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Middle East unrestThe game is changing. It's time to play defense. Two weeks ago the U.S. stock market was in a bullish trend with no end in sight. Now international events are taking center stage. How long the markets can ignore these events is the question of the day.

Brent crude oil is trading at $116 per barrel. This has serious implications for the U.S. economy. If you recall, when oil spiked in 2008, it was a major factor in the recession that followed. People simply could not afford the price of gas and slowed their driving dramatically. We must remember that many people commute 50 to 70 miles a day just to go to work. The money is coming out of the household budget. Some people spend more in gas than they do working, especially if they work part time.

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tradersIn the wake of Friday's drastic pullback in the stock market, it looks like at least one trader is banking on more short-term volatility. Bright and early Monday, a spread speculator constructed a long straddle on the PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQQ), with the trader hoping to capitalize on a substantial price swing over the next several weeks.

Specifically, the trader purchased a block of 1,205 February 56 calls, and simultaneously bought a matching block of 1,205 February 56 puts. QQQQ was hovering right at $55.69 at the time of these transactions, placing both strikes very near the money.

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Straddle Player Bets on Big Volatility for PowerShares QQQ Trust originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>callsfeaturedinthenewsoptionsPowerShares QQQ TrustputsQQQQstraddletechnical analysisvolatilityMon, 31 Jan 2011 10:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Options Update: iShares Trust FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Fund Volatility Low Into Chinese President's Visit]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/01/19/options-update-ishares-trust-ftse-xinhua-china-25-fund-volatili/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/01/19/options-update-ishares-trust-ftse-xinhua-china-25-fund-volatili/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/01/19/options-update-ishares-trust-ftse-xinhua-china-25-fund-volatili/#commentsFiled under:

iShares Trust FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Fund (FXI) closed at $43.40. Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit Washington DC from Jan. 18 to 21. Overall option implied volatility of 24 is below its 26-week average of 27, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

NASDAQ 100 (QQQQ) closed near its record high on low overall implied volatility of 18, below its 26-week average of 21.

Options Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Options Update: iShares Trust FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Fund Volatility Low Into Chinese President's Visit originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ITT Corporation (ITT) announced a plan for a tax-free spin-off to shareholders of its water-related businesses and Defense & Information Solutions segment. ITT will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange as an industrial company that supplies highly engineered solutions in the aerospace, transportation, energy and industrial markets. Overall option implied volatility of 23 is below its 26-week average of 26, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

NASDAQ 100 (QQQQ) overall implied volatility at 20; 26-week average is 22.

Options Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

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Options Update: ITT Corp. Volatility Low; Plans to Separate into Three Separate Companies originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>inthenewsITToptionsQQQQThu, 13 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Options Update: CBOE Volatility Index-VIX Closes Up to End 2010]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/31/options-update-cboe-volatility-index-vix-closes-up-to-end-2010/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/31/options-update-cboe-volatility-index-vix-closes-up-to-end-2010/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/31/options-update-cboe-volatility-index-vix-closes-up-to-end-2010/#commentsFiled under:

CBOE Volatility Index-VIX closes up 58 cents to $18.10. The 10-day moving average is $16.88; the 100-day moving average is $20.98.

SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) overall implied volatility at 20; 26-week average is 20.

NASDAQ 100 (QQQQ) overall implied volatility at 19; 26-week average is 22.

Semiconductor Holders Trust (SMH) overall volatility at 24; 26-week average is 26.

Russell 2000 (IWM) overall implied volatility at 24; 26-week average is 27.

Financial Select Sector (XLF) overall volatility at 26; 26-week average is 28.

Options Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Options Update: CBOE Volatility Index-VIX Closes Up to End 2010 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) overall implied volatility at 20; 26-week average is 20.

NASDAQ 100 (QQQQ) overall implied volatility at 19; 26-week average is 22.

Semiconductor Holders Trust (SMH) overall volatility at 23; 26-week average is 26.

Russell 2000 (IWM) overall implied volatility at 24; 26-week average is 27.

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Options Update: Volatilities at Low End of Range on Higher Trending Markets originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>BACGLDinthenewsIWMMUoptionsQQQQSIRISMHXLFFri, 24 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Investment Bloggers Are Bullish and ETFs Are Hot]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/10/12/investment-bloggers-are-bullish-and-etfs-are-hot/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/10/12/investment-bloggers-are-bullish-and-etfs-are-hot/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/10/12/investment-bloggers-are-bullish-and-etfs-are-hot/#commentsFiled under: , ,

It comes as no surprise to me that current investment blogger consensus is bullish on the markets. They're not bullish by an extremely wide margin, but they are optimistic nonetheless.

An ongoing investment blogger survey, conducted weekly by Ticker Sense from Birinyi Associates Inc., indicates that nearly 54% of the investment writers it surveys are holding a bullish stance for the S&P 500 for the next 30 days. Meanwhile, just over 15% of the survey respondents are bearish on the S&P 500, and approximately 30% are declaring a neutral position.

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Investment Bloggers Are Bullish and ETFs Are Hot originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After Friday's trading action pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average 198 points higher to 10,860, investors who have not participated in the rally may find themselves in a predicament. If the month of September has not been bad enough for bears and fence-sitters, Friday may have been the day that broke the camel's back. If you are either bearish, or still a sideline observer at this point, things are starting to get a little out of hand.

What to do? It is a conundrum. The Fed is basically saying that it will do whatever it takes to get the economy growing and the stock market higher, even if this means significantly devaluing the currency. But most retail investors are sick and tired of getting burned and just want to hang onto what they have. Fed or no Fed, there are still plenty of risks out there to keep investors up at night.

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Think This Rally Is for Real? Use ETFs to Go Long originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Very little happened in the stock market today, and the very little happened on very little volume. With the 4th of July only two weeks off, the slack action could last every Friday until Labor Day. The DJIA , NASDAQ, and S&P 500 hugged the flat line.

The numbers:

Dow 10,450.87 +16.70 (0.16%)
S&P 500 1,117.52 +1.48 (0.13%)
Nasdaq 2,309.80 +2.64 (0.11%)

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Closing Bell: Low Volume and Little Movement (BP, AAPL) originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iShares MSCI Germany (EWG) closed at $19.24. The DAX 30 is recently down 0.64% according to Bloomberg. EWG overall option implied of 50 is above its 26-week average of 29 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price movement.

NASDAQ 100 (QQQQ) overall implied volatility at 33; 26-week average is 24.

Russell 2000 (IWM) overall implied volatility at 38; 26-week average is 25.

Options Clearing Corp total equity put/call ratio on May 24 was 1.24.

Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com

Options Update: iShares MSCI Germany Volatility Near One Year Highs originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 24 May 2010 08:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) -- the so called fear index -- jumped nearly 29% to close at 45.79, the highest level since April 2009. 10-day moving average is 32.70, 50-day is 21.11, 200-day moving average is 22.52.

SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) overall implied volatility at 24; 26-week average is 23.

NASDAQ 100 (QQQQ) overall implied volatility at 30; 26-week average is 24.

Semiconductor Holders Trust (SMH) overall volatility at 44; 26-week average is 27.

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Options Update: Option Volatility, VIX 'Fear Index' Suggest Increasing Risk originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 21 May 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yahoo! (YHOO) closed at $15.17. Carl Icahn lowered his stake in YHOO to 11.99 million shares from 62.9 million. YHOO overall option implied volatility of 32 is below its 26-week average of 36, according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

ISE Sentiment Index - ISEE closed at 91 on 2/12/10. ISEE 10-day moving average is 107.

NASDAQ 100 - QQQQ overall implied volatility at 24; 26-week average is 25.

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Options Update: Yahoo! Volatility Low; Icahn Lowers Stake originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) at 21.68; 10-day moving average is 20.49.

SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) overall implied volatility at 24; 26-week average is 24.

NASDAQ 100 (QQQQ) overall implied volatility at 22; 26-week average is 26.

Semiconductor Holders Trust (SMH) overall volatility at 27; 26-week average is 30.

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Options Update: Volatility Levels as of Dec. 31, 2009 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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"Some August weakness wouldn't be abnormal and should be viewed as a great buying opportunity," say resource experts Pamela and Mary Anne Aden.

As they discuss in their advisory service, The Aden Forecast, from a longer-term perspective they remain bullish on gold and oil as well as stocks, particularly those in the tech sector.

They explain, "One thing is pretty clear: most markets are overbought for the time being, but in the bigger picture they're clearly oversold (in an area that normally coincides with major market bottoms).

"The stock market's major trend is clearly up, signaling stocks are going to rise further in the months ahead, and probably beyond.

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Aden sisters: Assessing the major trends originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>aden forecastaden sistersAdenSistersigmiShares SP Global TechnologyiShares SP North America Technologyixnmary anne adenMaryAnneAdenpamela adenPowerShares QQQqqqqsteven halpernStevenHalperntech etftech stocksTechEtfthestockadvisors.comWed, 19 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Options Update: Index volatilities' near one year lows]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/08/03/options-update-index-volatilities-near-one-year-lows/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/08/03/options-update-index-volatilities-near-one-year-lows/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/08/03/options-update-index-volatilities-near-one-year-lows/#commentsFiled under: ,

NASDAQ 100 (NASDAQ - QQQQ)verall implied volatility at 26; 26-week average is 32

Semiconductor Holders Trust - SMH overall volatility at 30; 26-week average is 38

Russell 2000 - IWM overall implied volatility at 27; 26-week average is 39

Financial Select Sector - XLF overall volatility at 37; 26-week average is 58

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com

Options Update: Index volatilities' near one year lows originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says a revenue beat from the world's largest chipmaker reminds us why we own stocks.

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) (Cramer's Take) still has it. It has the ability to galvanize like no other stock on the Nasdaq. It can energize and fulfill and make people feel all is right in the world.

The signs for this one were everywhere. Samsung last week saying that it is the new bull market in semis. Taiwan Semi (NYSE: TSM) (Cramer's Take) saying it. Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) (Cramer's Take) saying it. SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) (Cramer's Take), with its flash memory cards, saying it. Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) (Cramer's Take) saying it. Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) (Cramer's Take) saying it. Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) (Cramer's Take) saying it.

But nobody was listening.

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TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says Mutual Fund Monday is alive and well.

Here we go: Bias says sell off. Time for a selloff. After being up for nine out of 11 weeks, it's time we went down. We should go down because we don't know what's going to happen, and Europe's down, and oil's down. Housing's awful and rates are going the wrong way for housing.

Next we are going to hear the whole move was phony, that only a handful of banks -- maybe just JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) (Cramer's Take) and Goldman (NYSE: GS) (Cramer's Take) -- can pay back TARP -- and that the banking system is still weak and will remain weak because the recovery will be weak.

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Rosetta Stone Inc (NYSE: RST) was recently up 64 cents to $29.60. RST, a provider of technology based language learning solutions, is scheduled to report Q1 EPS after the market close today. RST June option implied volatility of 75 was above its two-week average of 68, according to Track Data, suggesting slightly larger price movement.

NASDAQ 100 (NASDAQ-QQQQ) overall implied volatility was at 31; 26-week average was 39.

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com

Options Update: Rosetta Stone volatility at 75 into first EPS report after IPO originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 11 May 2009 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>NASDAQ 100Nasdaq100option implied volatilityOptionImpliedVolatilityQQQQRosetta StoneRosettaStoneMon, 11 May 2009 16:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Today's technical outlook: Markets at a crossroads]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/05/todays-technical-outlook-markets-at-a-crossroads/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/05/todays-technical-outlook-markets-at-a-crossroads/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/05/todays-technical-outlook-markets-at-a-crossroads/#commentsEven though the Dow Industrials closed below 8,000 for the third time in three weeks, the support at 7,940 has held and the other indices, including even the Dow Transportation Index (DOW: DJT), are now up a more comfortable distance from their support.

Most of our internal indicators have turned up but are not overbought, and the sentiment indicators show fear on the part of the public (the American Association of Individual Investors has shown four successive weeks of bears weighing at more than 44%) and optimism on the part of insiders -- a good combination.

And one widely followed exchange-traded fund, the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ) which track the Nasdaq 100, closed above both the 20- and 50-day moving averages for the second-consecutive day with relatively strong volume on the buy side. (The QQQQ is also my trade of the day.)

But not everyone agrees with my analysis.

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Today's technical outlook: Markets at a crossroads originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Volatility Index S&P 500 Options - VIX at 79.12; 10-day moving average is 63.99.

Volatility Index NASDAQ 100 - VXN at 78.81; 10-day moving average is 67.89.

NASDAQ 100 - QQQQ overall implied volatility at 52; 26-week average is 34.

Russell 2000 - IWM overall implied volatility at 62; 26-week average is 34.

Financial Select Sector - XLF overall volatility at 78; 26-week average is 44.

Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is scheduled to report Q3 EPS on October 29. CMCSA November option implied volatility of 111 is above its 26-week average of 39 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price movement.

Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com

Option Update: Volatilities at all time record highs, indicating movement originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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