Trading Mergers and Acquisitions
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity shrunk during the first half of 2020 by roughly 50% as compared to last year, but since July, the pace has picked up considerably. The…
Here We Go Again—Trading the 2nd 2020 Stock Market Correction
Back in December of 2019, almost nobody predicted that the stock market would crash in 2020. Fewer still were calling for two corrections this year—although that is precisely what has…
Trading the 2020 Cryptocurrency Rally
Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin have been enjoying a strong year. Over the course of 2020, the price of a single bitcoin rallied all the way from $4,000 to above $12,000. …
AstraZeneca Vaccine Snag Casts Shadow Over Market Rally
With millions of lives and livelihoods hanging in the balance, the need for a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is red-lining. Unfortunately, near-term hopes for a game-saving vaccine took a…
Correction Playbook: Leveraging Indices & ETFs When Volatility Strikes
The stock market has experienced a rare second correction in the same calendar year, and as a result, volatility has spiked. The VIX is currently trading about 30, which is…
Topics
Luckbox Leans in With Jordan Harbinger
Harbinger was dubbed “the Larry King of podcasting” when his show was the first podcast ever carried on satellite radio. The Jordan Harbinger Show4.9 stars300+ episodesDebut: 2018The Jordan…
Power-up Your Podcast
You can do this! A professional producer offers new and established podcasters as much or as little marketing and tech help as their budgets allow.…
Ad Dollars Discover Podcasts
As podcasting shifts from free-form conversation to scripted narrative, pre-recorded ads are replacing “live” spots read by a host. What does it mean for revenues?…
High Fiverr
Fiverr connects freelancers and gigs with Amazon-like efficiency, one of the reasons so many new freelancers aren’t looking back. Amid a harsh economic landscape, where…
Trends
GOP Insider: Begging Trump’s Pardon, Breaking Blago & Some Big, Bold Predictions
Mark Vargas, the “mystery man” who helped broker commutations for Rod Blagojevich and Roger Stone, reveals how he accomplished the unlikely, as well as some…
The Cult of Celebrity Spirits
We value our liquid assets and the master distillers who make them special, so we’re not the least bit impressed when a celebrity attaches his…
Stocks That Rock
Want to make a living from music? Put down the guitar and start picking music-related equities. As AC/DC said, it’s a long way to the…
Daddy’s Home!
Barstool Sports’ Call Her Daddy changed the podcast industry forever and then disappeared in a soup of scandal. Now it’s back—sort of. Those who live…
Vinyl’s Revival: A Decade of Growth
A seemingly endless amount of music is just a smartphone tap away, but that isn’t stopping a growing demographic of music-lovers from listening the old-fashioned…
Trading Mergers and Acquisitions
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity shrunk during the first half of 2020 by roughly 50% as compared to last year, but since July, the pace…
Meet Tom Preston
Chief Trading Strategist, tastytrade Office Austin, Texas Age 56 Years trading 27 How did you start trading? Trading was the only business where it didn’t…
Take This Poker Quiz
Poker is a game of skill. Do you have what it takes? The deal: At a seven-handed final table with blinds at 100,000/200,000 and a…
Trades
AMZN: Prime Sell
Candlestick chart analysis for intermediate-term trading As the third-largest Nasdaq…
Don’t Touch That Dial
This year marks the 100th birthday of commercial radio. On Nov. 2, 1920, the first commercial station began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, and the next 20…
US-China Trade Impacts Aussie Dollar
U.S. equity indexes have hit historic highs, but the price action included periods of drawdowns throughout last year. Some drawdowns were related to negative U.S.-China…
Streaming Goes Mainstream
A ghostly silence prevails in most of the nation’s bars, stadiums, theaters, museums, nightclubs and amusement parks. Americans are staying home in droves, attempting to curb…
Less Than Zero
All of the attention in markets was focused on crude oil the week of April 20, when on that Monday and Tuesday, the price of…
Futures: Ticked Off
Differing tick sizes and varying dollars per tick can make futures trading confusing. This handy crib sheet can help. Keep an eye on the “Median…
Tactics
Correction Playbook: Leveraging Indices & ETFs When Volatility Strikes
The stock market has experienced a rare second correction in the same calendar year, and as a result, volatility has spiked. The VIX is currently…
Managing Directional Risk with Beta and Theta
When things get weird in the financial markets, as they have in 2020, seasoned investors and traders like to tighten up their adherence to disciplined…
Options Trading and the Role of Theta
Understanding theta’s role in options trading is nearly as important as mastery of implied volatility and delta. Theta, the “Greek” that measures the rate of…
The Limits of Standard Deviation
Why use standard deviation to look at past stock prices when options provide a window into what’s to come? One of the easiest ways to…
Tail Risk & the Coronavirus Crisis
Humans don’t necessarily worry about “tail risk” on a daily basis, at least not in the same way as animals born with this appendage. For…
Economic Insensitivity
Traders can reduce risk by trading products that aren’t closely tied to unpredictable macroeconomic swings Basing trading decisions on an opinion about the economy isn’t…
Taking Equity in Futures Options
Equity options traders often rely on implied volatility to assess opportunities, but the practice isn’t limited to the equities segment of the financial markets. Futures…
Low Price, High Risk
Beware of low-priced high-volatility stocks—they’re usually no bargain Novice investors are attracted to stocks that sell for low prices, say $5 or less, because they…
The REIT Trade
Real estate investment trusts tend to pay dividends that can ease the pain of a bad trade Got a bad trade? Tell everyone you bought…
