Category Archives: Diary

April 4 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

Below please find subscribers’ Q&A for the April 2 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Why are there days when both bonds and interest rates are going up? A: Well, there is a tug-of-war going on in the bond market. When recession fears are the dominant theme of […]

A Note on Assigned Options, or Options Called Away

I just received an excited text message from an excited Concierge client. His long position in the (NVDA) April 17 2025 $90-$95 vertical bull call debit spread had just been called away. That meant he would receive the maximum profit a full 10 trading days before the April 17 option expiration. Whoever called away the […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Stagflation is On!

There is no doubt that the data released out on Friday were a complete disaster for stock investors. The Dow Average futures posted a 1,000-point swing, from up 200 in the overnight markets to down 800 intraday. Specifically, the Consumer Price Index came in at a hot 0.4%, which is 4.8% annualized. Five-year Inflation Expectations, […]

March 27, 2025

Global Market Comments March 27, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (HOW TO GAIN AN ADVANTAGE WITH PARALLEL TRADING), (GM), (F), (TM), (NSANY), (DDAIF), BMW (BMWYY), (VWAPY), (PALL), (GS), (EZA), (CAT), (CMI), (KMTUY), (KODK), (SLV), (AAPL)

How to Gain an Advantage with Parallel Trading

One of the most fascinating things I learned when I first joined the equity trading desk at Morgan Stanley during the early 1980s was how to parallel trade. A customer order would come in to buy a million shares of General Motors (GM), and what did the in-house proprietary trading book do immediately? It loaded […]