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IWO Live – May 21st – The Market Refuses to Die: Why Sticky Bids, Gamma Squeezes, and Degenerate Trades Are the New Normal

May 21, 2025 By Steven Place

Markets have gone full cockroach mode — they just won’t die. On the May 21 session, I break down why equities remain bid despite bearish news, what’s happening under the surface with options flow, and where the next wave of opportunities may emerge — from junk gold miners to AI-fueled crypto weirdness. 🧲 Why the […]

3 Option Trades for CCIV

February 22, 2021 By Steven Place

CCIV has been on an absolute tear higher. The stock has run from 20 to 70 over a month. Why? Did they have good earnings? Analyst upgrade? Nope– they might bring Lucid Motors onto the market. (Might.) CCIV is a SPAC– Special Purpose Acquisition Company. I won’t go into details on how these work, yet […]

Time to Call a Top in Solar

October 6, 2020 By Steven Place

There has been a fundamental shift in the solar industry. Panels are cheap enough to where they can be financed, and the cost savings from power can take care of the monthly payments. And that narrative is probably right in the long term, and it’s a good thing. Now that we’ve got that out of […]

Winning In Both Directions

June 18, 2020 By Steven Place

This has been a wild market, and you can make money on both the long and the short side. I’d like to share with you two trades we put on at IncomeLab. The first is a bet on long volatility using the VXX, and the second was a breakout bet in NET. These setups were […]

Big Water, Small Hose

June 8, 2020 By Steven Place

The Russell 2000 index is over 20% above its 50 day moving average. I checked the past 20 years, and this hasn’t happened. The selloff in March was extraordinary, but the v-rally we’ve seen has mirrored just how wild the market has become. We can chalk it up to lots of fundamental reasons… the better-than-expected […]

Does Zoom Pass The Smell Test?

June 1, 2020 By Steven Place

Zoom reports earnings after the close, and the stock is on an absolute tear higher into the number. Question now is… how much of it is currently justified? Before we go down the rabbit hole, keep in mind that I’m a paying customer of the company. It’s a very good product. I’ve also made plenty […]

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