Jul 4 Options Writing Trades Update

The benchmark Nikkei finished down 27.5 points at 13,237.53, heading for its 12th straight day of losses, the longest since 1954. No end in sight still. One has to stay alert as Japanese stocks couldn't avoid being sharply hit if a spiral of interest rate hikes in Europe, the expansion of difference in interest rates, a weaker dollar, high oil prices and weak stock prices emerges.