What a Week in the Markets ... Things Are Starting to Shift
By:Ryan Gaynor
In this week’s Market Measures Tom Sosnoff and Tony Battista talk about recent market moves and market dynamics.
This segment zeroes in on bond positions, and the adjustment of options strategies during market volatility. They then look over the research provided by their team covering the significant drawdowns of major companies like Meta Platforms (META), Boeing (BA), and GameStop (GME), underscoring the swift and substantial impacts sell-offs can have, even on larger companies. They stress the importance of risk management in trading, especially when selling naked puts, advocating for position sizing and risk mitigation strategies.
Tom Preston explores trading strategies suited for accounts with lower capital in a recent Cherry Picks episode.
Highlighting the considerable influence of just a few large-cap stocks on market indexes like the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100, Preston focuses on Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Nvidia (NVDA), and Amazon (AMZN).
With upcoming earnings increasing volatility further, Preston suggests specific low-capital requirement trades for Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) and Snap (SNAP), based on the current performance and implied volatility of each.
He then gives his top two trades for small accounts beginning with Google:
Preston recommends an unbalanced butterfly or condor, which could generate profits with managed risk when trading GOOGL.
For SNAP and he recommends a bullish position, involving a short put, capitalizing on its high volatility for high return potential.
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In this week’s market recap Tom Sosnoff, Tony Battista and Jermal Chandler discuss recent volatility in the stock market, with a focus on the implications of a hawkish Federal Reserve and strong economic data putting rate cut expectations into question.
They highlight crude oil's fall to a three-week low due to de-escalation in the Middle East and the S&P experiencing its third consecutive week of decline.
The discussion then shifts to earnings reports such as that of Netflix (NFLX) and its performance since its earnings report and password crackdown. They also discuss bond yields returning to five-month highs and trading opportunities in ETFs amid higher implied volatility. They finish the episode talking about option volume in the VIX, suggesting market participants might be bracing for more volatility.
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