Archive for October, 2010

• REE Vol Madness!
  Posted by Adam Warner on October 31st, 2010 at 10:53 pm, Comments: 0

  Check out the volatility chart on this months Bubble Darling Rare Element Resources (REE). The chart only goes back 2 months because apparently they just [...]

• Fading Into the Sunset
  Posted by Adam Warner on October 29th, 2010 at 12:33 pm, Comments: 0

  If you have watched 10 minutes of NFL this year, odds are that the Vikings were on. You may have noticed The Ol’ Gunslinger is [...]

• VXX Week Rolls On
  Posted by Adam Warner on October 29th, 2010 at 6:53 am, Comments: 0

  Are we a little too harsh on Mr. VXX? Steven Place makes this point. It seems as though the VXX has become the butt of [...]

• Danica Bottom in VXX?
  Posted by Adam Warner on October 28th, 2010 at 12:10 pm, Comments: 0

  Not saying you should go buy VXX. I would never actually say that, I really only look at it compared to other similiar-bet alternatives. So [...]

• Mid Week Sonar
  Posted by Adam Warner on October 28th, 2010 at 7:02 am, Comments: 0

  Its getting a bit interesting here in VIX land. While we weren’t looking, premiums in the November VIX have gone almost flat. Gone is that [...]

• VXX Split
  Posted by Adam Warner on October 27th, 2010 at 11:45 am, Comments: 0

  So when VXX ticked around 12.5 on Monday, I tweeted this. @chicagosean hey, perfect time for that 1:4 reverse split, $VXX to 50! And wouldn’t [...]

• Where We Shamelessly Pick On Un-Named Tweeter
  Posted by Adam Warner on October 27th, 2010 at 6:42 am, Comments: 0

  “I might just buy $VXX because I’m not supposed to. Everyone says don’t buy. Complacency rules.” OK, what’s wrong with this under 140 character blurb? [...]

• CNBC Typecasting Like Its 2005
  Posted by Adam Warner on October 26th, 2010 at 12:36 pm, Comments: 0

  Great that CNBC still runs these “can you trust bloggers” sorts of features. They classify Greg Mankiw, Paul Krugman, and all academics with a website [...]

• Complacency Is All Relative
  Posted by Adam Warner on October 26th, 2010 at 7:13 am, Comments: 0

  The VIX has broken down below 20 again, back to pre-Flash Crash levels. But does that mean options volatility has now gotten cheap? By a [...]

• Random Sports Weekend
  Posted by Adam Warner on October 25th, 2010 at 3:07 pm, Comments: 0

  *Not sure I could name more than like 2 Islanders. *Thank you Giants, thank you Rangers. The Evil Empires are gone! Or at least golfing [...]