September, 2013

Looking for a bounce next week and open interest for October 4th expiration

Last weekend I wrote “Next week there are plenty of reasons to support the idea that we will pull back or at least hang out and consolidate.” I should have just taken the week off because there wasn’t a whole lot going on. I did book my TLT profits, but I believe that trade is […]

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What to Expect Next Week and Open Interest for Septmeber 27th Expiration

Well now that the big Fed decision is out of the way, we can all focus our attention on the budget crises ;-). We have come a long way from the August lows in a pretty short amount of time.  September has been a great month for those that bought the dip. If you missed […]

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This will end badly, but in the meantime enjoy the ride

Did Bernanke make a mistake by not tapering? I don’t know and frankly it’s not my job to try to figure it out. My job is to trade what is in front of me and I think I am going to get to experience a mini dot com bubble. Perhaps it won’t be as epic, […]

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Quad Witching September Expiration Open Interest

Last week I outlined some levels I thought we may reach. SPX exceeded those expectations to close at 1687.99 up 2%. Headed into this week my thesis will be of caution. After riding the market up from 1630, it’s much more difficult to stay long with size. That is not to say I will be […]

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Open Interest, levels and then some for week of September 13th expiration

SPX finished last week up 1.4%. Last weeks range was 1633.41 which happened on Tuesday to Friday’s high of 1664.83. All week we made higher highs and higher lows. I still believe that the correction is mostly over and if your time frame is longer than a week, I would even call the pullback from […]

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Open Interest for Week of September 6 Expiration

Last week I wrote that I thought SPX would stay range bound between 1645 and 1685. I was wrong. Like most people, I don’t like to be wrong, but what’s more important than being wrong is how I deal with it. My approach was not to get upset or to blame the markets, Syria, Obama, […]

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