Global Market Comments November 14, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (I HAVE AN OPENING FOR THE MAD HEDGE FUND TRADER CONCIERGE SERVICE), (HOW TO HANDLE THE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 OPTIONS EXPIRATION), (AAPL), (TLT), (THE FAT LADY IS SINGING AGAIN FOR THE BOND MARKET)
We have the good fortune to have an options position left that expires on Friday, November 17 and I just want to explain to the newbies how to best maximize their profits. This involves: The US Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) November 2017 $127-$129 vertical bear put spread Provided that we don't have a monster "RISK
You have just been adopted by a new rich uncle. I doubled my short position in the US Treasury bond market last week (TLT). Furthermore, I'll be using any subsequent price rise to sell more bonds, roll forward put options, put spread options positions, buy LEAPS, sell short bond futures, and buy the ProShares Ultra
Global Market Comments November 13, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, OR THE TAX BILL COMES DUE) (INDU), (TLT), (GLD), (NVDA) (WHY TECHNICAL ANALYSIS DOESN'T WORK) (TESTIMONIAL)
Finally, investors were reminded of the fact that stocks don't rise in value every day like a sinecure. We even witnessed a rare $250 point draw down in the Dow Average. In 2017, these have become as rare as hen's teeth. You can thank the Republican Party's proposal to delay all corporate tax cuts to
Global Market Comments November 10, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (SELLING SHORT THE STOCK MARKET), (IWM), (RWM), (SPY), (A TRIBUTE TO A TRUE VETERAN)
As much as you may think I have just gone MAD, I believe it is time to start dipping your toe in on the short side in the stock market. I don't want to boast, take credit, or run a victory lap about the Trade Alert I sent out yesterday. After all, two hours after
Today is a good day to tell you the story of my Uncle Mitch. I'll be putting on my faded Marine Corp fatigues, with gold railroad track bars on my shoulders, and leading the hometown's parade. Since job prospects for high school graduates in rural Pennsylvania in 1936 were poor, Mitch walked 200 miles to
Global Market Comments November 9, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (NOVEMBER 8 2017 GLOBAL STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (TAKE A RIDE IN THE NEW SHORT JUNK ETF), (THE COOLEST TOMBSTONE CONTEST)
Below please find a transcription of the viewer questions that popped up in my chat box during the November 8 Global Strategy Webinar, along with my answers. If you find this useful please email Nancy in Customer Support at support@madhedgefundtrader.com and we will make it a regular feature of the service. Just put "Webinar Questions"
To prove that The Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader only deals with the highest quality, top drawer clientele, I want to share the picture below sent in by a subscriber.
Global Market Comments November 8, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (BEHOLD THE POWER OF THE LEAP!), (TLT), (TBT), ($TNX), (EUROPEAN STYLE HOMELAND SECURITY), (TESTIMONIAL)
The recent 4 1/2 point jump in the US Treasury bond market has just given us another chance at the brass ring. Except that this time, it's different. Now we have a technical picture that is also setting up an almost perfect head and should top on the charts. How would you like to get
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent geopolitical events, and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved." Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross." The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940, when tea supplies
Signing up for your service was the easiest decision that I have ever made knowing the value that I am getting in return. Thanks for making the world of capital markets profitable for non-Wall Street guys that are busy working in other professions. Until now, I have been forced to deal with money managers or
Global Market Comments November 7, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (LAKE TAHOE CONFERENCE REVIEW), (HOW TO MAKE MORE MONEY THAN I DO), (ABX), (AAPL), (TSLA), (NVDA)
It's tough to pick the highpoint of the Mad Hedge/Top Gun Masterminds Lake Tahoe Conference last weekend. Maybe it was opening the second case of Caymus, the best cabernet produced in California. Perhaps it was the herd of wild mustangs we drove past on the way from Reno/Tahoe airport. Or possibly it was my third
By now, most of you have figured out that I love calling readers every day and milking them for ideas on how to improve my service. Often they think I am an imposter, a telephone salesman, a machine, or an algorithm. It's only after listening for a few seconds that they recognize my voice from
When asked about the urban legend that the vaults at Fort Knox are empty, and that the Fed has no gold, former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke responded,"I've been to the basement of the New York Fed. The gold is there. I've seen it."
Global Market Comments November 6, 2017 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, OR WHAT A WEEK THAT WAS!), (AAPL), (DON'T GET SCAMMED BY THE MUTUAL FUNDS)