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Global Market Comments July 20, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (CONTANGO IN THE (UVXY) EXPLAINED ONE MORE TIME), (UVXY), (VIX), (SPY)   CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.

Some 14 months into my enforced home quarantine, I am resorting to some oldies but goodies for home entertainment. They’re not making movies anymore, so oldies are all we get. I just finished watching Von Ryan’s Express (1965), and Frank Sinatra got shot in the back. It was a timely movie for me to revisit

Global Market Comments July 18, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (DECODING THE GREENBACK), (THE TECHNOLOGY NIGHTMARE COMING TO YOUR CITY)   CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.

I tell people at my strategy luncheons that living in the San Francisco Bay area is like living in the future. There is an explosion of high tech innovation going on here, and we locals often find ourselves the guinea pigs for the latest hot products. However, sometimes the future is not such a great

“Everything needs more data. The day is not far when you’ll need a gigabyte of flash in a smartphone,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, the CEO of Micron Technology.  

Global Market Comments July 17, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023 VIENNA, AUSTRIA GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (MY 20 RULES FOR TRADING IN 2023)   CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.

Join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Vienna, Austria on Friday, August 4, 2023. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question-and-answer period. I’ll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, precious metals,

Nothing like starting the new year with going back to basics and reviewing the rules that worked so well for us last year. Call this the refresher course for Trading 101. I usually try to catch three or four trend changes a year, which might generate 100-200 trades, and often come in frenzied bursts. Since

Global Market Comments July 14, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2023 ROME, ITALY GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (HOW TO FIND A GREAT OPTIONS TRADE)   CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.

  Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in Rome, Italy at 12:30 PM on Saturday, August 5, 2023. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question-and-answer period. I’ll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks,

Global Market Comments July 13, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023 FLORENCE, ITALY GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (A NOTE ON OPTIONS CALLED AWAY), (MSFT)   CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.

  Come join me for lunch at the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy luncheon, which I will be conducting in Florence Italy on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. An excellent meal will be followed by a wide-ranging discussion and an extended question-and-answer period. I’ll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities,

In the run-up to every options expiration, which is the third Friday of every month, there is a possibility that any short options positions you have may get assigned or called away. If that happens, there is only one thing to do: fall down on your knees and thank your lucky stars. You have just made

Global Market Comments July 12, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (WHAT THE NEXT RECESSION WILL LOOK LIKE), (FB), (AAPL), (NFLX), (GOOGL), (KSS), (VIX), (MS), (GS), (TESTIMONIAL)   CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.

Global Market Comments July 11, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND THE JULY 19, 2023 LONDON, ENGLAND GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (MEET THE GREEKS)   CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.

  Come join me for lunch for the Mad Hedge Fund Trader’s Global Strategy Update, which I will be conducting in London at 12:30 PM on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. A three-course lunch is included. I’ll be giving you my up-to-date view on stocks, bonds, currencies commodities, precious metals, and real estate. And to keep

Hang around any professional options trading desk and it will only be seconds before you hear the terms Delta, Theta, Gamma, or Vega. No, they are not reminiscing about their good old fraternity or sorority days (Go Delta Sigma Phi!). These are all symbols for mathematical explanations of how options prices behave when something changes.

“We live in a world that is not described by classical economics,” said Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffet.  

Global Market Comments July 10, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2023 VIENNA, AUSTRIA STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (LEARNING THE ART OF RISK CONTROL)   CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.

Global Market Comments July 7, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2023 ROME, ITALY GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (HOW TO EXECUTE A MAD HEDGE TRADE ALERT)   CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.