Posts Tagged ‘xlf’

• Clear Sector Rotation
  stevenplace, January 6th, 2010 at 3:25 pm, Comments: 0

  We’re seeing a little mean reversion in the relationship between tech and the finnies:

  This chart is a ratio between tech (XLK) and the financials (XLF). Notice the last time we started to see this relationship cliff-dive: what happened to the overall equities market then? A little bit of recency bias I know, but watch for [...]

• How to Trade Options on Leveraged ETFs
  stevenplace, December 14th, 2009 at 9:53 am, Comments: 0

  Before I start with how to trade Leveraged ETF options, let me remind you that I believe we are at the start of an etf creation bubble, in which retail investors are getting exposure to financial instruments that they don’t need– the capital base is not large enough to warrant that sort of exposure (Case [...]

• Some Quick TA on XLF
  stevenplace, March 16th, 2009 at 7:29 am, Comments: 0

  When looking at charts and price action, you don’t want to focus on the underlying sector fundamentals. The fundies can play a part later, but have no place in technical analysis. So the question you want to ask yourself is: are there chart patterns that will help increase my odds in a trade. So with [...]

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  IWO Video: Markets and Trade Ideas for Week of Oct 6th
  stevenplace, October 6th, 2008 at 5:38 am, Comments: 0

  Notes and Corrections: The AXP LEAP has much less time on it than originally stated. It’s has about 15 months left, which means that you need to pick up around 45 in front-month premium each month.
  Also, the editing is still a little rough.