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Tag Archives: hedge
Watching the VIX index for a possible short
The VIX doesn’t measure actual stock market volatility. Instead, it tracks trading in options on the S&P 500 to indicate how much investors expect the market to move over the next 30 days. As people expect bigger movements, options become … Continue reading
Shorted 30 more TLT Treasury Bonds ETF
I am continuing with what I have been thinking for long and what I have been executing since the last days: shorting USA treasury bonds with maturities close to 30 years. Today I managed to short 30 more @104.88 ! … Continue reading
Shorted 25 more TLTs, Treasury Bonds ETF
@102.46, I continue shorting what I started yesterday, in order to hedge against inflation. The higher those bonds get (or the lower they yield) the more I short, they’re entering now into the ridiculous zone. 30 year bonds yielding 4% … Continue reading
Shorted Treasury Bonds via the TLT ETF
Shorted 20 TLT ETF’s @99.30. As I explained here due to their composition, they basically represent 30 year treasury bonds more faithfully than 20 year treasuries. It’s a hedge against inflation and also something reasonable to do during market falls … Continue reading
Hedged 200 more Banco Stantander adr stocks
I repeated what I did recently to hedge again 200 stocks. By selling 200 stocks, having previously bought two in the money calls to replace them. The two calls were recently bought here and here. Just as I mentioned before … Continue reading
Hedged 200 Santander stocks with 2 call options
The door that I left open by buying 2 call options has finally been closed today. By selling 200 stocks @11.4 having bought 2 September strike 8 call options @2.8 some days ago I effectively locked 60 cents profit per … Continue reading
Making Sense of Municipal Bonds Market Uncertainty
As I have previously posted here and in Gurufocus I am currently shorting Treasury bonds and evaluating shorting Municipal bonds. Mainly as a hedge against inflation and rising interest rates. If there is one bubble forming now it is I … Continue reading
