Here in the Short-Term Options Room we not only day trade options, we do swing trades as well. A swing trade is a position that is held for multiple trading sessions. The average holding time for the swing signals in our room is right around five trading sessions. Obviously, we use single options for our day trades. Why do we make that distinction?
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RISING PRICES The Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Russell 2000 all struggled this week, despite a Thursday rebound and an extremely muted triple witching expiration on Friday. Investors digested a Federal Reserve rate hike, a higher 10-year Treasury yield, renewed Iran-related energy risk, and fresh uncertainty around the AI investment cycle. Geopolitics remains a major […]
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Scott Bauer joins the IBKR Podcast to break down what matters most after the Fed’s latest hike, from Warsh’s tone to housing data and the October hike probability.
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Mike Shorr joined Schwab Network to talk Intel (INTC), structuring a trade around implied volatility that’s still low despite a recent move higher. He walks through the exact level he needs to see reclaimed, his target reward to risk, and what he thinks happens to the market depending on what the Fed decides this afternoon.
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Scott Bauer joined the IBKR Podcast this week to break down what moved markets last week and what investors need to watch heading into the next stretch of earnings season. From lagging inflation data to big tech CapEx concerns, Scott did not hold back.
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The Dow rose more than 1% to a record closing high on Thursday ahead of the long holiday weekend as a softer-than-expected U.S. jobs report eased worries about interest rate hikes, while another sharp drop in chipmaker stocks weighed on the Nasdaq. The second half of 2026 kicked off this week much the same as […]
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A renewed sell-off in technology stocks grabbed headlines this week. The Nasdaq index fell 4.5%, closing lower 5 days in a row, led by a large 5.5% decline in the so-called Magnificent 7 mega cap names. Meanwhile, the post IPO exuberance around SpaceX appears to be fading, with shares now down 25% from their peak. […]
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