Adam Hamilton

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• Trading The Put/Call Ratio

  Published 06 December 2002 | viewed 5,718 times

  The Great Game of Speculation often reminds me of an ever-escalating arms race. Each individual speculator trading deploys his scarce and precious capital into a…

• QQQ Options Trading 101

  Published 29 November 2002 | viewed 8,134 times

  At Zeal we are constantly deluged with questions on investing and speculation from around the world. As usual, the spectacular NASDAQ bear-market rally since its…

• Real Rates and Gold 3

  Published 22 November 2002 | viewed 5,908 times

  When my infuriating alarm clock started blaring and eviscerated my blissful sleep at 0230 Tuesday morning, a Herculean struggle ensued. Should I stay in my…

• Bear-Market Portfolio Design

  Published 15 November 2002 | viewed 6,398 times

  Welcome to the bear market. While such a statement was considered ultra-heretical and worthy of intellectual stoning-to-death not too long ago, today after 32 agonizing…

• Volatility Trading the QQQs 2

  Published 08 November 2002 | viewed 5,121 times

  What an amazing week for stock-index speculators! It all began after the closing bell last Friday afternoon, when the US government declared that it was…

• The Optimistic Bear

  Published 01 November 2002 | viewed 4,494 times

  The emotionally-charged financial markets are an exceedingly fertile breeding ground for myths. Capital, which should be a useful tool and nothing more, tends to evoke…

• Valuation Wave Reversion

  Published 25 October 2002 | viewed 6,031 times

  Denver, Colorado is one of my favorite big cities in America. Much time in my life has been spent working, studying, and playing in the…

• Long Valuation Waves

  Published 18 October 2002 | viewed 6,329 times

  Almost two millennia ago some of the most important events in world history unfolded near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the ancient capital of Israel.…

• Forcing the Fed's Hand

  Published 11 October 2002 | viewed 4,928 times

  The private central bank of the United States, the so-called Federal Reserve, is always a contentious subject to discuss. Just like the ancient Islamic jihad…

• Trading Volatility Ratios

  Published 04 October 2002 | viewed 5,265 times

  Just as in life, strategic perspective is priceless when studying the markets. There are rock-solid, fundamental realities underlying both life and the markets. As each…

• Gold's $325 Maginot Line

  Published 27 September 2002 | viewed 5,024 times

  Following the horrific trench warfare of World War I, the first immensely destructive "modern war," France vowed to never again be subjected to invasion by…

• Handicapping Market Crashes

  Published 20 September 2002 | viewed 5,654 times

  As we plunge ever farther into this amazing supercycle bubble bust, one popular pastime amongst the bears is to speculate on the timing of crashes…

• Volatility Trading the QQQs

  Published 13 September 2002 | viewed 5,762 times

  While a primary bear market is certainly fraught with peril for conventional long-term investors, it can be a glorious utopia for short-term speculators. One of…

• Stocks and Long Rates

  Published 06 September 2002 | viewed 4,577 times

  Living and trading through these exceedingly chaotic post-bubble times can be challenging, but there are certainly silver linings to the dark clouds of our brutal…

• Bear Market Rallies 2

  Published 30 August 2002 | viewed 4,720 times

  With the final days of unofficial summer riding off into the fiery sunset this weekend, the serious season for the equity markets is almost upon…

• Pondering Real Estate

  Published 23 August 2002 | viewed 5,750 times

  One of the greatest blessings of writing publicly is the continual stream of feedback I am offered from folks around the world. They let me…

• GoldTrends 3

  Published 16 August 2002 | viewed 4,904 times

  Speculators in the general US equity markets are not the only ones who have been entertained by an uncharacteristically wild summer this year. Gold and…

• VIX Bounces SP500

  Published 09 August 2002 | viewed 5,287 times

  An old investing proverb bearing great wisdom that we all should carefully heed warns investors and speculators of the five most dangerous words ever uttered…

• Trading Volatility Bottoms

  Published 02 August 2002 | viewed 4,369 times

  Ahhhh, there's nothing quite like these awesome relaxing summer days in late July and early August right? The days are gloriously long, the sun is…

• JPM Derivatives Monster Crashes

  Published 26 July 2002 | viewed 5,139 times

  What an extraordinary week in the markets! It is not every week that the stocks of major money-center banks crash, frantic rumors fly of derivatives…