Archive for September, 2011

  • Trade Idea: ACE Limited (ACE) vs The Chubb Corporation (CB)
    Posted by on September 30th, 2011 at 10:59 am, Comments: 0

    The trade is to be long $ACE and short $CB.  Last time we looked at this spread was back in early August right as the [...]

  • Hair Trigger Market
    Posted by on September 29th, 2011 at 9:58 pm, Comments: 0

    The imperfect discounting mechanism we call the stock market often feels like it has a certain search and destroy mechanism built-in.  The market does its [...]

  • Bow Down To The Squid
    Posted by on September 28th, 2011 at 10:52 pm, Comments: 0

    This video is making the rounds and as a financial blog I feel as obligated to comment on this as a tech writer filing a [...]

  • Trading: Inner Game
    Posted by on September 27th, 2011 at 5:11 pm, Comments: 0

    Michael Martin, trader and blogger over at MartinKronicle.com, sent me over a copy of his new book, The Inner Voice of Trading:  Eliminate the Noise, [...]

  • Marketview: Safety Trade And Econopocalypse Stylish Again, AEP, SO, ETR, FCX, MS, BAC
    Posted by on September 24th, 2011 at 3:40 pm, Comments: 0

    We’re witnessing the most difficult market for the most amount of participants in years.  Spread traders, credit traders, macro guys, long-only funds, commodity traders: everyone [...]

  • How To Time A Market Crash
    Posted by on September 22nd, 2011 at 8:05 pm, Comments: 0

    The worst part of trading in a small office filled with good traders, is you don’t have any good tells on crash days.  When I [...]

  • Historical Precedent: FOMC Announcements
    Posted by on September 21st, 2011 at 11:23 am, Comments: 0

    Here are the charts of the last six FOMC Announcement days.  I remember these being much more volatile in years past.  Maybe the market is [...]

  • Investigating The Obvious
    Posted by on September 20th, 2011 at 11:39 am, Comments: 0

    We all knew this was coming.  I wonder which obscure firm will take the fall? From the WSJ: Securities regulators have sent subpoenas to hedge [...]

  • Marketview: 80 Points And Running, Financial Select Sector SPDR (XLF), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX)
    Posted by on September 17th, 2011 at 5:44 pm, Comments: 0

    It was a huge week for the market as stocks rallied five days in a row in very volatile trade.  The $SPX is 80 handles [...]

  • Option Expiration Precedents SPY, ES_F
    Posted by on September 14th, 2011 at 7:30 pm, Comments: 0

    Friday is option expiration day and triple witching quarterly expiration.  Below are the last six option expiration days of this year chronologically with the most [...]