Here are few thoughts on the top of my mind as I saddle up for another Tuesday struggl:.1. I keep reading commentary dismissing the importance of the ongoing drop in the dollar. The general argument

As the VIX sinks to a new 52-week low, the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) appears to be catching on with investors who are looking to trade volatility directly, without going the

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I've stated several times that I'm not a chart-pattern guy. I've found that trying to predict the future of any asset via the patterns its chart reveals yields, for me, a 50/50 proposition. Yet, ther

Although the major equity indexes are highly correlated, they tend to diverge in meaningful ways on a day-to-day basis. The same is true for the implied volatility indexes that track equities. It&rsq

That volatility smack you're feeling? Doesn't bode so well, said Dr. Brett yesterday. Going back to 2000, we've had 130 such instances of 20-day highs in stocks and 20-day lows in volatility. Five da

Well, despite a rather slow session yesterday, we've had some very interesting developments in volatility land.This, from Jason Goepfert: "Options expert, and unofficial (though enthusiastic) VI

I've received hundreds of emails from readers with questions regarding establishing long-term core positions at a low-cost basis from which to trade, as well as methods to build upon them during the

As I've pointed out many, many times, options volatility remains wildly overpriced compared to realized volatility -- whether you look at individual stocks or indices.When there's out-of-line pricing