WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW 

Despite being almost flat on a week-to-week basis, the S&P500 (SPY) showed quite a lot of activity during the course of the week.

Following a solid start to the week on Monday (with a break over the critical $454 level), the market took off on Tuesday...

WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW 

Following the previous week's remarkable bounce, the S&P500 (SPY) appears reenergized and has delivered another week of solid gains.

After some uncertainty on Monday and a solid session on Tuesday, some selling pressure intensified on Wednesday, raising...

WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW 

After months of roller coasting and continuous pain, the S&P500 (SPY) had the best week since the 2020 US presidential election rally.

The week started on Monday with another red session and with Chinese equities on the verge of implosion....

WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW 

The stock market has had another rough week. On Monday, the S&P500 (SPY) fell with a horrific long solid red candle loosing the key support at the $428 level. 

This might have signaled the start of another wave of heavy selling pressure. Instead,...

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WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW 

The market has reacted reasonably well to another challenging week due to rising war tensions, reporting losses that could have been far more dramatic.

The S&P500 (SPY) price activity has been volatile but mostly positive in the first four days of the week....

Options traders have a variety of tools at their disposal. Options Greeks, for example, can assist in analyzing the implications of many aspects of an option position.

Delta, Theta, and Vega are most likely the three options Greeks that have the greatest influence on option prices...

When trading options market participants have four different basic ways to place an open order or a close order.

Sell to Open (STO) is one of the two types of options open orders that can be used by an options trader to ...

When trading options, there are four different basic ways to place an open order or a close order.

Buy to Open (BTO) is one of the two types of options orders that can be used in options trading to open a position. The other type of order is Sell to Open (STO).

Buy to Open refers...

WEEKLY MARKET OVERVIEW 

This four-day trading week was yet another wild ride for the stock market!

In the environment of rising volatility and expanding fear (due to market overvaluation, rising inflation, and war attacks), the S&P500 (SPY) began the week with uncertain price...