Rules and Risks

How the Pattern Day Trader rule is harmful rather than helpful. Butterfly spreads. Early assignment risk from short call options on ex-dividend dates.…

Up on escalators, down in elevators.

I've had a lot on my mind the past few days as I'm sure many others have had as well. As I am checking in with the markets this Sunday evening it seems the pain is certainly not over. Device addiction How many people are going…

Making Sense of Market Madness

Pension fund driven EOY/EOQ rebalancing? makes sense. Plunge protection team operations? Let's hope not. Algorithmically-driven predatory price discovery targeting protections put on by the retiree turned gambler? You betcha!…

The Psychology of Market Madness

In seven short hours, they'd been conditioned to think of the chips as ATMs that spat out twenties, and even though their rational minds knew better, their hearts were all telling them to corner the chip…

Stocks on Blocks

Securities trading based on blockchain technology is coming sooner than many realize. Projects are already launching across the globe. Since there appears to be no similar endeavors in the US, probably due the fact that implementing this technology would benefit the actual investors, I think I may have found my…

Quotes

BTC and Others by TradingView Futures by TradingView Cryptocurrency Markets by TradingView…

The Modern Trading Floor

For those who don’t realize that the NASDAQ is actually found off the side of the I-95 in NJ just south of Secaucus, you are going to have your mind blown.…