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Have you noticed IV in BSC options recently? Attached chart from Ivolatility shows IV profile as of friday close >70%. However, as of now ATM levels are trading above 100%. There may be differences in the way IV is calculated by Ivolatility or ToS. Albeit, it offers great option premiums to play. It has [...]

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Sector rotation was something that I discussed first time here on May 27, 2007.  I talked about where money was flowing and also mentioned about 21 picks. It’s been roughly 7 weeks since then and I thought let’s review if my analysis was worthwhile and how did individual picks do.
Here is the [...]

Blackstone is one of those picks where I think I would like to own some stocks for long term. Probably the most awaited IPO in recent weeks. It was priced at $31  but currently it is trading around $36, that’s roughly 16% up vs the IPO price.
No matter what others might think, I am long [...]

Goog is just breaking out from a multi-year high as well as resistance area of $515-$520 range. By looking at the chart it is quite clear that not only stock is making new high, but volumes are also increasing. This is an example of very simple chart analysis of support and resistance areas clearly showing that google [...]

Sector rotation is one of my favourite “health check point” to guage where the money is flowing. If the market is up and up but if I am caught into wrong sector, I will not be able to take full advantage of the bull run. As Jim cramer always says, there is always a bull run, [...]