Why I See an Opportunity for a Rebound in U.S. Stocks Despite Ongoing Risks?
English Version: After a sharp selloff, investors tend to fall into one of two camps: those who believe the worst is over and a rebound could come at any moment, and those who fear the decline is only just beginning. U.S. equities now sit squarely between those two views. Major indexes are approaching key technical levels, leadership in technology stocks is starting to weaken, and investors are looking for safe havens. But what happens next will depend on more than how far the market has fallen over the past few days. Two major catalysts will matter most: the U.S. midterm elections and Nvidia’s earnings. $1.5倍做空NVDA ETF-Tradr(NVDS)$$英伟达(NVDA)$$标普500(.SPX)$
Risks Are Building: How to Position Without Betting on Direction or Buying the Bounce
US stocks rebounded as the trading week opened overnight. But I do not see this as a signal to buy the dip. It looks more like a pause in a selloff that has yet to run its course. Why should we become more cautious just as prices start to recover? The answer lies in last week’s data, not in market sentiment. Until the selling has run its course, buying the dip means stepping into continuing selling pressure. With the trend still unclear, our position remains unchanged: stay patient and wait. $China A50 Index - main 2610(CNmain)$$HSI(HSI)$$HSTECH(HSTECH)$$Hang Seng Tech Index - main 2610(HTImain)$ Institution
The Worst of the Selloff May Be Over: Straddle Profit Taken,Time to Sell Puts💹
English version: The first thing I did this week was not look for a new trade. I closed the straddle I had put on Nvidia last week. The table below summarizes the positions before I flattened the trade. The contrast was striking. The NVDA 227.5 call cost 4.39 and had fallen to 0.24, a loss of 94.53%. The put at the same strike and expiration cost 3.97 and had risen to 13.63, a gain of 243.61%. One leg was almost worthless, while the other had nearly tripled. Together they left the account with a profit of $2,530.50. That is the point of a straddle: you are betting on a large move, not on direction. Once the volatility has been realized, you should not overstay the trade. $纳斯达克(.IXIC)$
Two Risk Events Ahead: Will Nvidia Lose Support? Options Strategies for Range-Bound Gold and Oil💰
The U.S. equity market has reached a near-term high. The hardest task now is not finding opportunities, but determining what the current volatility actually means. A pullback could be a minor interruption within a consolidation phase, or it could mark the start of a decline. An attempt to move higher could quickly reverse, or it could shift the entire trading range to a higher level. This is the crossroads at which U.S. equities now stand. $标普500ETF(SPY)$$标普500(.SPX)$$标普500波动率指数(VIX)$$SP500指数主连 2612(ESmain)$
The First Post-Holiday Rebound Is Imminent, Here’s How I’m Positioning
Markets saw little meaningful volatility during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, giving us a calm and enjoyable break. However, unusual moves emerged once trading resumed. The rebound in crude oil futures deserves the most attention. The continuous WTI crude oil contract opened at 90.40, reached a high of 93.68 and a low of 88.79, before closing at 92.91. The candle itself was not extraordinary. Its location was what mattered. My technical model provides a useful framework for tracking this market over time. Crude oil tends to respect key technical levels. This rebound began precisely at the long-term ascending trendline extending from the lows. Prices also held the previous consolidation range between 89.86 and 104.70 :
It All Comes Down to Rates: Are Hawkish Expectations Overpriced and Treasury Yields Near a Peak?
English version: If there is only one number worth watching closely in today's market, it is probably the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield. It is no longer just a KPI for bond traders; it has become a common pricing anchor for U.S. equities, gold, crude oil and even Bitcoin. With that anchor pushed to a historic high of 5.2%, and the market having priced in both of the remaining rate hikes this year, a more important question arises: How much higher can it go? $美国2年期国债收益率(US2Y.BOND)$$美国10年期国债收益率(US10Y.BOND)$$美元ETF-PowerShares DB(UUP)$ I. One Master Switch Holds the Reins of Every Asset Let me start with the c
A Divergence Behind New Highs in U.S. Stocks: Why I’m Still Selling Puts and Running Small Straddles
English version: Last week, we put on a very small straddle position in QQQ: we simultaneously bought a September 25 call and put, both with a strike price of 704. The two legs cost $9.73 and $8.93, respectively. A few trading days later, the call has risen to $37.74, generating an unrealized gain of $2,800, while the put has fallen to just $0.26, producing a loss of $867. Netting the two together, this lightly sized position has already doubled. $纳指100ETF(QQQ)$$纳斯达克(.IXIC)$$NQ100指数主连 2609(NQmain)$$微型NQ100指数主连 2609(MNQmain)$
How to Trade FOMC Night: Can the Fed Contain Long-Term Yields Without Breaking Equities?
This week’s FOMC meeting will set the near- to medium-term rhythm for markets. But the key issue is not simply whether the Fed raises rates; it is how Treasury yields at the front end and long end of the curve will be repriced. The 10-year Treasury yield is now approaching—or has already touched—the sensitive 5% threshold. Markets are concerned both that further increases in long-dated yields could crush richly valued assets and that excessive policy tightening could push up front-end rates and quickly hit equities. In our view, four possible meeting outcomes could unfold this week. All ultimately revolve around the tug-of-war between the front end and the long end of the yield curve, although the implications for individual asset classes differ across scenarios. A Tense Yield Environment
Selling Puts Remains My Preferred Strategy:Will Tokyo Set the Market’s Direction This Week?
The market’s greatest challenge this week is that several seemingly independent trading themes are beginning to interact with one another: the yen has reached a six-month high; expectations of a Bank of Japan rate hike are building; global bond yields are broadly rising; signs are emerging of a rebound in China’s crude-oil demand; and expectations for Federal Reserve policy have once again been unsettled by comments from Donald Trump. When these variables move simultaneously, markets rarely deliver a clean, smooth one-way trend. Instead, they are more likely to enter a high-volatility, range-bound phase marked by repeated swings in both directions. The key variable to watch now is whether the yen can make a further near-term directional break. This matters not only for the U.S. dollar inde
Why Sell Puts Still Make Sense Now — And the Big Opportunity Brewing in Equities
The impasse of range-bound trading at elevated levels in the U.S. equity market remains unresolved. On the one hand, September seasonality, defensive positioning by institutional investors, and the potential seasonal tendency for the VIX to rise all suggest that a strong short-term rally is unlikely. On the other hand, robust corporate earnings and the fact that equity-index P/E multiples have not expanded materially are limiting the downside for U.S. equities. My conclusion for the U.S. market over the coming week is therefore as follows: taking all factors into account, U.S. equities are more likely to remain range-bound at elevated levels than to enter a one-way decline. At the same time, we should pay attention to a new opportunity at relatively depressed levels: commodity indices are