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D&D Note (6.12.2020) ~ In A Highly Uncertain Market The Only Certainty Is Volatility ~ #StockMarket #Volatility

D&D Note (6.12.2020) ~ In A Highly Uncertain Market The Only Certainty Is Volatility ~ After yesterdays dramatic pullback many investors including D&D expected to see a gap down in overnight futures trading. Instead we got a gap up on the opening bell with the S&P 500 at 3088.42 then fell down near 3000 to … Continue reading

D&D Note (4.20.2020) ~ WTI Crude Oil Falls to Negative On Expiration of May Contract For First Time Ever ~ #StockMarket #NegativeWTI

D&D Note (4.20.2020) ~ WTI Crude Oil Falls to Negative On Expiration of May Contract For First Time Ever ~ The May 20 contract of NYMEX WTI Crude settled at negative -$37.63 a barrel down over negative -200%. This was the first time in history WTI fell negative. The June 20 contract is trading at … Continue reading

D&D Note (4.3.2020) ~ Jobs Report is… Horrible ~ #StockMarket #Unemployment

D&D Note (4.3.2020) ~ Jobs Report is… Horrible ~ Markets started the day in positive territory but after the first 45 minutes stocks began to drop and continued to fall throughout the day after a horrible jobs report. Traders also don’t like going long into a weekend when clouded with uncertainty. Lows of the day … Continue reading

D&D Note (6-28-2012) ~ ObamaCare Upheld, Stocks Sell-Off, Then Late Day Rally On Euro Pact To Stimulate Growth

D&D Note (6-28-2012) CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) currently is at 19.71. Traditionally a VIX reading of 30 or over signals panic. Investors like to buy when there’s panic in the market because thats normally when you have capitulation, or in other words the bottom of a market. What the VIX measures is the implied volatility … Continue reading