Thursday, March 28, 2024

Greek of the Week: Theta

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This is the third installment of a four-part series about options Greeks on Market Insights concluding Labor Day week. So far, we've looked at delta and gamma. This week, we'll turn to theta. Theta: T is...

Starting with Futures: S&P 500 E-minis

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Do you love to trade stocks, but are confused by futures? Keep reading. Many clients are initially puzzled, or even scared, by these derivative instruments. The lingo is different. Their hours are weird. The rules...

Is the Global Picture Brightening?

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Global stocks have been a hot mess all summer, but some recent events may suggest the tide is turning. Over the weekend, for instance, China allowed its currency to appreciate against the U.S. dollar. That's...

Last Week Shows Records Were Made to Be Broken

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As the saying goes: Records were made to be broken. Just take the market last week. The S&P 500's decade-long bull run surpassed the lifespan of its previous upward journey in the 1990s. Another record...

New Companies Back on the Rise

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Back in the spring, there was a wave of bullishness in initial public offerings. After a few pullbacks, some of those companies are pushing higher again. Take a name like ZScaler (ZS), which provides cloud-computing...

Goldilocks Drives S&P 500 to New Highs

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If the longest bull market in history had a patron saint, it would be Goldilocks. This Wednesday marked the 3,453rd session in the uptrend that began on March 9, 2009. That outlasted the earlier run...

Calls Spike as Small Cap Goes Mobile: Options Recap

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Last month, Market Insights highlighted a surging maker of smart-phone games. Yesterday, options traders lit up the name. Here's a breakdown of the large transactions detected in Glu Mobile (GLUU): A block of 5,500 September...

Retail Revival Underway: Earnings This Week

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Remember when everyone thought traditional retailers were going extinct? This week's earnings reports may have destroyed that narrative. "This is the healthiest environment I have ever seen," Target (TGT) CEO Brian Cornell told CNBC as...

Swarming the Markets with Hivemind’s Suite of Algorithms

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Many clients want to trade swings in the market. They know how to do it and understand, but are too busy to time entries and exits. If that sounds familiar, you might want to learn...

Looking Behind the Numbers as Stocks Test Old Highs

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The S&P 500 hit a new all-time high yesterday, slightly above its previous record in January. Many things have changed since that previous peak. Then, stocks drifted upward in a mindless and complacent bubble. Now,...
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