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Table of Contents

The previous Digest Issues are grouped quarterly
and have a list of all the underlying stocks,
ETFs and Futures in the previous Digest Issues.

(Odd Number Issues Include the Market Review Section - italics indicate category)

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Issue 25 Spooked by Interest Rates - June 24, 2013
  • Strategy - low VIX Futures premium
  • ProShares Ultra Short 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) - hedge
Issue 24 June Swoon - June 17, 2013
  • Strategy - market breadth suggests lower level
  • CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) - conditional hedge idea
  • Line Energy (LINE) - contrarian put credit spread
Issue 23 Support at 1600 Held - June 10, 2013
  • Strategy - retest of breakout holds
  • First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) - trend continuation combo
Issue 22 Sold in May Anyway - June 3, 2013
  • Strategy - more downside
  • United States Oil (USO) - new spread
  • CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) - hedge update
  • CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) - new hedge idea
Issue 21 Breakout Test Underway - May 28, 2013
  • Strategy - key reversal starts correction
  • CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) - two more hedge ideas
Issue 20 14 New Option Trade Ideas - May 20, 2013
  • Two momentum ideas - (SCTY), (SPWR)
  • Three trend continuations - (BX), (HTZ), (RDN)
  • Three breakout contenders - (GT), (HAL), (HUN)
  • Three takeovers - (ABFS), (SNE), (WCRX)
  • Three earnings reports - (BBY), (GME), (P)
Issue 19 Sell in May and Go Away? - May 19, 2013
  • Strategy - too soon to sell this May
  • CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) - two hedge ideas
Issue 18 IVolatility Mobile - May 6, 2013
  • Strategy - another upside breakout
  • Wireless Mobility - 16 company table
Issue 17 40 Years Later - April 29, 2013
  • Strategy - uptrend continues
  • iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) - unwind hedge
  • iShares MSCI Japan Index (EWJ) - long call spread
Issue 16 Trekking Along the Top - April 22, 2013
  • Strategy - looking for possible top pattern
  • CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) - term structure trade
  • Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) - takeover file combination
Issue 15 The Boy Who Cried Wolf - April 15, 2013
  • Strategy - cautiously waiting for correction
  • iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) - conditional hedge
  • VIX Hedge - conditional synthetic long
Issue 14 Volatility Kings Update - April 8, 2013
  • Strategy - cautious, VIX synthetic long hedge
  • Volatility Kings Master List
  • Volatility Kings reporting earnings in April
Issue 13 VIX Futures Premium Added - April 1, 2013
  • Strategy - testing the old high
  • VIX Futures Premium available daily on website
  • VIX Hedge - synthetic long as hedge
  • BlackBerry (BBRY) - close the combination
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