Worst December for stocks in 13 years (since 2002), worst first-day performance in January since 2008 (8th worst since 1932), and stocks under 10-month moving average all signal bearish trend. Time to add bearish hedges to the VT portfolio.  Read More

If at first you don't succeed, roll, roll again. Read More

The price action in this final week of 2015 will decide whether the S&P 500 stock chart looks bullish or bearish going into 2016. Four bullish option recommendations make this holiday-shortened week the busiest in VT's short history. Technical difficulties delayed the posting of my 50-minute video, but the video is now available. Read More

Adjusting iron condors isn't limited to just rolling up the tested side, but also rolling up the untested side. Read More

December is not supposed to be a volatile month, but this one is and wreaks havoc with the market-neutral iron condor strategy. Read More

The S&P 500 and Russell 2000 charts don't look bullish over the intermediate term unless they can recapture their 10-month moving averages by the end of the year. Nonetheless, there is a strong bullish bias for the remaining two weeks of 2015 that deserves betting on. Also, a semiconductor stock with price momentum looks promising for a bullish play into early January. Read More

Let us down, the Force will not. Read More

Even though the Fed is set to raise interest rates for the first time in more than nine years on Wednesday, the end of uncertainty should spur a market rally. Read More