"Sell in May & Go Away" Is This the Beginning of Our Volatility Season?

Historically the Trader's Almanac has shown that more often than not, May is a selling month & the beginning of our "volatility season" which runs through October. Therefore, the rhyme "sell in May & go away" has been adopted by some trading strategies. With the signals that global markets started to show us last week, beginning with the Bank of Japan negative interest rate kicking off volatility in Asia, we are poised to our indices edge downwards even more. Sure there is a chance for another little pop up before the decline if China reports a positive PMI but what if they don't? Of course, these are all just my opinions but they are somewhat educated. All that I'm saying is that I have a few different trading accounts & my largest holdings in them as of Friday are in TVIX & UVXY. Also, though the chartist Carter called for the gold rally to stop on CNBC on Friday, I'm going to be shopping another gold stock on Monday. I've been swing trading miners for weeks now. Regardless, Friday was a bit heftier for the insider action I track so I'm going to start my tickers now & hopefully it helps out some of you with your weekend homework.

13D's: FNSI, HEWA, EDGW, CGNT, TI, ZIVO (2), YUME, MBRG, HELIF, ALXA, WINS, EVLV, TXTR, SBSA, STS & HNSN

13G's: CVGI, FDN, FTC, PICB, HYLS, FXH, FTSL, ICD, ZIVO, GRUB, PTX, REXX, AGRX, EUSP, ADGE & NBRV

Form 3's: HFBC, OSBC, SHBI (5), SGM, HEWA, WSTC, CBK, NLSN, SON, BLW, DSU, BHL, BGT, AZPN, FMBH, WSBC, GUID (2), SHO (2), OKSB, ACHI & RTK

Form 4's (Insider Buys): OPK, BWA (8), DGICA, CCNE, SHBI (10), TROW, DCA, BCR, OVLY, VBTX, ACXM, CLDB (10), EFSI (2), MYL, LTC, CDE, ZIVO, FSBK, CET (2), OZRK, FBP (5), FSP, CNBKA, FIX, AJX (5), NAVB, KFS, WTM, FFIN, FRAF (2), GUID (2), NYMX, ACTG, UAL, HOG (4), SMLP, KFS (2), EMSF (4), MSCC (5), CUDA (2), EXPL, SCD & CWGL

Form 4's (Insider Acquirements $0): LNCO (7), DPS, SBBX (9), PROM DLPH (12), ISLE (5), AGO (8), SCHN (7), CFG (11), NHTC (2), BLPH (8), PRMW (5), ULHG (6), PNK (10), WBS (10), PXLW, UA (9), CC (5), DD (8), BAC (4), WHG, NAVB, ONCE, WYN (2), CLF (4), LII, TCB, WTBA (2), MWPR (2), AZZ (8), ARC (4), CLGX (5), ARTW (4), RNST (15), YELP, SHO (8), SGMS (5), SUME, TSRA (3), CCCR (4), HCP (4), CTIC (3), STC (5), APC, ETAK (4), CHDN (10), PNK (8), AMGN, OMCL, HTA, GOOG, AIMT & PLCE

Form 4's (Insider Sales): DHR, MSM, LH, DPS (3), STI, TROW, NUE, LBF, ICBK, IEX, CPSS, STL, MDP, WOR, PRGS, IIIN, AMWD, AROW, GAM (5), SYK (2), TMK, SON, ALOG, APH, NTIP, DLPH (12), ISRG, RGNX, WWD (3), CVBF, PH, MDT (10), ISLE (6), CME, AGCO (5), MIK, ZDPY, DORM (3), OVLY, VRTX, FLXS, AFL, NTGR (2), HBNC (2), MGNX, SONC, FBP (4), LMT (2), UTHR, CPHD (7), IMPR, SABR, EXAC (3), USB (2), MASI (2), PLAB, AKAM, STL, UNH, DSPG, FBRC, CBU, RMBS, SXT, SSI, LII, AZZ (8), CTIC, YELP, USCR, SIX, PED (2), ABT, DKL, UTX, SGMS (5), CYS, HCA, GRUB, SPSC, AVAV, RS, COMM, XENE, IPG (2), YHOO (3), WAL, OFG, SPLK (2), BOH, LBY, HDP (2), APC, CRM, PMBC, MBFI, OFG, AMGN (7), OMCL, GOOG, OCN, CVBL, MTDR, TUBE, ANAC, MSCC (5), SKUL & EXPL

Form 4's (Insider Disposals for $0): LINE (9), DPS, NS, OSBC, AROW, CUNB & PNK (10)

I didn't check out to find the largest buys or sells this time around but I did catch the CFO's buying & selling. The CFO's buying work for MSCC, KFS & FBP. The CFO's selling work for OFG, YHOO, TCBK, PED, AZZ, SXT, FBRC, CPHD, HBNC, SPGI, ISLE, WWD, SYK, DPS & IPG. The only other note that I took there was that Marissa Mayer was one of the insiders selling shares of YHOO.

I hope everyone is able to enjoy the rest of their weekend!

GLTA