As markets move higher & fear subsides, volatility is shrinking & thus is helping somewhat on the prices of our short call spreads. This is one of the components, & a major one, of how options are priced.
Jay spoke with Ciara Linnane today from MarketWatch about how next week, the 4th quarter earnings season will kick off for banks.
As the market has rebounded from the December lows, today we found a short call spread going out to February 1st that qualified under our entry rules. For some of you it might be a new concept selling call spreads instead of put spreads.
U.S. News discusses “4 Things to Know About Tech Investing in 2019”. One of the main topics in the article surrounds the importance of hedging your bets in a volatile market.
At ZEGA we don’t make year end market predictions. Instead as most of you know we are proponents of using a core hedged or buffered equity strategy.