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Is the SPX about to Sell off? Is the VIX about to Pop?

Traders, as an option mentor I am constantly asked by my option mentoring students where I think the market is heading.

Why does the VIX fall into the Weekend and Rise After? Any trades out there?

I was in the middle of an option mentoring session today when a rather smart option mentoring student asked a rather common question: Why does the VI

Lead Mentor Publshed on Yahoo Finance and theStreet.com

This time COO, Director of Education and lead option mentor Mark Sebastian wrote about DBA, the AG PowerShares.  Read it here:

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  • The View from the "Virtual" Option Pit-With ODI

    Option Traders, it is that time again.  It’s time for the Option Pit mentors take a break and allow all of our option mentoring students to read about the keen insight brought to Option Pit by

    When Should I Re-Sell the Call Side of an Iron Condor in SPX?

    Option Traders, as an option mentor one of my goals is to be as modest in victory as I am in defeat.

    SPX Term Structure getting out of Whack, AAPL Weekly Update

    At Option Pit we have been discussing with our the main focus of discussion between our option mentoring students is how we think we are on the uptrend of a slow downward oscillation.

    The State of SPX Volatility 9-1-2010

    As an option mentor one of the things I have noticed is that when sentiment stinks the market tends to bounce.  The pattern we have been seeing in volatility where we hit lower lows and lower

    Exception to the Rule: Trading Weekly AAPL Butterfly's

    The one thing we have learned in our years of trading and mentoring option traders is that there is an exception to every guideline out there.

    Option Pit Director Of Education and Posted on Yahoo Finance and TheStreet.com

    Our COO, Director of Education, and Lead Option Mentor. Mark Sebastian has been published nationally again at both Yahoo Finance and TheStreet.com.

    When is the best time to sell AAPL Weekly Iron Butterfly's.

    Option traders, over on Option 911, Mark Sebastian wrote a piece called "How Time Premium Decay's