The SPX made an RST monthly high in 5/2015 at 2135 with entry below the 6/2015 monthly low close at 2063 versus the long-term 8.6-year cycle date of 2015.75 and declined -15% before making a double bottom low at 1812 and 1810 in Jan and Feb 2016. The “Feds” ponzi scheme index has since advanced… [Read More]
Volatility
New Trading Book
Traders have been using VIX for over 20 years, and Larry Connors & ConnorsResearch have been testing it for almost as long. The strategy in their new guidebook has consistently identified oversold SPY conditions for 20 years as well. The VIX is most effective when you use it as a dynamic indicator. What does a… [Read More]
Volatility Spikes Live Trading Today
Learn Through Live Trading The first day of live Volatility Spikes Trading was conducted on April 16, 2014. Starting that day and for the 7 weeks following, attendees will have the opportunity to join Larry Connors and a group of experienced traders as they identify trades in live market conditions. Over the years we have… [Read More]
VXST Options
The CBOE on Thursday launched options on the VXST, the nine-day volatility index created to deliver an even shorter-term hedging horizon than its progenitor, the 30-day Vix. See http://www.cboeoptionshub.com/2014/04/09/new-vxst-options-ten-points-know/ for more information.
Introducing Volatility Spikes
We’d like to introduce you to a new concept that we revealed to a select group of traders on February 5, 2014, namely Volatility Spikes. Volatility Spikes are an upward movement in “implied volatility” or IV. In simplest terms, IV is an expression of the market’s expectation of the future volatility of the stock price…. [Read More]
Update on Volatility Spikes – Program Trades
A quick update on the Volatility Spikes Trading Program… Since it’s release, several customers have provided us with very positive feedback and another has recorded 6 straight wins with returns ranging from 18% to 93%. Volatility Spikes has given me 6 straight wins and I thought I would share my results. Thanks for all of… [Read More]
Learn How to Professionally Trade Options with Larry Connors
At the upcoming Quantified Options Trading Strategies Summit 2014 Larry Connors and the Connors Research team will be teaching a comprehensive program of options trading strategies. You’ll learn how to identify and trade high probability options setups in 4 distinct sections: Quantified Strategies to Buy and Sell SPY Options and Other Liquid ETF Options Applying… [Read More]
New Volatility Trading Strategies from Larry Connors
Do You Trade Options, S&P E-minis or ETFs? Would you like to learn a new proprietary indicator which has had 20 consecutive years of winning trades? If you would, attend an upcoming webinar which will introduce Volatility Spikes trading which pinpoints a handful of times each month when stock prices rise. Historically, Volatility Spikes have… [Read More]
Our 5 Most Popular Research Newsletter Articles of 2013
In 2013, TradingMarkets provided a variety of articles on a variety of topics for our Research Newsletter subscribers … here are our 5 most popular: Learning From The First Pullback Strategy: The basic goal of the First Pullback strategy is to find a very strong stock that’s showing its first sign of weakness, and then… [Read More]
10% Spike in VIX in Past 2 Days…
There’s been a 10% spike in volatility over the past two days and the market is now slightly oversold (ConnorsRSI reading of 33.59). The price movement in the US is muted but the fear has begun to rise as seen in the VIX and also seen in the Latin American countries which tend to swing… [Read More]