Tag Archives: (GS)

September 17 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

Below, please find subscribers’ Q&A for the September 17 Mad Hedge Fund Trader Global Strategy Webinar, broadcast from Incline Village, NV. Q: Is it possible for the federal government to change quarterly earnings reports to semiannual, and what would that do to the stock market? A: This isn’t going to happen because it would suck […]

How to Handle the Friday, September 19 Options Expiration

Followers of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader alert service have the good fortune to own TWO in-the-money options positions that expire on Friday, SEPTEMBER 19, and I just want to explain to the newbies how to best maximize their profits. This involves the: (GS) 9/$690-$700 call spread (JPM) 9/$270-$280 call spread   Provided that we […]

A Note on Assigned Options, or Options Called Away Updated

Occasionally, I get a call from Concierge members asking what to do when their short positions in options are assigned or called away. The answer was very simple: fall down on your knees and thank your lucky stars. You have just made the maximum possible profit for your position instantly. We have the good fortune […]

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or Watching History Rhyme

I have been predicting all year that the government’s new and untested economic policies would produce stagflation. Well, we certainly got the “Stag” on Friday with the most disastrous jobs report since the Pandemic. Will the “flation” follow with the Consumer Price Index this coming Thursday? Nonfarm Payroll certainly broke all recent records, proving how […]

How to Spot a Market Top

It’s fall again, when my most loyal readers are to be found taking transcontinental railroad journeys, crossing the Atlantic in a first-class suite on the Queen Mary 2, or getting the early jump on the Caribbean beaches. What better time to spend your trading profits than after all the kids have gone back to school, […]