News from Optionetics
Morning Watch, March 16
Posted on: 16 March 2010 | 7:30 amPositive open for stocks as traders await FOMC statement this afternoon.
Growth Stock Swing Option: March 15, 2010
Posted on: 15 March 2010 | 2:58 pmA second-half push finds a few bulls back to business as usual in front of a rare Tuesday morning FOMC announcement.
Options Corner: The Magic of Butterflies, Part 14
Posted on: 15 March 2010 | 2:01 pmMatt Baker looks at ways to make the Butterfly a trade with a greater probability of making some money.
Swing Trading: The Search for Harmony
Posted on: 15 March 2010 | 2:01 pmWe can never be 100% certain, but with a good plan and sound money management, we can make a lot of money over the course of a large number of trades.
Commodities Roundup: Wheat
Posted on: 15 March 2010 | 2:01 pmBurdensome supply makes Wheat some very fertile ground for call sellers.
Closing Wrap-Up, March 15
Posted on: 15 March 2010 | 2:00 pmBulls refuse to give up, leaving stocks near the flat line after mostly a negative session.
Options News from Yahoo
Stocks on the move: China Fire, DSW, Emeritus, Intel, Lexicon (Contra Costa Times)
Posted on: 16 March 2010 | 11:18 amBy Lu WangBloomberg NewsShares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading this morning.Arthrocare Corp. (ARTC US) rose 6 percent to $28.
China Fire, DSW, Emeritus, Intel, Lexicon: U.S. Equity Movers (Bloomberg)
Posted on: 16 March 2010 | 10:46 amMarch 16 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses. Prices are as of 11 a.m. in New York.
Call Trading Picks Up on Dow Chemical (DOW) as It Battles Resistance (Schaeffers Research)
Posted on: 16 March 2010 | 8:50 amDow Chemical (DOW) was the focus of some brisk options trading yesterday, as more than 35,700 contracts changed hands...( Read More )
Call Trading Increases on Mannkind (MNKD) (Schaeffers Research)
Posted on: 16 March 2010 | 8:20 amMannkind (MNKD) was the center of some brisk options trading on Monday, as more than 95,700 contracts crossed the tape...( Read More )
TradeKing Earns Four-Star Rating in Barron's 2010 Online Broker Survey for Fourth Consecutive Year (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted on: 15 March 2010 | 12:35 pmBOCA RATON, Fla.----For the fourth consecutive year, online broker TradeKing has received high ratings in Barron's 15th annual survey of Best Online Brokers. The firm was awarded a four-star rating on the strength of its options trading tools, as well as for its “Trader Network” that enables investors to interact to share ideas, its fixed income offerings, and its broad range of educational ...
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) Sees Shift in Options Trading to Calls (Schaeffers Research)
Posted on: 15 March 2010 | 8:20 amTraders flocked to options on Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) on Friday, as more than 76,800 contracts crossed the tape...( Read More )
News from PowerOptions Blog
Going Long on Gap Ups? Really?
Posted on: 3 March 2010 | 2:27 pmOn Friday, February 26, 2010 an article in the “Making Money - Investors Corner” section of Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) written by Paul Whitfield, caught my attention. The article was about breakaway gaps as a bullish form of action. Whitfield illustrated several examples where stocks with price surges of 10% in a day [...]
Double Diagonal Stock Options Strategy
Posted on: 18 February 2010 | 12:10 pmDouble Diagonal - Neutral Strategy The Double Diagonal is a neutral stock options strategy. The Double Diagonal strategy is similar to an Iron Condor and can be considered a combination of a Calendar Call spread and a Calendar Put spread. The Calendar Put spread portion of the Double Diagonal is entered by selling an out-of-the-money put [...]
What’s Up With Transocean’s Stock Options?
Posted on: 17 February 2010 | 10:10 amTransocean Option Volume Transocean’s (RIG) stock option volume was off-the-chart yesterday. Transocean is in the offshore oil and gas service business. Transocean operates deepwater rigs for drilling oil and gas wells. Transocean is the big dog in its market segment and its competitors include Noble (NE), Diamond Offshore (DO), Nabors International (NBR) and Pride International [...]
United Bankshares Short Squeeze & Misc.
Posted on: 1 February 2010 | 11:36 amGDP… The U.S. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) was announced as 5.7% for the fourth quarter of 2009 and the stock market immediately celebrated the good news by jumping up and then back down. A GDP of 5.7% sounds real good, but in reality, the increase in the GDP was more a result of an inventory build-up, than [...]
Answering a Few Questions
Posted on: 22 January 2010 | 4:43 pmWe’ve been getting quite lot of questions related to PowerOptionsApplied lately, so we’re going to address some of them. Question #1: What does revised credit of .55 mean? Answer: The Iron Condor trades are posted with a net credit amount. This amount represents the total positive cash flow from entering the position. A short put option [...]
Lions, and tigers and no option symbols! Oh My!
Posted on: 20 January 2010 | 2:55 pmOption symbols are going away… That’s right, stock options symbols as we’ve known them are going away. Beginning on February 12, 2010 the current option symbols will be replaced with new stock option symbols. The change is nothing to be scared about — not nearly as scary as Dorothy’s lions and tigers and bears. Old vs. New… The [...]
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Options Commentary from The New York Times
Kohlberg Kravis Files for Listing on Big Board
Posted on: 11 March 2010 | 11:00 pmThe Securities and Exchange Commission filing was the final step in the company’s years of effort to become a publicly traded private equity firm.
Goldman Deal-Maker Now Advocates Regulation
Posted on: 9 March 2010 | 11:00 pmGary Gensler, head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is the leading contender to oversee the instruments that played a key role in the financial crisis.
A Place to Bet Real Money on Movies
Posted on: 9 March 2010 | 11:00 pmA virtual futures exchange is being assembled to allow people to bet money on a film’s box office success.
For Psychic, Suit Came as Surprise
Posted on: 4 March 2010 | 11:00 pmThe Securities and Exchange Commission accused Sean David Morton, who said he could foretell the stock market’s direction, of swindling $6 million.
It’s Time for Swaps to Lose Their Swagger
Posted on: 27 February 2010 | 11:00 pmThree years into the financial crisis, why haven’t complex derivatives been reined in?
Math Is Hard
Posted on: 27 February 2010 | 11:00 pmBusinessWeek Options Commentary
Playing The Prediction Markets
Posted on: 3 March 2010 | 10:22 pmThis article provides an introduction to both utilising implicit predictions in binary options, as well as some pointers on trading. As an investor, trader or someone with a general interest in things like economics related events you can use predict markets to help get an idea of the probability of the event occurring. Or you can trade...
Keynes’ Folly Hits Home in Greece
Posted on: 19 February 2010 | 4:07 pmWho wants to bail out a very distant neighbor from the consequences of his foolish behavior?
Don’t Panic from the Pullback… Profit from It!
Posted on: 1 February 2010 | 2:46 pmInvestors are scared right now, and rightfully so… Last week’s violent pullback in the markets reminded battle-scarred shareholders that our latest rally is anything but guaranteed.
CBOE Board Is Said to Plan Discussion of Stock Sale (Update2)
Posted on: 2 December 2009 | 2:26 amDirectors of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the largest U.S. options market, will be presented with a plan next week to shed its members-only structure and become a public company.
PLANET WEALTH HAS LAUNCHED IN THE US!
Posted on: 21 November 2009 | 5:17 amCOPY the personal trades of one of America's Leading Professional Options Traders. That's right! In our forum at www.planetwealth.us Rob Roy will show you his own private trades. And let you copy them. So you can earn while you learn with Planet Wealth. Download our FREE E-BOOK
Coming Soon to a Broker Near You: Easy to Understand Options Symbols
Posted on: 13 November 2009 | 12:34 pmEntire courses have been developed to teach new investors how to decipher the world of options symbols. Heck, we've developed guides that help...
Schaeffer's Investment Research Options Commentary
Option Players Buzzing at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc.
Posted on: 16 March 2010 | 12:36 pmOption activity percolated on Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) Monday, with call volume surging to 7,397 -- double the coffee concern's expected average.The April 90 call saw the highest volume, with 1,851 contracts crossing the tape on open interest of 1,451...(Read More)
Spread Trader Anticipates Subdued Price Action for American Express Company (AXP)
Posted on: 16 March 2010 | 12:14 pmAmerican Express Company (AXP) inched lower on Monday, after monthly credit-card data indicated that losses from sour loans remained high among lenders...(Read More)
RINO International Corporation (RINO) Call Volume Accelerates Ahead of Expiration
Posted on: 16 March 2010 | 11:52 amCall activity accelerated on Chinese environmental issue RINO International Corporation (RINO) on Monday, with single-session volume more than doubling the norm...(Read More)
FedEx Corporation Sees Pre-Earnings Surge in Option Activity
Posted on: 16 March 2010 | 10:26 amFedEx Corporation (FDX) is scheduled to release third-quarter earnings this Thursday, with analysts expecting profits of 72 cents per share...(Read More)
Call Trading Picks Up on Dow Chemical (DOW) as It Battles Resistance
Posted on: 16 March 2010 | 9:20 amDow Chemical (DOW) was the focus of some brisk options trading yesterday, as more than 35,700 contracts changed hands...(Read More)
Optimism Rises Toward MetLife (MET) as Traders Grab Up Calls
Posted on: 16 March 2010 | 9:10 amOptions traders flocked to the shares of MetLife (MET) on Monday, as more than 44,800 contracts crossed the take...(Read More)