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Bill Luby: The sudden surge of interest in VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (NYSEArca:TVIX) made it the most heavily traded VIX exchange-traded product (ETP) on Friday, Read more…
Bill Luby: With just a few minutes before the close, it is now almost certain that VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (NYSEArca:TVIX) is going to dethrone iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Read more…
Rick Pendergraft: Over the past four or five months, the volume on the New York Stock Exchange has been pathetic. I’ve heard numerous analysts complain about the low-volume environment and I must Read more…
Bill Luby: This morning was one of those mornings where stocks were up, the VIX was up and some of the VIX futures were up even more than the cash VIX – at least before the latest round of news from Greece hit. Read more…
In trading on Wednesday, the ProShares Trust VIX Short-Term (NYSEArca:VIXY) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.85% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
In trading on Monday, the Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF (NYSEArca:GREK) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 7.28% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
Bill Luby: Options volume in iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSEArca:VXX) surged to their second highest level ever on Friday, with 344,777 contracts trading and put volume (56%) outpacing call volume (44%) by an unusually high margin. Read more…
Jared Cummans: Yet another earnings season has passed by and left us with plenty to talk about. Unfortunately, blue chip statements will no longer dominate markets, leaving us more vulnerable to news from the flailing euro zone, as evidenced by Friday’s trading day. For the next few months, investors Read more…
S&P futures are up 10 handles Monday morning, reacting to Greece’s parliament’s final approval new, stricter austerity measures. The vote now paves the way for another international bailout package that will prevent a hard default on March 20. While the market is Read more…
Sy Harding: Most investors are aware of the market’s various seasonal patterns. In the Four-Year Presidential Cycle the market has a strong tendency to be positive in the last two years of each Read more…
Bill Luby: For those who missed today’s market action and just looked at the post-mortem reports, today probably looked like just another in a series of uneventful days. For those who were paying Read more…
US stock futures have surged to positive territory Thursday amid reports of a Greek debt deal. Small snags had been holding up the final approval of a deal between the Greek government and European finance ministers, and it appears those have finally been worked Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, OIH, SPY, TLT, VXX
US stock futures continued their climb overnight and are set for a slightly higher open. Investors are still expecting an imminent deal in the Greek debt saga that will pave the way for a new bailout package. Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is expected to meet with Read more…
Andy Crowder: Many professional options traders don’t really care about options prices or volume. They only care about volatility. That’s because volatility is the single biggest factor for any given options contract. Read more…
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