Right now, thousands of short volatility traders are scrambling to cover their positions. Okay, that’s an exaggeration – they’re probably just rolling their positions higher. Joking aside, there’s nothing like a nuclear threat to get some volatility back in the financial markets. Yet, two or three days of higher volatility probably isn’t going to change […]
Author: Jay Soloff
Trading The World’s First Trillion Dollar Company with Options?
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is such a popular and profitable company, it will even thrive in the event of a nuclear apocalypse – at least according to investors. Okay, not really. But, the first nuclear threat (albeit a small one) we’ve had since the Cold War apparently hasn’t dampened buyers’ enthusiasm for AAPL shares. The retail/tech […]
Trading a Boring Market with Options
There are lots of jokes floating around the internet regarding other things you could be doing with your time instead of trading. These take the form of funny memes or gifs, or just random humorous one-liners. The jokes are popping up because of how incredibly boring the stock market has been this year. The lack […]
Trading The Fed With Options
If you were to take a poll of investors who’ve traded options, you’d probably find the majority of them have traded single stock options. I’d venture to guess most investors think of options as a way to trade names like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) or Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). A handful of the people you poll may […]
How to Trade Facebook (FB) With Options
Death, taxes, and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) user growth… it should be the new saying. Social media giant Facebook continues to grow its user base quarter after quarter with almost military-like discipline. It seems like the only thing that could halt the growth is the limited population of the planet. Eventually, FB will run out of […]
A $265 Million Payout If Volatility Goes Higher
One trader bet the house that the VIX will be over 12 by October and even stands to rake in a $265 million payout if the VIX reaches all the way to 25 in that same time frame. Jay Soloff agrees that the VIX could be due for a spike by then and shares a […]
An Options Trade That Wins No Matter What Direction Gold Moves
Major interest rate news on the horizon means the price of gold could spike either higher or lower in a short period of time. Here’s a trade that makes money if gold moves just a small amount either up or down. Over the next several weeks, investors will be heavily focused on any news or […]
This is the Biggest Options Trade Ever Made
Risking $10 million on a trade that has a 9-day time limit might seem ludacris, but that’s exactly what this trader did. The best part is, you don’t need to have millions of dollars to profit from the same type of trade. Jay Soloff explains how. It’s easy to see the benefits of trading options […]
Sentiment Says This Options Trade Can Win Big By September
Following traders making huge bets on market moves is one great way to find a new trade to place. Jay Soloff, the options trading expert at Investors Alley, saw one trader placing a $350,000 bet the stock in this article is going to make a big move soon. Here’s how you can mimic this trade […]
Bank 100% Returns by September Using this Cheap Options Trade
90% of all trades on this one stock have been bullish in the last week and 80% have been bullish over the last month. That’s why now’s the time to buy into this stock, and, by using this cheap options trade, you can bank 100% returns by September with just a small move higher in […]