Author Archives: april@madhedgefundtrader.com

The Margin Call from Hell

It was just another quiet Friday afternoon. I was letting my call spreads in Netflix (NFLX) run off in the weekly expiration. They were $100 deep in-the-money and I had $1 million in excess margin, so I figured I could just go take a nap. Then, at exactly 1:30 PM EST, a message highlighted in […]

The Long View

Ah, Regeneron (REGN). Once the golden child of ophthalmology, now the grizzled veteran of biotech, hobbling through a few Eylea-induced aches and pains. But here’s the punchline: this old dog is learning some new tricks. And Wall Street is finally starting to notice. After a year in the earnings penalty box, Regeneron just delivered a […]

Ten Reasons Why I Only Execute Vertical Call Debit Spreads

At today’s Mad Hedge Biweekly Strategy Webinar, I received an excellent question: Why is the Vertical Call Debit Spread my favorite trading vehicle when markets are going rising? So let me ask you this: How would you like to play blackjack knowing that the dealer would bust 90% of the time? What if you played […]