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. […]

Before the Open (Feb 11)

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Hong Kong and Japan rallied 1.8%; China also did well. Europe is currently up across-the-board. Austria, Germany and Stockholm are up more than 1%; Belgium, France, London and the Czech Republic are also doing well. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap […]