Selling Naked Puts
The unexpected happens. And, boy, didn’t it happen last Monday! When I wrote the blog, I had just seen the news about DeepSeek (China’s answer to ChatGPT) and noted that the futures were going down. What an understatement! When the market opened the Nasdaq plummeted more than 3%. Not nice. Shoot first, ask questions later […]
The MACD Indicator
How did the MACD perform? I thought it might be interesting to look at some of the commonly-used indicators and see how they have performed in this bull market. One of the most popular is the MACD, which we don’t use in ITM Bull strategy, but use in conjunction with SMAs in the ITM Bear […]
Hedge Funds
Hedge Funds 2024. I had written this Blog about indicators, in particular the results you get if you trade using the MACD, but when I stopped for a coffee I saw a Bloomberg headline that just made my blood boil. Here it is: WHAAAAT??? I had to delve deeper. Here’s some more of this report: […]
Good News is Bad News
When good news is bad news. What a dismal start to 2025. Last week, we were hoping the worst was over, but it wasn’t. After a good Monday, we were again slapped down mercilessly the rest of the week. Not fun. Conventional wisdom (i.e. the investing websites) attributed it to the economic data and how […]
Bad Santa
Bad Santa Rally. Well, Santa was not kind to us traders this year. In fact, he was quite horrid! We finished the Blog year on a high note, only to be cut down mercilessly in Christmas week. Two days after the blog was published there was the second biggest drop of the year! Not a […]
Merry Xmas & Happy New Year
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year to all my lovely readers! ITM Blog will be back on the 6th January 2025. Fingers crossed for a great year!
