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Global Market Comments November 5, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (THE MARGIN CALL FROM HELL) (NFLX), (MSTR), (TSLA)
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 $1 million in excess margin, so I figured I could just go take a nap. Then, at exactly 1:30 PM EST, a message highlighted in […]
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“Most inventions fail because the timing is wrong. Inventing is a lot like surfing. You have to anticipate and catch the wave just at the right moment,” said computer scientist and futurologist, Ray Kurzweil.
Global Market Comments November 4, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (JANUARY 8 ORLANDO, FLORIDA STRATEGY LUNCHEON) (TEN REASONS WHY I ONLY EXECUTE VERTICAL CALL DEBIT SPREADS), (AAPL), ($VIX), (SPY)
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 […]
Global Market Comments November 3, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or HOLDING THE BASKETBALL DOWN), (GS), (NFLX), (ZM), (AAPL), (AMZN), (GOOGL), (NVDA), (META), (MSFT), (TSLA)
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“If politicians delivered everything they promised, there would be absolutely no reason to go to Heaven,” said American humorist Will Rodgers.
Global Market Comments October 31, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (OCTOBER 29 BIWEEKLY STRATEGY WEBINAR Q&A), (SPY), (TLT), (GLD), ($WTIC), (USO), (TAN)
Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the October 29 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: What are the chances of Elon Musk leaving Tesla (TSLA) if he doesn’t get his $1 trillion pay package? A: I think he’d settle for $500 billion, but knowing Elon Musk as I […]