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Earnings

Implied volatility drop after earnings

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The Edge of Moving Average

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This is the second part in the series about the edge of the market sentiment. The first part about relative strength edge was published a few weeks ago.

In this part I wish to describe a simple...

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How to trade when a stock is over extended

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As traders we are constantly on the look to understand the market's tendency and how to act on it. One way is by examining how stocks behave after they are oversold. We believe this is an essential...

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The edge of relative strength - Risk on / Risk off

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Traders that trade with the trend, increases their chances to be profitable in the long run. While it is impossible to completely predict the market, we can judge different patterns and sentiments...

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Picking the perfect covered call strike

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Covered call is one of the most popular options strategies. Last week we mentioned that option-sellers have an edge when trading, and we talked a little bit about the edges in covered calls - They...

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The Edge of Option Selling - Part 1

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Option trades can be either an option buyers and enjoy unlimited profit potential and limited risk, or be an option sellers and enjoy higher probability of profit (though the profit is limited)....

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Edge of Skew Rank - Part 2

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In the last article, Volatility Skew Rank – Part 1, we talked about what skew is. In this article, we will talk about ranking the volatility skew rank and its edge in the market.

Volatility Skew...

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Causes for stock price crash

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A sudden crash in stock prices is very painful for investors and traders, and since we trade with options - Unexpected crush could be amplified and cause a lost of 100% of the money allocated to...

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The Edge of Implied Volatility Percentile

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Implied volatility is one of the most important concepts in options trading. This is the measure most market players use to check if an option is expensive or cheap. In this post, we will be...

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The edge of market Breadth

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This is the third part of our in-depth look into the various edges traders base their decision making . You can read the previous part here and all of the series here. This methods are based on...