades, U.S., U.S. Treasury Policy, USD, yen
Nov 13th, 2009 |
By Rob
The below video was simply too shocking to not have a post dedicated to it's exposure… This clip truly tells the story of Chinese growth and government stimulus in one stroke. Suprisingly, in the development void of inhabitants, most units have sold as investments. Government owned, the city doesn't have to worry about the negative effects of waiting
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Tags: china, China GDP, China growth, China stimulus, construction, Construction spending, earnings, economy, futures, GDP, growth, Housing, investment, market, profit, stimulus, stock, stock market
