Tag Archives: (SPY)

Contango in the (UVXY) Explained One More Time

There’s nothing like a swift kick in the shins, a slap in the face, and a good boxing of the ears to give you a healthy dose of humility. That’s holders of the ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF (UVXY) right about now. This is the popular ETF that rises when the S&P 500 (SPY) […]

November 24, 2025

Global Market Comments November 24, 2025 Fiat Lux   Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG) ($INDU), (SPY), ($VIX), (GOOGL), (GS), (MS), (RKT),(NFLX), (AMZN), (GOOGL), (APPL), (NFLX), (GS), (ZM), (MS), (BLK)

The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The Tail Wagging the Dog

You can be forgiven for thinking that the stock market has become manic-depressive, which, over the last two trading days, ended up violently flat. On Thursday, the Dow Average ($INDU) shed 1,100 points in the wake of Nvidia’s blockbuster earnings report. NASDAQ (QQQ) stocks saw the widest range since April 2 Liberation Day, when stocks […]

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 […]

October 29 Biweekly Strategy Webinar Q&A

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 […]