Options Trading

These week events: EU news stream and the US jobs report..

GDP - Second Estimate came out 1% less than expected 1.1%.
VIX cash dropped $4.17 to $35.59, VIX futures still  implying a volatile market but this week could be a change, and we will see the curve get its original slope.  
The "UpDown" signals are an outcome of calculated calls and puts implied volatility.Positive numbers yielded from higher calls IV, means  traders believe that the stock will rise and are willing to pay more for the calls, the opposite goes for the puts.

Today's events : Initial Claims, Continuing Claims ...  
Economic event : Initial Claims  will be published at 8:30, prior 408K, expected 400K. Continuing Claims will also be published at 8:30 prior 3702K, expected 3700K. Yesterday's Durable Orders came up much more than expected sending the markets to another positive day.    VIX cash down by $0.37 to 35.9, VIX futures still  implying a volatile market although the front month dropped well below 40$ level.   The "UpDown" signals are an outcome of calculated calls and puts implied volatility.Positive numbers yielded from higher calls IV, means  traders believe that the stock will rise and are willing to pay more for the calls, the opposite goes for the puts.

Today on the board :Initial Claims, Continuing Claims and Trade Balance...

Markets are in a middle of a turmoil.  Today at 08:30 AM Initial Claims, Continuing Claims and Trade Balance, our opinion it will add to already bleak horizon of our economy. VIX calculated derivatives (Volume and prices look at the table below) gained momentum implying higher volatility and option traders would be advised to trade straddles to scalp the markets volatility.

The "UpDown" signals are an outcome of calculated calls and puts implied volatility.Positive numbers higher calls IV traders believe that the stock will rise and are willing to pay more for the calls, the opposite goes for the puts.

Market Sentiment

On the news today: Consumer sentiment commentary: This Sentiment is reflected by well known factors such as unemployment rates and gas prices. It relays on a simple psychological sentiment and does not correlate statistically with consumer spending, therefore it has little analysis value to understand the broad economy's direction.  At 10:00AM EDT is the Consumer Confidence Index will be announced, on August it was 53.5 higher than July 51.2. Market analysis estimates are a possibility of a double-dip recession and the Index will pull back to 50.0.  Most of the impact on the consumer confidence comes from a weakening in the labor market, as we recall the labor index decreased from -40.7 to -41.9.