Market Overview

Massive capital flight racks the equities markets! Following 3 months of strong and steady growth, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tanked on October 9, 2014. Fears about the performance of the global...

-- VIX broke above the neckline of an inverted Head & Shoulders formation that indicates a probable surprise target in the near term. VIX displays an exponential fractal pattern that, if repeated,...

Futures markets have shifted expectations for the Fed's liftoff further out in time. The July-15 Fed Funds futures contract is only pricing a 12bp Fed Funds rate increase from the current levels - not...

Talking Points:US Dollar Selloff Resumes After a Brief Two-Day Pause S&P 500 Races Downward, Slumps to Five-Month Low Crude Oil Continues to Sink as Gold Meets Resistance US...

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is scheduled to report earnings after the market closes on Wednesday, October 15. Buy side and independent analysts on Estimize are expecting the online streaming video company...

Friday did not go well. Yesterday basically saw a stabilising process with the exception of USD/JPY that confounded with its continued losses. The result is a mix of complicated corrections that do...

A better mood in equity markets and a softer dollar at the start of the week gives us some hope for a bounce in EM assets, even if short lived. While the focus remains on major markets for now,...

Markets reacted positively to release of the latest FOMC minutes on Wednesday, erasing the previous day’s significant losses. However, that reaction was abruptly reversed on Thursday and Friday,...

In the illustrious wisdom of Don Rumsfeld - there are known knowns.  The cheap thrills of a Halloween horror flick. The ecstatic squeals from your four year old on Christmas morning....

The US dollar is trading heavier against most of the major and emerging market currencies. The euro and sterling remain within the ranges seen before the weekend while the dollar slipped against the...

IMM data released last Friday revealed close to unchanged positioning in EUR. In terms of percentage of open interest, non-commercial EUR positioning has remained relatively stable over the past month...

European markets are trading lower this morning as investors are spooked by the sell off in the market which is led by the German Index. The index has seen the lowest level for the quarter last week...

Yen gaining on risk aversion The dollar was opening little changed in Europe from its levels Friday morning. The only noticeable trend within the G10 was a strengthening yen. This stands to reason,...

In this, the third edition of The Complete Guide to Option Selling: How Selling Options Can Lead to Stellar Returns in Bull and Bear Markets (McGraw-Hill, 2015), James Cordier and Michael Gross...