Contango and Backwardation

Contango and Backwardation

Have you ever heard someone say “The VIX futures are in contango”? Or, maybe you have heard someone say “The VIXfutures are in backwardation”. Today we will be discussing a little bit about contango and backwardation. This will give you some...
Technical Indicators 101:  Bollinger Bands in a Nutshell

Technical Indicators 101: Bollinger Bands in a Nutshell

Bollinger Bands are a technical indicator created by renowned technical trader John Bollinger in the early 1980's. There are numerous publications, as well as John's website www.bollingerbands.com, that go into great detail on this popular tool used by many traders....
Technical Indicators 101:   Simple vs Exponential Moving Averages

Technical Indicators 101: Simple vs Exponential Moving Averages

The origin of moving averages can be traced back to 18th Century Japan, and are now used by the majority of traders in some form or another. Those who have studied the early use of moving averages have the understanding that simple moving averages (SMA) were used long...
Option Volume and Open Interest

Option Volume and Open Interest

The decisions of millions of investors and traders affect the price movements in the options market. There are many useful statistics in addition to price movement that indicate what other market participants are doing. This article will focus on two factors many...
Effective Goal Setting

Effective Goal Setting

With the New Year upon us, this is the time of year that many of us take a bit of time to reflect on the past year's accomplishments, and renew our goals for the current trading year in order to strive for greater success.  This week's article will cover some...