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Earnings season presents a significant amount of opportunity for those who appreciate the opportunity to speculate on the outcome of a stock’s price after the announcement. In many cases, such as with bio-tech companies, stocks can move in a drastic manner. In the case of technology and a significant number of S&P 500 companies, the movement is typically not quite as monumental. Options Trading Strategies exist for those of you who are comfortable with absorbing the risks involved in the particular strategy. There are numerous strategies available, but choosing the correct one to meet your risk reward requirements is not always easy. One should always take into account the liquidity of the options that you are trading in addition to the Implied and Historical Volatility, the Implied Volatility Skew and the historical movement of the stock post-earnings.

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First I am reluctant to call these "VIX" based products as the ETF's and ETN's are not tied to spot VIX as we know it and see it reported every day. The vast majority of "VIX" linked, exchange traded product are tied to an index that is linked to the performance of the first two VIX futures contracts.

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There is some sense in the futures market that the oil price has bottomed out to settle within the sub-$50 range for the upcoming quarter. Short calls escalated in the aftermath of the predictable failure of Doha Talks aimed at bringing OPEC and selected non-OPEC producers to agree to an output freeze.

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As oil prices head back up, investors should be keeping an eye on the potential risks, says Commonwealth Financial Network's CIO Brad McMillan.

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After two weeks of feverish earnings activity, investors approach the coming week still looking for direction. Earnings so far haven’t really set a consistent tone, and the market seems adrift, awaiting a catalyst to either take the S&P 500 Index convincingly above 2100 or back toward technical support at 2050.

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The rally in the Dow Industrial Average last week above 18,000 got the attention of many investors as well as the general press. The Dow made its high for the week on Wednesday as it reached a high of 18,167 which was just 1% below the May 19, 2015 all time high of 18,351.The mid-week review of the technical outlook "Charts Talk-Fear Walks" I discussed the recent new highs in both the NSYE Advance/Decline and S&P 500 A/D lines. The fact that these measures of the market's internal strength are acting stronger than prices means that the NYSE Composite and S&P 500 are both likely to make new highs.The NYSE Composite is still lagging the other major averages as it is over 7% below the May 2015 high. The S&P 500 is just 2% below its high and the Dow Industrials is a bit closer as it is just 1.9% under the 2015 high. There has been much talk above the lagging action recently of the technology stocks as the Nasdaq 100 is still 6.1% below its all time high.So what is likely to happen when the major averages do make new highs?

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Yahoo is a Buy as sale process seems to be moving along.

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SVETI STEFAN, Montenegro – Jaguar's new F-Pace SUV is entering a tough sector for sales led by the Porsche Macan, Audi Q5 and BMW X4. Jaguar's new small sedan, the XE will also help it address a much wider market for potential sales

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Ahead of published news and facts are knowledgeable investment flows. As outlooks coalesce, stock trends form. Today's stock market appears to be signaling a bull trend.

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