You can also put on a leveraged pairs trade, by going long TBT, short TLT if you believe he will be bearish on bonds, and vice-versa if he is bullish.
The strategist may be outright bearish on Pfizer, positioning for a limited pullback in the shares over the next several months.
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The put player may be establishing the spread to hedge a long position in the underlying and protect recent share price gains, or could be outright bearish on the European bank in the expectation that the rally is not here to stay.
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The overall situation continues to be a bearish drag on many markets, including the precious metals.
If crude oil prices continue to slump that would likely be a bearish weight on the precious metals.
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The overall situation continues to be a bearish drag on many markets, including the raw commodities and stock markets.
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Still, the overall situation continues to be a bearish drag on many markets, including the raw commodities and stock markets.
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While the market place presently perceives odds are higher than not that there will be a last-minute agreement among U.S. lawmakers to avoid the fiscal cliff, the overall situation continues to be a bearish drag on many markets, including the raw commodities and stock markets.
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The investor responsible for the transaction may be taking an outright bearish stance on the stock, or may be using the position to hedge long stock in DNKN through earnings.
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Put sellers may be purging protective or bearish positions on HSBC post-earnings, or may be selling the puts outright to rake in available premium on the options.
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Another such signal might be any bearish reversal lower on a weekly chart, Newsom said.
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This would be good for the bearish holdouts on the economic recovery.
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The investor behind the transaction may be implementing the spread to hedge a long position in ADS shares, or may be establishing an outright bearish stance on the stock.
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The investor may be employing the three-way spread to take finance an outright bearish view on the stock, or could be using the trade to hedge a long position in the underlying shares.
Bullish players are in attendance, although a number of strategists do appear to be initiating cautious if not outright bearish positions on the stock.
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Market participants will be looking for trouble, and any comments that could possibly be viewed as bearish could mean renewed pressure on the stock.
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The bulls need to step up and show fresh power soon to avoid further near-term chart damage, as a bearish pennant pattern may now be forming on the daily bar chart for April gold.
The bearish analysis would be negated with a move above 16 on significant volume.
If this situation deteriorates in the coming weeks, it could at times be bearish and bullish for the gold market bearish if gold decides to act like just another raw commodity on a given day, and bullish if gold decides to act like a safe-haven asset.
On a bearish Yen, the idea would be to short FXY, or purchase the leveraged Short Yen via YCS (least preferred).
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But, the rebound in the price of the underlying stock today may not be a lasting trend according to some options players initiating bearish stances on Caterpillar today.
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However, it should be noted that twice already this month bearish key reversals have occurred on the daily bar chart and gold prices went on to score new highs.
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While it should be noted that twice this month bearish key reversals down have occurred on the daily bar chart and prices went on to score new highs, the size of this key reversal is massive and makes it more powerful than the others.
For those options traders looking to bank on the aforementioned CHK concerns, a bearish put spread could be quite lucrative.
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The bearish view from El-Erian of Pimco was that expectations of returns must be reduced on all classes of assets, whether stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate, what have you.
Meantime, crude oil prices are lower Wednesday on notions that a bearish build in U.S. crude oil stocks will be reported in the weekly DOE report Wednesday.
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As CHK capitalizes on trendline support to embark on the next leg of its uptrend, some of the weaker bearish hands will likely be hitting the exits.
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Crude oil is on the verge of seeing some serious near-term chart damage inflicted, which would be an underlying bearish factor for the precious metals, especially silver.
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