A Key Observation

Higher stock prices yesterday on lower volume:

– NYSE volume 24% below its one-month average  

– NASDAQ volume 35% below its one-month average 

Position: None

Closing Market Stats for Thursday

Closing Volume

– NYSE volume 24% below its one-month average  

– NASDAQ volume 35% below its one-month average 

– VIX index: down 6.27% to 15.84

Breadth

S&P 500 Sectors

% Movers

Nasdaq 100 Heat Map

Closing S&P 500 Heat Map

Position: None

First Time, Long Time

Nvidia ($NVDA) is trading at $202.10. I am buying monthly puts for August.

Read “More Tales” for my rationale.  

Note: The entire Halftime crew of panelists are long this name, with SLINK buying for the first time today.

Position: Long NVDA puts