Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 3-2-26

The most significant news of the week occurred over the weekend when the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran and killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader for nearly four decades, among others.Donald Trump announced Khamenei’s death on Saturday, which was...

Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 2-23-26

The most significant news of the week occurred on Friday when the Supreme Court’s decision was released striking down President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs.  The betting markets had predicted a 74% chance of the same.The Court said...

Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 2-17-26

Despite good economic data, most markets finishing negative on the week led by technology shares amid concerns over AI-driven disruption which bled into other industries.  QQQ was down 1.3% and the MAGS worse, down 2.3%.In the past, the artificial intelligence...

Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 2-9-26

The big news of the week was the continued selloff in stocks (particularly technology, software, AI stocks, and leveraged private companies), cryptocurrencies, precious metals, and other risky assets, prior to the massive reversal on Friday. Bitcoin had an...

Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 2-2-26

There was a lot of big news of the week:  Trump threatening 100% tariffs on Canadian goods;  gold, silver and many metals tanking after setting new highs; the US dollar continuing its selloff Monday and Tuesday; the Federal Reserve holding rates unchanged at...

Weekly Options Trader for the Week of 1-26-26

The big news of the week occurred last Tuesday when President Trump threatened additional tariffs on some European countries who objected to his bid to acquire Greenland, as well as the heavy selling of Japanese government bonds.Treasuries and the dollar fell while...