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ETF Thoughts For The Fourth Of July

4 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 14:00

BarbecueBefore you take a bite out of that hot dog, or another sip of Budweiser, did you consider that what you are consuming may be beneficial to your exchange traded fund (ETF) portfolio?

PowerShares Dynamic Food And Beverage (PBJ) i…
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Pairing Up ETFs May Be a Way To Head Off Volatility

4 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 13:00

435759037 In an attempt to stave off market volatility, trading in pairs of exchange traded funds (ETFs), or pairs trading, can be an option for investors who want to hedge market downturns.

Pairs trading is a strategy that reduces portfolio volatility, while allowing you to make money in a turbulent market. A pairs trade, a…
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Do You Ever Pivot From Long Put Options To Long Call Options?

4 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 10:47

Do you ever consider moving a stock from a bullish watchlist to a bearish watchlist without waiting for your scan to do it for you?

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How I Trade Options - Create a Watch List.

4 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 10:45

The process to this point is very time consuming - but very rewarding. Each day I drill down to a few stocks that I really like technically and fundamentally. In the process, I also become familiar with many other prospects that might gain future consideration. In today’s option trading blog I’ll discuss the next step. For some stocks, this is my first encounter. For others, I know the company but the character has changed. I need to determine if the price action that lead me to the stock is “real” or “temporary”. The best way to do this is to put …
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Independence Day ETF Homeage To Homeland Security

4 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 1:00

2060899393 Among the usual things that we’ve come to associate with this day, exchange traded funds (ETFs) focused on homeland security and aerospace and defense also come to mind.

Independence Day is a national holiday that celebrates the United States, and it is a day to remember the nation’s laws, heritage, history and society. During turbulent political times and international relations, our patriotism is important and our diligence to homeland security is crucial to keep what we treasure about our country safe.   

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Retail ETFs Affected By Teens "Dropping Out"

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 15:00

543816486 American teenagers are the latest consumers that have had to cut back on frivolous spending, as gas prices are affecting parents’ spare change, affecting the retail exchange traded funds (ETFs) to an extent.

Up until recently, kids were still boosting sales at trendy stores such as Abercrombie & Fitch (…
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Gold ETFs Can Take On a Shine as Dollar Dulls

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 14:00

185333201 The weakness of the U.S. dollar seems to be giving gold its added glimmer, as gold prices closed $2 higher Wednesday, adding more value to related exchange traded funds (ETFs).

The precious metal is often used as a hedge against inflation. The going price today was $934 an ounce. As of the current economic picture, there are major factors supporting the rise in gold: global inflation and increased demand for emerging markets/countries, r…
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Get Ready For Earnings Season!

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 13:59

Yesterday, the market eventually caved in to selling pressure as investors fled for the exits. A higher than expected ADP employment index weighed on the market. Initial jobless claims have been creeping higher for the last four weeks and traders felt comfortable shorting the market ahead of today’s Unemployment Report. A worst-case scenario was priced into the market and no one was going to take any chances after last month’s dismal report. Yesterday’s decline pushed the market down to a new relative low on a closing basis. The January capitulation low and the March retest both had higher closing lows. This …
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Commodity ETFs and ETNs Feel the Rising Demand

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 13:00

Commoditystoragewarehouseoperator Not only have returns in commodity exchange traded funds (ETFs) been taking off this year, so have the number of available funds. They cover every conceivable commodity now, from gold and silver to coffee and cocoa.

At the end of May 2008, 36 such ETFs were on the market. In June, 19 more exchange traded notes (ETNs) were launched that give investors a way to short commodities.
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China’s ETFs No Fairytale as Three Bears Storm the Markets

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 12:00

Goldilocks05As of Wednesday’s market close, we entered a bear market that could weigh on stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) for the time being. But here’s a riddle: if a bear market is typically defined as a market that has fallen 20% off its recent high, what’s it called in China, which is down 60%?

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Sold NVDA and TDW calls

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 11:01

As if the past few days of $1000+ losses weren’t bad enough for me, NVDA took a nose dive pre-market today and never recovered.  It closed the shortened trading day down 30%.  They took a major charge for a production glitch and piled it on by lowering quarterly sales forecast. 
I am sitting on four August 17.50 naked puts which, in all likelihood, means I’ll own 400 shares on or before August options expiration.  Not seeing a chance for a near-term rally in NVDA I sold naked calls to try to lesson my loss.  As my experience with NVDA went last time around, I’ll be chasing this profit for a while before exiting.  While NVDA was trading at 12.66 I s…
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ETFs Steady After Waves of So-So News on Employment, Service Sector

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 11:00

Rolledupnewspaper Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) wavered and then steadied as news from various sectors emerged this morning.

In the service sector, the Institute for Supply Management reported that its index fell 48.2 from 51.7 in May, renewing fears about the economy’s condition, r…
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Closing Bell: All Summer Long

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 10:18

  Have a fabulous weekend, The Option Addict…
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VIXer Downer

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 10:07

Well, that sure was a joyful week. The market implodes as Lenny moves his DEEEEEEP picks behind a subscription wall. Coincidence? I think not.We do have a bit of a late day option pound out ahead of the 3 day weekend. It makes sense in that this weekend should be like pretty much every other weekend in that nothing will happen and we come in Monday 4 calendar days later, so why pay the decay?…
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Japan’s Mellow Mood Fills ETF And Outlook

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 10:00

194829690 Confidence is on the down side among big Japanese manufacturers, setting a mellow mood, and low morale for related exchange traded funds (ETFs).

The recent fall was less than expected, and capital spending plans were weaker than anticipated, yet not quite as bad as economists had thought during the initial wake of the credit crisis. Overall, the Japanese economy is slow, but not as slow as had been feared.
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On Measuring Volatility

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 8:58

Mike at HEDGEfolios.com has a good post up today with the title of Measuring Volatility. He touches a lot of bases, but it all starts with the following statement: “When it comes to measuring or sensing stock market volatility, I do not follow the VIX.” …
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ECB Hikes; On Hold

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 7:54

Only a few hours left in the session. So far, more spastic price action.With the ECB hiking rates to 4.25% today, I watched the EUR/USD drop 150 pips in about a half hour. Crazy action. This was due to Trichet indicating that the ECB was on hold. That is when the sell off began. The dollar is up across the board, and the FXE backed off resistance nicely today.Aside from the ECB, non-farm payrolls came in as expected, hence the insignificant amount of buying this morning. 62k jobs were lost, and April and May payrolls were revised lower. …
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Say it Ain’t So

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 7:50

OK, I admit it, I’m going to miss Amanda when she ships back out to Sydney. Despite that recent admission that she is indeed a “Men At Work” fan.Who among us does not appreciate songs that mention vegamite sandwiches?…
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Australia and ETF Could Ride High On Natural Resource Boom, Wiping Out Trde Deficit This Year

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 6:00

4099587724 Australia and the related exchange traded funds (ETFs) can enjoy the latest news that the country’s trade deficit narrowed to the smallest gap in 15 months in May, as coal shipments boosted exports.

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Cleveland Cliffs (CLF): CLF should have rallied, not dropped 17% - JP Morgan

3 July, 2008 Derivatives | Comments (0) @ 5:11

JP Morgan notes they believe the extreme sell-off in steel stocks today can be largely attributed to a Bloomberg story Tuesday – “ArcelorMittal Says Half of Customers Rejected $250 Surcharge” - quoting Lou Schorsch, head of MT’s Flat Carbon Americas. The market interpreted this information as the steel producers are unable to pass through higher raw material prices with higher steel prices.It should also be noted that the $250/t raw material surcharge, or as MT likes to call it “cost recovery program,” was implemented for their fixed price contracts which represent less than 50% of shipments and not for MT’s spot market shipments. Firm views the program as a success by achieving a 50% success rate given this unprecedented move in altering fixed price contracts….
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