Today I spent most of the day staring at the FAS 30min chart. Oddly, visions of SKF came pouring into my head. Short the market, is that what you think I’m thinking? Save that for the donks. Those are the only people trying to short the market or continuing the daytrade charade of SRS and [...]

In this post I will compare some put options amongst some of the most actively traded financial stocks, which will benefit the most from rising market volatility. With the market rallying and volatility sinking like a stone lately, now may be a good time to get long some put options which will benefit from both a sell off as well as rising volatility.

I believe a pull back [7%-15%] on the major indices is not only inevitable but necessary for a healthy market recovery. Let's face it, we've come too far too fast, and as we were oversold on the downside until early March, I believe we are currently overbought.

Another day in the books, but there still hasn't been too much selling pressure, with the S&P 500 down about a quarter of one percent. As I recently stated on http://www.optionmaestro.com, I think there is a sell off ahead, or at least that is what the Volatility Index (VIX) is telling me.