Saturday, August 30, 2025
The markets are ugly. This market crash is ugly. Volatility, as measured by the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) just spiked to 32.76. Traders are running scared. Stocks are plunging. Inflation is out of control. Central banks are racing to cool inflation. The Dow fell from its April 2022 high of about 35,500 to 30,663. There […]
Today we’re featuring Tim Melvin, the newest investing expert here at Investor’s Alley, here in Options Floor Trader. He brings 30+ years of investing experience and expertise in alternative strategies to create income and returns that don’t depend on the S&P 500 going up. Today, as markets are falling and fear is building, he has […]
We have a special treat for you today: a special message from Tim Melvin, our newest investing expert here at Investors Alley. Anyone interested in getting steady income while beating the market should pay special attention to what he has to say… Especially as the markets are tanking and the investment strategies that have worked […]
The weekly AAII Sentiment Survey indicates whether investors are “Bullish,” “Bearish,” or “Neutral” on the stock market over the next six months. It can be a useful proxy for market sentiment. Optimism among individual investors about the short-term direction of the stock market declined last week and remained unusually low. Pessimism rebounded while neutral sentiment […]
The Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) is a heavily traded ETF that tracks the Nasdaq-100. It’s been a tough year for QQQ as the predominantly tech-weighted index has seen plenty of selling of its largest components. QQQ is down almost twice as much for the year as the S&P 500. However, a covered call trader made […]
As we tally up our investment results for the first quarter of 2022, this headline from Bloomberg sums up what happened to many investors: This doesn’t have to be true for you as an individual investor, but first, let’s see how the major market averages did for the quarter. Dow Jones: -4.5% Nasdaq: -9.08% Russell […]
I’m going to show you a few charts on the next page revealing how we might not be out of the woods yet. Despite seeing some relief rallying last week… From a technical perspective, I expect more downside to come. This isn’t a fundamental statement… nor a remark about any geopolitical events… I’m looking purely […]
Many think the only trades to combat inflation are in the commodity and metal space. But actually…there’s another industry you can look at. It’s not one you would think you could trade in as there are no specific “stocks” and “companies” to trade. It’s much different. Well, an opportunity has come up in this industry […]
Once you start looking for option trades on your own, the most important thing you can do to find trades with triple-digit profit potential is staying up on the news. The market and stocks in general move up and down over time, and the key is to identify these cycles. You will learn to decipher […]
Asset prices soaring to ridiculous levels, well beyond anything regarding true, intrinsic values creates a bubble. Eventually things come crashing down. Those holding overpriced assets lose a lot of money and the ripple effect can cause economic hardship to many others. Ozak Durmus tells us about “Tulipmania“: “Tulipmania was the first major financial bubble. It happened […]
