Were you selling puts during the COVID crash Feb-Apr 2020? How was the performance? Selling puts can work well for long stretches when the market...
From his post: the last time SP500 finished at .00 points in the last 30 days was never. The lack of decimal points emphasizes how important our...
Since 1980 the SPX has finished on an integer value (i.e. decimal is 0.00) 106 times. This is over 10495 trading days. So 1.01% of the time....
If there's one thing I've learned over 25+ years of trading and investing it's that people (no matter who they are) are terrible at predicting the...
Yahoo provides free historical data: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ES%3DF/history?p=ES%3DF&.tsrc=fin-srch...
There is an auction that occurs at market close. Rules vary depending on the exchange: https://www.nyse.com/network/article/nyse-closing-auction...
Did you use adjusted data for this? It will make a difference as SPY pays a dividend.
A lot of stocks especially on the Nasdaq have been hammered lately. I'm showing about 50% of the components in the NDX below their 100 day MA.
Earnings today. Shaky guidance.
There can be a tax advantage if you don't want to sell your long positions and trigger a capital gain. You can basically neutralize your portfolio...
Sure looks like a micro e-mini to me: https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/micro-e-mini-futures.html#
You could sell micro e-mini S&P contracts, one per every $20K you're trying to hedge. Direct hedge against your current positions, no drag like...
In general a market order will be filled in its entirety. This is not guaranteed but if you are placing an order that is a fraction of the overall...
Yes, the simulation is not accurate. Why? Because for a true auction you need buyers and sellers to reach a fair price. Anyway, I've done...
I took a look at those periods: 1) 3/23/2016-3/31/2021: NDX: Growth = 3.07x, CAGR = 25.0% SPX: Growth = 2.03x, CAGR = 15.1% 2)...
I did some quick analysis to see how a buy and hold portfolio would have performed assuming cash was added on a regular basis. I assumed that...
TME was actually up 1.2% on the day.
You are changing your position size if you change the quantity. Net result will be that you are rolling some of the contracts and letting some of...
There's a 3rd Canadian ETF now available as well: BTCX
Is this Chicago time? On my chart the inflection point happens at 4:35pm (after hours) hence the lack of volume.
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