The Money Angle

vol speed round

I’ve been trading more than usual this week. I sent a couple impromptu emails describing my thinking. Sunday: a quick thought…

1 year ago

moontower raw: another day of trading

Friends, The readership here is a mix of curious, friendly people, many of which are here for dad-posting and general…

1 year ago

BTC Autopsy

In Sunday’s surfing volatility, I recapped my IBIT (the spot BTC ETF) options trading for the 10 days preceding the March…

1 year ago

a quick thought before the week

Friends, I wasn’t planning to publish until Wednesday but ahead of this week I just want to share what’s rattling…

1 year ago

straddle-sniped

I bought December COIN straddles yesterday, so instead I’m going to discuss: Premise Expression & Execution Management plan Miscellaneous aspects…

1 year ago

stop with the stop-loss debate

Certain topics re-infect popular social media discourse like an engineered cold virus. Like when the NY Times is having a…

1 year ago

one-touch

2 weeks ago I shared this tweet: By saying I’d buy that proposition I’m saying “I’d buy that vol” Andy, responded…

1 year ago

weekend theta

The “weekend effect” in options refers to the tendency of implied vol to increase on Mondays. Why does it happen?…

1 year ago

surfing volatility

Friday’s IBIT options expiration played out about as well as I could have hoped. [I discussed my trades in videos here and here and here.]…

1 year ago

Pigs on the Wing: vol tells us nothing about extreme moves

At the close of Friday, I was looking at far OTM gold put spreads. With GLD at $275, the April…

1 year ago