OPTIONSMART MORNING UPDATE: Extended losses on profit-taking

October 27th, 2009 at 8:20 pm

 

OPTIONSMART MORNING UPDATE: Extended losses on profit-taking

1. OUTLOOK: Despite IBM's strength, many large-cap tech stocks plunged following downside guidance from Internet search engine Baidu. A surprisingly weak reading on consumer confidence weigh on the market. However, the upward momentum is still significant. Notably, QQQQ's implied volatility little changed. This pullback is expected to be short-lived.

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4.  WISDOM NUGGETS: Bottoms take longer to shape than tops. Greed acts more quickly than fear and pushes stocks to drop from their own weight.

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