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With all the news about inflation and gas prices and various other depressing news, the incredibly high value of the dollar has largely flown under the radar.

Some of my previous blogs focused on the so-called Covid Darlings, the stocks that benefited from Covid, but are now subject to extreme selling pressure.

Cathie Wood's ARK Innovation ETF skyrocketed to mass popularity when it delivered a solid 35.7% return in 2019 and then followed up with an eyepopping 156.6% in 2020.

Last week, I attended a derivatives conference in Las Vegas (Quants in Vegas, an interesting combination). Like all conferences, it was a chance to see and be seen and to check out what everybody else is thinking.

As you know, lately I have been writing about cryptocurrencies and how they have not been acting as advertised (to say the least).

The Wheel Strategy is a popular options trading strategy for generating consistent passive income.

Last weekend, a horse aptly named Rich Strike won the Kentucky Derby. Believe it or not, he was an 80-1 long shot.

This week, the tone of the markets took on a decidedly apocalyptic tone. Inflation, war, interest rates, Covid, stagflation…the list goes on and on. I

Apparently, a federal judge in Florida has decided for all of us that the pandemic is officially over.

To begin, I won’t comment or recap what’s been going on between Twitter and Elon Musk – it’s been well-covered in the press...

According to almost everything you read, crude oil is very, very volatile. The evidence is everywhere: prices at the gas pump are super high, the war in...

As I write this, the War in Ukraine continues to rage on with no end in sight.

It's always interesting when markets refuse to follow conventional wisdom.

Nickel, agricultural sanctions, bitcoin, and a gold-mining meme stock.

Imagine that one day you're trading away in a pretty quiet stock and all of sudden it goes up 66% one day and then doubles the next over the course of 18 minutes.

You can’t get much more uncertain than how the Russian/Ukraine situation will ultimately turn out.

I fully believe that financial history doesn't really repeat itself, it just kind of rhymes with what we've seen before. In other words, reminiscent, but not a replay, a sequel if you will.

As we have written over the last several weeks, the Russia/Ukraine situation will produce market effects that are not seen too often.

After a week or so off, the Russian/Ukraine faceoff is back on the front page and above the fold.

Dare I say it? Volatility actually decreased last week! Of course, some stocks looked like they were knocking on the...

For traders new and old, last week was a wild ride with some whiplash-inducing intraday swings.

The bull market party has been going on since roughly 2009 (and who would have predicted that at the very bottom of the...

A tutorial on how to use OptionStrat to calculate profit and loss for various option strategies.

What is implied volatility (IV) and how does it affect my trades?

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