IVolatility Trading Digest™ Blog

Table of Contents

The previous Digest Issues are grouped quarterly
and have a list of all the underlying stocks,
ETFs and Futures in the previous Digest Issues.

(Odd Number Issues Include the Market Review Section - italics indicate category)

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Issue 12 Increasing Volatility Ideas - March 25, 2013
  • Strategy - continuation pattern
  • SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) - double calendar spread
  • BlackBerry (BBRY) - earnings combination
  • Uni-Pexel, Inc. (UNXL) - high IV/HV ratio put sale
Issue 11 Announcing iVolatility Lite - March 18, 2013
  • Strategy - low IV trend continues
  • iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) - long combination
Issue 10 Onward and Upward - March 11, 2013
  • Strategy - breakout, no overhead resistance
  • United States Oil (USO) - close put spread
  • iShares MSCI Japan Index (EWJ) - synthetic long
  • American International Group (AIG) - long call spread
  • InterOil Corp. (IOC) - high IV iron condor
Issue 9 Mighty Dollar - March 4, 2013
  • Strategy - dollar strength weakens commodities
  • Untied States Oil (USO) - another put spread
Issue 8 Downhill Momentum - February 25, 2013
  • Strategy - Short-term momentum is down
  • Untied States Oil (USO) - alternative put spreads
  • Saks Inc. (SKS) - long call suggestion
Issue 7 When the Tide Turns - February 19, 2013
  • Strategy - now more cautious
  • iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) - put spread hedge
Issue 6 Beyond Top 5 - February 11, 2013
  • Advanced Ranker Review - high implied volatility
  • More Volatility Kings - add (DGIT), (KORS), (ANF)
  • Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) - long call spread
Issue 5 January Barometer 2013 - February 4, 2013
  • Strategy - consider more longs
  • The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) - earnings report idea
Issue 4 Newton-s First Law of Motion - January 28, 2013
  • Strategy - indicators more bullish, more hedging
  • Top 5 - high IV/HV ratio review
  • iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) - calendar spread
Issue 3 Trending Higher - January 22, 2013
  • Strategy - increase long positions on SPX breakout
  • iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) - long combination
Issue 2 Volatility Kings - January 14, 2013
  • List of companies with a tendency to experience high-implied volatility when reporting earnings.
Issue 1 The Market Tide Turns - January 7, 2013
  • iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) - long combination
  • iShares FTSE China 25 Index Fund (FXI) - long combo
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