The Money Angle

does revenue seasonality translate to vol seasonality?

Last month H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) sold off hard on AI fears. Implied volatility soared to a new 1-year high.…

2 months ago

Greg Newman of Onyx on Odds On Open podcast

📺How the World’s Largest Oil Derivatives Trading Firm Is Navigating the Iran War | Odds on Open I’m biased considering I traded…

2 months ago

the singularity trade

Not to deter any stubborn bears, but just understand your history. In 1999, the Nasdaq returned 86%. If we ignore…

3 months ago

a delightful conclusion to the Investment Beginnings Series

This week I taught Class 5 of the Investment Beginnings series I’ve been doing with the 12+ year olds. my…

3 months ago

high implied vol can work for or against you

Here’s how high vol works against you It's too expensive to buy puts to trade directionally once an asset has…

3 months ago

appreciating diversification

This week, I hosted class #4 of the Investment Beginnings for local kids aged 12+. The series’ materials are here: https://notion.moontowermeta.com/investment-beginnings-course This…

4 months ago

how a high implied vol can be cheap

EWY, the South Korea ETF, was an interesting source of disagreement in our Discord about whether the vol was expensive…

4 months ago

hard earned trading wisdom

Euan Sinclair needs no introduction from me. I’ll cut straight to the gold. He’s been a repeat guest on Erik’s…

4 months ago

options policework

A moontower user sent this [paraphrased] message in our Discord the morning of Jan 9th: NLR [VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF] had…

4 months ago

Positive delta puts in the wild: Avis stock (CAR)

Remember that chart of CAR last week. (Matt Levine wrote about the fundamentals of the squeeze on 4/15) So this was Thursday:…

4 months ago