From the Desk of Ian Culley @IanCulley

Equities like a deadstick dollar.

But stocks can’t always get what they want – or “like.” 

A swift 5 percent gain in the US Dollar Index $DXY was not on the S&P 500’s wish list...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

We have August CPI data coming out at 8:30 a.m. ET.

I’ll look for ideas after the release, as I expect volatility.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

The market is waiting for August CPI data on Wednesday morning.

It felt like we were at a standstill.

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @sstrazza and Alfonso Depablos @Alfcharts

This is one of our favorite bottom-up scans: Follow the Flow.

In this note, we simply create a universe of stocks that experienced the most unusual options...

From the Desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Welcome to our latest Minor Leaguers report.

We've had some great trades come out of this small-cap-focused column since we launched it...

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

Overall, it was nice action in the markets yesterday.

We still have a gap on $SPY at 449.17.

From the Desk of Kimmy Sokoloff

It was a two-way market today.

We dropped down to fill the gaps on the indices.

Then we headed back uphill.

Ok, that's a stupid question but I'm out of pithy headlines.

When the market more or less is only offering you one style of options trade that makes sense in this environment, things might get a bit monotonous around here. And when that...