Today’s tickers: COG, HPQ, ALGN, VIX, WLP, UNH, CVX, & OIH COGThe oil and gas company appeared on our ‘hot by options volume’ market scanner after a ratio call spread was established in the September...
Read MoreNote: The way each portfolio works is that I have what I call a rotating $3000 starting portfolio that is broken into three smaller $1000 accounts. This way I can account for cash settlement time but still play the market on...
Read MoreI woke up this morning thinking today would probably be a weaker day. I switched on the computer and went to check out the futures, and I could not believe my eyes. The Dow was down 180 points, the Nasdaq was down 30 points, and...
Read MoreYee-haw! We love the smell of pullback in the morning. It smells like – victory! After extensively reviewing our bearish positions in this week’s wrap up and after calling for cashing out our bull plays last week and...
Read MoreMy strategies for trading are obviously going to be very different than Phil’s strategies. For one, I day-trade stocks and do not work with longer term option strategies. My specific investment style is focused on short...
Read MoreA number of increasing stories and analysts seem to be growing more and more cautious about the stock market. It is not that most agree we are in a great position and the economy is recovering. What they all seem to be saying is...
Read MoreCourtesy of Vitaliy N. Katsenelson We look at the Chinese economy and its reported 7.9 percent growth and though we won’t admit it to ourselves, it makes us feel inadequate. The Chinese have gotten the economy thing...
Read MoreWhat was that? Did we just finish lower on Friday than Monday? We almost forgot such a thing can happen in Obama’s magic market-land but here we are with a week in which the stock market had not on, not two but three (3)...
Read MoreWell we’re back to cash… After getting off to a great start, up 12% in the first 3 weeks, we were lucky this week to get back to 12% after having a run of bad luck (or bad skill actually,as we went bearish too early...
Read MoreToday’s tickers: FXI, NUE, BBT & NTAP FXI – Bearish options activity was observed on the China exchange-traded fund this morning amid a nearly 2.5% decline in shares to $40.78. Investors expecting further...
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