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August 10, 2021

Here’s a handy guide to convert your favorite futures to ETFs!

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Volatility is Waning, Again

By Michael Rechenthin

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August 10, 2021

The data below reflects Aug. 3 prices. Check out the VIX prices per month. At the bottom, we show the 5-, 10- and 30-year VIX averages. We are including this…
Naked Puts for the Risk Averse

By Michael Rechenthin

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August 2, 2021

In the Tactics section of this issue, an article entitled Three Ways to Play Long Odds offers three strategies for placing speculative trades. Here, readers will find an “anti-speculative” strategy…
Diversification & Correlations

By Michael Rechenthin

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July 20, 2021

Diversification is spreading money across multiple assets as opposed to just 1 or 2 (i.e. “don’t put all your eggs in one basket”). So how do you pick those assets?…
The High Probability of Low Standard Deviation Option Strategies

By Michael Rechenthin

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July 6, 2021

We wanted to see where the most theoretical opportunity for short-premium based strategies on the historical percentage of time that the stocks went “outside of the 1, 2 or 3…
Is fear dead?

By Michael Rechenthin

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June 30, 2021

The VIX (aka the “Fear Index”) dropped below 16 for the first time since before the pandemic. Judging from past performance, it may stay low for a while. Historically, when…
It’s High Time for a Cannabis Index: Introducing /S420

By Michael Rechenthin

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June 22, 2021

The Small Exchange's new futures product
Cherry-picking Inflation

By Michael Rechenthin

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June 11, 2021

Inflation is in the news a lot lately. Check out the Google Search spikes. Google Trend searches are measured 0-100 with 100 being the peak of searches for the measured…
Summer Doldrums? There is a Trade For That

By Michael Rechenthin

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June 11, 2021

Volatility tends to be low in the summer! May, June and July tend to have the lowest monthly VIX average prices. Traders and business tend to slow down in the…
Hey Volatility, What are you implying?

By Michael Rechenthin

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June 9, 2021

Implied Volatility readings across various liquid asset classes continue to deflate, generating much the same assumption that seems to be applied to the S&P 500-based VIX: ’“perhaps the summer doldrums…
Playful Summer Stocks

By Michael Rechenthin

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June 9, 2021

Last week we included a sweet graphic. May, June, and July tend to have the lowest monthly VIX average prices. Everything tends to shut down during the summer, but recreational…
Crypto Scalping

By Michael Rechenthin

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June 9, 2021

It is easy to purchase any of these coins on the tastyworks platform. Check out the daily “scalping range” of BTC/USD. A single coin has had a daily range of…
Forget Mayweather-Paul, how do Growth stocks stack up vs. Staple stocks?

By Michael Rechenthin

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June 1, 2021

Ripe & Juicy Trade Ideas
Retail Options

By Michael Rechenthin

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May 26, 2021

The list of retailers, right, is sorted from high to low with respect to volatility. Etsy has the highest volatility among the group, while Costco has the lowest. So how…
For Moonshots, Avoid ETFs

By Michael Rechenthin

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April 21, 2021

Sometimes traders strain to achieve a “moonshot.” They dream of picking a single stock that quickly moves from $1,000 to $100,000. But they shouldn’t expect that to happen with a…
Options With Futures

By Michael Rechenthin

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March 10, 2021

Why trade E-mini S&P 500 futures when Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures is also liquid and more appropriate for smaller accounts? Trading the /ES on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME…
Volatility “Sweet Spot”

By Michael Rechenthin

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January 31, 2021

Securities are ranked on this page according to their forward-looking volatility from last year. Traders seeking safer investments—at least those expected to move less—might lean toward the exchange-traded funds (ETFs)…
More Bang for Your Buck

By Michael Rechenthin

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December 7, 2020

As a trading vehicle, nothing beats futures in terms of cost efficiency, liquidity and, for some, tax treatment. Take a look below. First, note the “Futures USD Notional,” which…
All Your Options

By Michael Rechenthin

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September 28, 2020

Have a directional assumption about a stock? With options, traders have a much larger range of possibilities than with stocks. Instead of being just “bullish” or “bearish,” options provide ways…
Futures: Ticked Off

By Michael Rechenthin

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August 17, 2020

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 Day-to-Day Movement” column, and don’t…
Digging Gold

By Michael Rechenthin

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June 30, 2020

When the markets are in turmoil, money tends to flow out of stocks and into “safer” investments. The market’s definition of “safe” changes, but when stocks declined in March, money…

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