VIX Signals a Pullback?
The spreads between the VIX cash and back month futures has widened to extreme levels over the past week. There appears to be demand for less expensive volatility protect…
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S&P 500 “Means” 1100
The solid demand for the Portuguese bond offering helped propelled the US market higher on Wednesday. Dan expects short term, a sideways trending market and thin volumes …
Read full article →Fast Money Final Call and Options Action
Brian Stutland, contributor to CNBC's Options Action shown on Fridays, is bullish on India and the emerging market. Specifically, he likes Tata Motors (TTM), an indian ba…
Read full article →1040 Support
Is the third time the charm? Stock market opens September with a bang. Dan points out a combination of technical, psychological and fundamental indicators helped propel t…
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Dan doesn't see real big reaction during the FOMC minutes announcement. Dan feels the Fed will hold back on any further quantitative easing unless economy starts to show …
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Dan discussed the disappointment in the market after the relief rally last Friday which continued into Sunday night, only to fade on Monday. The VIX firmed up as the S&P …
Read full article →Relief Rally
The market remains in a downtrend, but Dan doesn't want to short here from a trading stand point. He sees to much bearish sentiment in the market at this time. The market…
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Dan talks about the downtrend of market following a series of lower highs and lower lows. The S&P 500 breaks below the low of "flash crash" -- 1065 level and next support…
Read full article →Bets on Quality Names
Brian Stutland, contributor to CNBC's Options Action shown on Fridays, talks about his market view of sideway to slight upside in the coming month. Brian recommends to bu…
Read full article →Merger Madness
Brian Stutland, contributor to CNBC's Options Action shown on Fridays, talks about his play on the next possible take over target: US steel. Specifically, Brian recommend…
Read full article →S&P 500 50 day moving average
With S&P 500 drop 2.74% one day after Fed meeting, Dan points out the critical level of 50 day moving average-1088, if market breaks this level, it will likely drift down…
Read full article →Unusual Uncertainty, or Usual Uncertainty
Dan discusses the current down move in the market and where he sees the market heading from here. Dan suggests to wait and observe the market over the next couple of days…
Read full article →CDX vs VIX and TLT Option Play
Brian Stutland, contributor to CNBC's Options Action shown on Fridays, talks about the strong correlation between CDX (insurance premium on corporate bond) vs VIX on "Fas…
Read full article →Dan Deming talks about the jobs numbers
As the job numbers come out today, Dan Deming talked on First Business News about what kind of affect those numbers will have on the market. Dan feels the numbers will be…
Read full article →A Coca-Cola Call Option
After a strong push with their World Cup marketing scheme and essentially doubling their growth in Africa and Asia, Coke looks poised for a nice run. The fundamentals and…
Read full article →Mutual Funds vs. ETF's
Yesterday on the Fast Money Final Call, Brian explained the advantages of using ETF's as opposed to mutual funds. As an option trader, he loves ETF's because instead of o…
Read full article →Options Action
Check out some of the clips from Brian and the guys last Friday on Options Action. The Final Call Total Recall In the Money Now…
Read full article →Interesting stats that might make you bullish on stocks
Corporate yields over Treasuries on corporate debt have shrunk as much as 0.38 % points on average to 2.9 percentage points from the high this year in June. Investors dro…
Read full article →Dark Pools and an FCX Trade
Yesterday, Cisco Systems breifly halted after triggering a circuit breaker according to the Nasdaq, causing a 10% move in 5 minutes. Brian gave his theory of what caused …
Read full article →What is the Death-Cross?
Earlier this morning on Chart Talk, Dan Deming suggested the market may be looking at a death-cross where the 50 day moving averages cross below the 200 day moving averag…
Read full article →Brian - Fast Money 360: Merck
Yesterday on Fast Money 360, Brian talked about the option side to Merck. Volatility has moved over the last 8 quarters and it is averaging a 6% move after earnings. We a…
Read full article →Dan Deming - In the Money
Earlier today on In-the-Money, Dan Deming talked about the VIX popping up with some buyers but nothing major is happening at this point. What we are seeing is the back mo…
Read full article →Stutland Volatility Group Overview
Why overlays – why now? 2008 market downturn exposed fundamental weaknesses -Hedge funds did not provide a hedge. -Fund of Funds did not provide diversification. -Decoupl…
Read full article →Pre-Market Buzz with Dan Deming
This morning on CNBC, Dan talked about momentum in the market place. After breaking the 200 day moving average on the S&P 500 yesterday and confirmation from the transpor…
Read full article →Fast Money 360: Options take on Boeing
Yesterday on Fast Money 360, Brian talked about the options side of Boeing. He mentioned the bullish activity as 30 planes were purchased by Emirates Airlines. There have…
Read full article →Bank Excess Reserves and a 'Rock' Hard Trade
Yesterday on Fast Money Final Call, Brian talked about bank excess reserves being at extremely high levels. Banks are borrowing at a discount window of zero and they are …
Read full article →Dan on First Business News
This morning on Chart Talk, Dan Deming talked about the down move we experienced yesterday as Ben Bernanke drove the market lower and really rattled the market. The S&P h…
Read full article →Dan Deming talks Earnings
Today on In the Money, Dan Deming talked about the big reversal in the VIX due to the market reversal yesterday. He also touched on the market's reaction to recent earnin…
Read full article →Cutting Risk in an Extremely Volatile Market
Last Friday on CNBC, Brian talked about volatility numbers, mainly how they have come down since the panic numbers that we saw in May. Right now volatility is around 27 a…
Read full article →Is fear creeping back in?
Yesterday on CNBC, Brian talked about the possibility of fear creeping back in to the market. After 7 straight days of gains, the market struggled to make it in to the gr…
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