ETF slop
ETFs for everything
The “world’s worst time traveler” investing style
Even if you know the future investing is hard
Options are ALWAYS about vol
Lots of fun stuff to learn today about options. Jumping right in. GLD and USO On the weekend of August 18th I pointed out that GLD ATM vol looked expensive as of the close on August 16th. I wrote about the setup and the performance after a week in the following posts respectively: Flash post on GLD vol (8/8/24) how many coin flips until your goal? (8/25/24) I did not put anything on myself as I prefer to stick to trades where my vol lens and directional bias overlap. I have no opinion on go
Volatility term structure from multiple angles (part 2)
Term Structure part 2
Options Riddle
Using vertical spread to compute OTM option value in your head
learning options from scratch
The basics
Volatility term structure from multiple angles (part 1)
Part 1 on term structures
moontower.ai testimonial and some of my thoughts
One of our pro subs sent us a note this weekend: Subscriber update: I’ve had a really successful first month with my moontower built trades. I’ve just been buying cheap vol verticals and diagonals, time spreads and selling expensive credit spreads, fine-tuning with the skew screen, playing the macro uptrend. Been helping me see the surface better, especially because never knew how to look at the surface before. Same with skew. This is my novice approach (8 year experience, retail). Thanks f
tracking your portfolio and its risk
computing portfolio vol
JEPI and the...Atlanta Falcons?
A follow up on derivative "income" ETFs
A Cockpit View Of Q3
Q32024
A few derivative “income” ETF comparisons
A follow up to JEPI competitors
derivative "income" bumhunting
on the popular wave of option etfs
a riddle related to American-style options
stopping time problems
a winner that’s really a loser
honest attribution
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