Carl Icahn announced today on Twitter than he had taken a large position in AAPL and that he had just gotten off the phone with AAPL CEO Tim Cook. On the news, AAPL shot up (see intraday chart below).
Category: Charts/Essays/Reports
Using Put/Call Open-Interest to Predict the Rest of the Week
Options expire this Friday, so let’s take a look at the open-interest on SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM to see if they hint at movement the rest of the week. Here’s the theory: the market conspires to cause the most pain, to cause the most number of people to lose the most amount of money. […]
Specialists Win, Generalists Lose
Successful traders were born that way, right? From the start they had the talent and skills to navigate the market, and they simply aren’t prone to making the same dumb, repeated mistakes the rest of us do. This is the assumption, or perhaps this is the excuse offered by losing traders. But in reality, successful […]
Using Put/Call Open-Interest to Predict the Rest of the Week
Options expire this Friday, so let’s take a look at the open-interest on SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM to see if they hint at movement the rest of the week. Here’s the theory: the market conspires to cause the most pain, to cause the most number of people to lose the most amount of money. […]
Using Put/Call Open-Interest to Predict the Rest of the Week
Options expire this Friday, so let’s take a look at the open-interest on SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM to see if they hint at movement the rest of the week. Here’s the theory: the market conspires to cause the most pain, to cause the most number of people to lose the most amount of money. […]
Tuesday's Amazing Winning Streak
Yesterday, for the 19th straight Tuesday, the Dow posted a gain. This is the longest Tuesday winning streak in history and the second longest of its kind (in 1968, Wednesday’s had a winning streak totaling 24). This stat and others offer more evidence this rally is unlike many others we’ve seen.
High Frequency Trading: Its Role In Flash Crashes
This is part III of a 4-part series about High Frequency Trading (HFT). In Part I, the use of computers to quickly identify and execute trades was discussed. In part II, access to data is discussed. In part III, the role of HFT in flash crashes is talked about.
Using Put/Call Open-Interest to Predict the Rest of the Week
Options expire this Friday, so let’s take a look at the open-interest on SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM to see if they hint at movement the rest of the week. Here’s the theory: the market conspires to cause the most pain, to cause the most number of people to lose the most amount of money. […]
High Frequency Trading: It's Not Why You Lose
This is part II of a 3-part series about High Frequency Trading (HFT). In Part I, the use of computers to quickly identify and execute trades was discussed. Today, in part II, access to data is dissected.
Using Put/Call Open Interest To Predict the Rest of the Week
Options expire this Friday, so let’s take a look at the open-interest on SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM to see if they hint at movement the rest of the week. Here’s the theory: the market conspires to cause the most pain, to cause the most number of people to lose the most amount of money. […]