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  • ETFDesk Daily 12/01/2009 Top News and Investment Ideas by ETFdesk.com
     Sign up for Daily email and feed at etfdesk.comToday's market-moving headlines, macro trade ideas and more...5 REASONS TO EXPECT A NEAR-TERM SELL-OFFDave Rosenberg 11/30/2009 KEEP AN EYE ON THE CREDIT MARKETS AGAINTail Risk in Sovereign CDSHow overbuilt is China?Why Black Friday Data... More »
    December 1, 2009 • IWM, QQQQ, DIA
  • Weekly Volatility Tracker: Repricing Debt Burdens by Condor Options
    Volatility Tracker for the week of November 30, 2009 Volatility indexes popped across the board on the Dubai news last week. [2] If traders are concerned about the effects of this particular event, their reaction is overblown – as is already clear, most of the direct exposure to Dubai... More »
    November 29, 2009 • SPY, VXX, USO
  • Do Black Swans Negate Option Premiums? by Surly Trader
    Volatility arbitrage generally refers to trading strategies that capture the spread between implied  volatility (forecasted by option prices) and realized volatility (what volatility actually ends up being).  The spread between these two volatilities can be captured by selling options... More »
    November 24, 2009 • SPY, VXX, VXZ
  • VIX Failure at 23 Leading to a Test of the Key 20 Level by Moby Waller
    Last week, I mentioned to our premium subscribers that the VIX was showing unusual behavior.  It was unable to sustain a move above the important 23 level on Thursday and Friday, despite the market selling off.This lack of any kind of fear spike in the VIX was interesting ... from one... More »
    November 23, 2009 • SPY, VXX, VXZ
  • Week Ahead Market Outlook by Price Headley
    Stocks ended last week in the red – the first losing week in the last three, but the fifth loser in the last nine. Though not due for a complete implosion, stock remain overbought and ripe for a decent correction. S&P 500 & VIX Chart Had it not been for Friday’s 0.32% dip,... More »
    November 23, 2009 • SPY, QQQQ, DIA
  • Weekly Volatility Tracker: No Surprises in Gold by Condor Options
    Volatility Tracker for the week of November 23, 2009 News-making price changes in gold [11] have not been accompanied by any particularly noteworthy behavior in the options market. While it would be wrong to suggest that options in any way “anticipated” the gold rally, it is also... More »
    November 22, 2009 • VXX, SPY, SPX
  • S&P 500 geodesic model update - Nov 20, 2009 by squark62
    S&P 500 indication:  possible momentum change in progress to the down-side(visit my intro to trading long/short ETFs in pairs using geodesic concepts)the signal (blue line) & it's 12 DMA (yellow line) are now moving in opposite directions.  the previous 2 short-term tops... More »
    November 20, 2009 • SH, SPY, SDS
  • A VIX Spike Next Week on the Road to Normality? by Toronto Daytrader
    Here are some observations:Over the past few months a MACD upward cross was followed by higher VIX levels and a broad based sell off among the indexes like the S&P500 (SPY) and the Dow (DIA).  (See the yellow circles which show the green line crossing up through the signal line). ... More »
    November 19, 2009 • SPY, DIA, SPX
  • ETFDesk Daily 11/19/2009 Top News and Investment Ideas by ETFdesk.com
    Sign up for Daily email and feed at etfdesk.com Today's market-moving headlines, macro trade ideas and more... How Does the ‘09 Rally Stack Up Against ‘82 Bull Market? Albert Edwards On Gold Mania, And Why Gold Is Very, Very Cheap John Paulson Making Big New Bet on Gold... More »
    November 19, 2009 • QQQQ, SPY, SDS
  • ETFDesk Daily 11/18/2009 by ETFdesk.com
     Sign up for Daily email and feed at etfdesk.comToday's market-moving headlines, macro trade ideas and more...Confronting the China-U.S. Economic ImbalanceFreshest Data Shows The Recovery Is Nowhere Near V-ShapedDave Rosenberg 11/17/2009Gold - the next bubble?Goldman Sachs:... More »
    November 18, 2009 • UNG, FCG, PPR

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