ETNs – A Ticking Time Bomb In Your Portfolio

There are two rules I have on New Year’s Eve.  Never drink and drive NEVER hold an ETN overnight, let alone for a trade.    While rule number one needs no explaining… I’m afraid that number two, might come to a surprise for some folks. You see, there are better...

Intermarket Analysis

Hello Trader, With only two trading days remaining in the year—let’s cut to the chase… When I survey the different markets I see omens that portend a dark future – each playing like a tarot card of possibilities.   Let me shine a little light on things for...

Your Jump on the Week

Break out the bubbly as we’ve almost made it to the end of the year. Global financial markets took us all for a wild ride— but we’re poised to finish off having one of the best years ever in the U.S. stock market. Over the last century, the S&P 500 has had just 9...

How To Time Market Turns

The best traders appear to turn profits in any type of market condition. What is the essential element all of them have? Are they better at timing the market than the rest of us? Or is it something deeper that we just can’t put our finger on? Despite...

Whoever Smelt It Delta

If trade options long enough, eventually you will hear about the ‘Greeks.’ No, I’m not talking about the beaches of Santorini… no sir… you need to plug in a partial differential equation to understand these Greeks. And while it might sound intimidating… even...

Jump on the Week: Christmas Edition

The holidays are almost upon us— and most traders have already left for relatives’ houses or warmer climates. Even with the truncated week, there’s still a bevy of opportunities, you just need to know where to look, and not be scared to play in the mud. I expect...