JW Jones

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• The Fed Taper Explained by SPX Options

  Published 17 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  With the last major news item for 2013 less than 48 hours away, I thought I would share some insights as to what the S&P…

• Using Options to Capitalize on Strong Fundamentals in Gold

  Published 04 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Throughout most of 2013, gold futures have been under major selling pressure. Gold opened the year trading around $1,675 per ounce. As of the 12/02/13…

• Fundamentals Rendered Irrelevant by Fed Actions

  Published 26 November 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The fundamental backdrop behind the ramp higher in equity prices in 2013 is far from inspiring. However, fundamentals do not matter when the Federal Reserve…

• Oil Prices, Syria, and the Probability of a Price Shock

  Published 12 September 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Oil prices have been in the spotlight as the Syrian chemical weapons crisis became front and center in the media. As the political process has…

• Is 1,600 the Next SP500 Support Level?

  Published 31 August 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Investors and traders alike are heading into the long weekend with a variety of potential risks facing them. The media has made us aware of…

• Will 1,650 Offer Buying Support for The SP500?

  Published 16 August 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In my most recent article, I discussed how I was expecting U.S. financial markets to reverse to the downside in the near future. I illustrated…

• The SP500 is Plagued with Divergences

  Published 06 August 2013 | viewed 0 times

  By now everyone has a prediction about where the S&P 500 Index (SPX) is going to be heading in the future. Most of the sell…

• While the Fed Parties, Gold and Oil Have Left the Building

  Published 13 June 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Risk assets and financial markets around the world have been supported by central bank action for several years. Performing financial alchemy on a scale larger…

• The Headline Data that Financial Media Ignored on Wednesday

  Published 23 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Wednesday was a wild trading session where we saw the largest intraday selloff in the S&P 500 E-Mini futures that we have seen in some…

• Will Oil Futures Stop the Fed's QE Program?

  Published 11 May 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The sell-side analysts and economists are reminding retail investors that risk assets in the United States have been on quite a tear to the upside…

• Where is the Larger Bubble: the SP 500 Index or U.S. Treasuries?

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Today we have a plethora of companies reporting earnings and are moving through the 1st Quarter earnings season at a rapid pace. Thus far, earnings…

• Gold vs. SP 500 - Where is the Value?

  Published 28 March 2013 | viewed 0 times

  This past week we received the final 4th Quarter GDP number which came in at 0.39%. The total 4th Quarter growth was terrible, plain and…

• Gold, Copper, and Oil Forecasted the Recent Selloff in the SP 500

  Published 27 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  For the past several weeks, everywhere I looked all I could find was bullish articles. After the fiscal cliff was patched at the last second,…

• The Anatomy of an XOM Earnings Trade

  Published 06 February 2013 | viewed 0 times

  One of the most interesting aspects of options is the myriad opportunities presented for high probability trades for those who understand the details of option…

• Signs That a Correction Maybe Near in the SPX, RUT and DJIA

  Published 22 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The great market prognosticators have by now came out with their 2013 predictions about financial markets. It seems to me to be a fool's game…

• Taking Advantage of Recent Lows in the Volatility Index

  Published 09 January 2013 | viewed 0 times

  One of the newest option products to appear in our universe as an options trader is the option series designed to trade the volatility index…

• Using a Put Butterfly to Trade Cummins Inc.

  Published 21 December 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Entomologists tell us that a group of butterflies can, at the choice of the writer, be termed a lek, a rabble, or a swarm. I…

• What the VIX Term Structure is Saying About the Fiscal Cliff

  Published 07 December 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The past few weeks have been full of a constant barrage of press conferences and public statements from the charlatans in Washington D.C. Politicians cannot…

• Why the SP 500 and Gold Rallied in the Face of Negative News

  Published 25 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The amount of negative news that we have seen recently has been mind-blowing. Europe is going into recession, Greece and several other countries are on…

• Implied Volatility Crush in AAPL Can Lead to Profits

  Published 20 November 2012 | viewed 0 times

  The recent massive sell off in AAPL stock has presented some interesting opportunities for low risk trades. For long time readers of this column, you…