Market Musing 3-14-2018, And you thought Volatility was dead, Tariff Trades, Trade Adjustments

1. Cherry Picks Newsletters:
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   https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/wdis-options-101/episodes/brittanys-story-01-03-2017

2. High Volatility!: VIX > 16, Watch the video below. You thought volatility was dead. /ES Futures had a 45 handle move on Tuesday. The /VX Futures went back into Backwardation and US Markets have dropped from new all time highs. We even survived new US Tariffs and Tillerson fired as Secretary of State. /ES Futures contract rollover (3-08 thru 3-16) is also adding to volatility. Selling Puts, Jade Lizards, Ratio Spreads and Butterflies are working. Keep you hedges on your positions: Risk Twist Spreads for the Quarterly Hedge, Dr Ted Nukes SPX Put Ratio for a 3 week hedge and 2v4 Week RUT calendar for 6-10 day hedge, Long Calls VXX & Long Puts QQQ for few days.

3. E-currencies vs US Dollar: Bitcoin is still range bound between $9,000 and $12,000. This is a traders environment, where you can buy a small positions and take profits quickly. Are you mining cryptos in private wallets yet? Post Tariffs what has the US Dollar done historically. Check out the Link and picture below. Will history repeat itself?
   https://www.coinbase.com/charts?locale=en-US
   https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/futures-measures/episodes/impacts-of-tariffs-and-trade-on-the-dollar-03-09-2018
   

4. TRADE Log: VIX > 16 High High Volatility Trades are back

1. Long GOLD, BITCOIN
2. Jade Lizards, Broken Wing Butterfly, Dynamic Iron Condors
3. Sell Puts
4. Risk Twist Hedges

Videos:
Theotrade: And You Thought Volatility was Dead?

https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/mike-and-his-whiteboard/episodes/trade-checklist-short-put-04-11-2016
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/trade-managers/episodes/short-put-management-01-02-2018
https://www.tastytrade.com/tt/shows/trade-managers/episodes/learning-when-to-roll-directional-trades-03-12-2018