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) […]
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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)
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 ($INDU) shed 1,100 points in the wake of Nvidia’s blockbuster earnings report. NASDAQ (QQQ) stocks saw the widest range since April 2 Liberation Day, when stocks […]
Global Market Comments November 7, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (TESTIMONIAL) (CONTANGO IN THE VIX EXPLAINED ONE MORE TIME), (UVXY), ($VIX), (SPY)
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), ($VIX), (SPY)
At today’s Mad Hedge Biweekly Strategy Webinar, I received an excellent question: Why is the Vertical Call Debit Spread my favorite trading vehicle when markets are going rising? So let me ask you this: How would you like to play blackjack knowing that the dealer would bust 90% of the time? What if you played […]
Global Market Comments October 30, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (WHY TECHNICAL ANALYSIS DOESN’T WORK) (SPY), (QQQ), (IWM), (VIX) (TESTIMONIAL)
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I recently heard an amazing piece of information from a subscriber. Fidelity recently conducted a study to identify their best-performing clients. They neatly fell into two groups: people who forgot they had an account at Fidelity, and dead people. It all underlines the futility of trading the markets without true professional guidance, such as you […]
Global Market Comments October 27, 2025 Fiat Lux Featured Trade: (MARKET OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEK AHEAD, or THE YEAREND RALLY HAS STARTED), (NFLX), (SPY), (TLT), ($VIX), (GM), (TSLA), (USO), (PHM), (GLD), (AAPL), (SLV), (FXI)
Like the rest of you, I have spent the last two months tediously grinding sideways, or at worst, suffering small corrections. Traders, investors, and retail have been playing a waiting game; waiting for the Fed to lower interest rates, the government shutdown to end, and the markets to digest the enormous gains since April. The […]