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.
Today, I’m going to teach you how to execute one of my market-beating Trade Alerts. Pay attention because if you have subscribed to Global Trading Dispatch or Mad Hedge Fund Trader Pro, you will receive about 200 of these a year. The alerts will bunch up at market tops and bottoms. After that, we may
Global Market Comments July 6, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023 FLORENCE, ITALY GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (PLAYING THE SHORT SIDE WITH VERTICAL BEAR PUT SPREADS) (TLT) CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.
Global Market Comments July 5, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2023 CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, ITALY STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (HOW TO EXECUTE A VERTICAL BULL CALL SPREAD), (AAPL) 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 Cortina, Italy on Thursday, July 27, 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,
Global Market Comments July 3, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (JULY 19 LONDON ENGLAND STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF OPTIONS), (WHAT IS AN OPTION? -THE BASICS) CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet. Note to Readers: Over the next 15 trading days you will be receiving my options trading boot
Hi there, I’m John Thomas, the Mad Hedge Fund Trader. Welcome to my trading desk and your new job of attaining financial independence. The coffee machine is right over there, and the bathrooms are down the hall. Don’t let all the shouting bother you. You’ll get used to it after a while. You’ve already made
A stock option is a contract that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a certain number of shares in a company at a specified time at a fixed price. There are two kinds of options, and they are always defined using the same basic terms. The terms “Calls”
In the words of United States Army General, Creighton Abrams, "When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time."
Global Market Comments June 30, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (TAKING OFF FOR THE 2023 MAD HEDGE EUROPEAN TOUR) CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.
By the time you read this, I will be on a flight to New York City where I will meet with Concierge clients and host my Strategy Luncheon. I will eventually end up at my chalet in Zermatt, Switzerland where I traditionally restart my year. Weather permitting, I will climb the 14,692-foot Matterhorn again. Is
Global Market Comments June 29, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2023 ROME, ITALY STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (MY 2022 LEAPS TRACK RECORD), (FCX), (PANW), (RIVN), (NVDA), (BRKB), (JPM), (MS), (VRTX), (TLT), (GOLD), (SLV), (TSLA) CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.
Recently, I have been touting a 2022 track record of +84.63%. I have a confession to make. I lied. In actual fact, my performance was far higher than that. In reality, I generated a multiple of that +84.63% figure. That is because my published performance is only for my front-month short-term trade alerts. It does
We spend a lot of time looking for systemic risk; in truth, however, it tends to find us,” said Meg McConnell of the New York Fed.
Global Market Comments June 28, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023 FLORENCE, ITALY GLOBAL STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (CYBERSECURITY IS ONLY JUST GETTING STARTED) (PANW), (HACK), (CSCO), (FTNT), (JNPR), (CIBR) CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.
One of the unfortunate aspects of the pandemic has been a tenfold increase in online fraud. I get a dozen phishing attacks a day pretending to be Walmart, the Bank of America, and Amazon. And I never click on anything from Apple asking me to change my ID and password. The crooks are just getting
Global Market Comments June 27, 2023 Fiat Lux Featured Trades: (LAST CHANCE TO ATTEND THE THURSDAY, JULY 6 NEW YORK STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (A BUY WRITE PRIMER), (AAPL) CLICK HERE to download today's position sheet.