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Market Intro CNBC: 12:50PM US stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) witnessed a decent rally heading into Thursday's close. Futures dropped off in the overnight session, but the indexes have held their own since the opening bell on Friday. Spot VIX is down modestly as we head into the we...

The cash VIX term structure is in my opinion one of the most useful, yet most overlooked aspects of the volatility complex. So often people want to focus on the VIX futures, and more specifically the level of contango or backwardation of the front two-month VIX futures (M1 & M2). I talk ab...

Sell in May and go away did not work this year, so far. May was an ugly month, but June has brought a powerful rally in the stock market. Last week, the E-Mini S&P 500 futures contract demonstrated how strong the price action in stocks has been. Source: CQG As the chart highlights, ...

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Market Intro CNBC: 10:57 AM EST Spot VIX is trading at the center of its one-week range (approximately 15.25-17.00), while stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM , ACWX ) try to sort out messages from the economy and progress on trade. Thoughts on Volatility A lot of assumptions go int...

I've introduced a few volatility metrics that people may find useful in their volatility ETP trading such as M1:M2 VIX futures contango and M4-M7 VIX futures contango . Feel free to review those at your leisure, but today I'm going to keep going and outline another very important metric...

The old market adage, “Sell in May and go away” would have worked for you this year. The SPDR S&P 500 ( SPY ) declined by 6.3% through the month of May. So how does June shape up then? Whether the market recovers its losses or completely collapses will have a lot to do with t...

Welcome to my May update for my Green Dot Portfolio, a small self-directed retirement portfolio created in a Roth IRA trading account. May was the seventh month of my second year for my portfolio, and it was another month of cash income above that needed to make my annual goal. This year my ...

Market Intro SA CBNC CNBC: 1:37PM EST Stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) have enjoyed a positive spat of statements from the China Commerce Ministry as well as from Fed Chair Powell that were risk-asset positive. Spot VIX declined by about 8%, still managing to sport a 17 hand...

Market Intro CNBC CNBC: 11:39AM EST Stocks ( SPY , DIA , QQQ , IWM ) are having difficulty making heads or tails of how to proceed as the week opens, having swung meaningfully to both the high and the low end of "unch" as the day begins. Spot VIX is down modestly in the first we...