Intel Options Suggest A Standstill
Today’s tickers: INTC, WFC, TIVO, DDUP, VLO, CBS & XLI INTC– The semiconductor chipmaker’s shares are down 2.5% to $15.79 amid broad market declines across the board. The gloom afflicting the stock...
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$106,191 Portfolio Update
Green shoots are just sprouting everywhere aren’t they? Don’t be alarmed that we are making little progress in our header- we’re only adding in theprofits as weclose positions from our April 10th start withour...
Read MoreA Healthy Strangle Hold At Cardinal
Today’s tickers: CAH, GLD, DOW, MA, FXI, NTAP, AET, STI & SLV CAH– The Ohio-based healthcare company has experienced a more than 11% decline in shares to $32.50 after its earnings forecast for 2010 came in below...
Read MoreRetail ETF Sees Large Protective Ratio Put Play
Today’s tickers: XRT, CSX, POT, MON, LO & DRYS XRT– Shares of the retail ETF have lifted higher by more than 6% to $29.19 today despite the decline in U.S. consumer spending for the second month in a row....
Read MoreMonday Market Mania
We are off to one crazy start this morning! The futures markets have gone wild, ostensibly led by China, which had a PMI of 53.1 for May and, even though that’s DOWN from 53.5 in April, it’s still positive enough to...
Read MoreStupid Option Tricks – The Salvage Play
I often talk about stupid options tricks in member chat and I thought it would make for good weekend reading. Today we’ll look at salvaging bad positions, something that comes up once in a while in any portfolio. Not...
Read MoreCall Buyers Emerge
Today’s tickers: EEM, DRYS, SLV, GLD, DHI, BRCM, STSI & LFC EEM– The emerging markets fund attracted a number of option investors again today following the put-spreading frenzy observed yesterday. A repeat...
Read MoreFriday – The Good, the Bad and the GDP
Clearly there are people who will do anything for money. In the classic movie, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” the characters all lie, cheat, steal and kill as they chase after a chache of government gold. They all...
Read MoreSavient calls in play at heady volatility readings
Today’s tickers: SVNT, WFC, EEM, MCO, XHB, EXEL, GDX & HIG SVNT– The specialty biopharmaceutical company’s shares have slipped 2% throughout the trading day to $5.78. The slight decline has not deterred...
Read MoreBullish Option Play at State Street Despite Weaker Shares
Today’s tickers: STT, HPQ, AMAT, PBR, BYD, AMD, VALE & ITUB STT– The 1% decline in State Street’s shares to $43.75 today has not deterred one investor from enacting a bullish ratio call spread in the July...
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