Publications

7/25/12 Weekly Briefing: Using Options to Predict Stock Moves During Earnings Season

Predicting future stock prices is tough, especially around earnings, but option prices are amazingly accurate predictors and can be used to place high-probability trades with substantial profit potential…. Read More

7/17/12 Trade Alert: Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

1. Roll Molson Coors (NYSE: TAP) to October “Buy to Close” July $45 Put and “Sell to Open” October $45 Put Option Symbols: TAP120721P45 and TAP121020P45 Limit Order Price: Net credit of $0.60 or more ($60 per spread) Directional View for Underlying Stock: Bullish Options for Income Portfolio: Conservative Income Approximate margin requirement per contract: […]… Read More

7/17/12 Trade Alert: Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

Beverages–both beer and their containers–and bonds get rolled.

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7/12/12 Trade Alert: Keeps Chugging Along

Sell Put Credit Spread on Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) “Buy to Open” November $97.50 Put and “Sell to Open” November $105 Put Option Symbols: UNP121117P97.5 and UNP121117P105 Limit Order Price: Net credit of $1.40 or more ($140 per spread) Directional View for Underlying Stock: Neutral to slightly bullish Maximum profit: $140 if stock price is […]… Read More

7/12/12 Trade Alert: Keeps Chugging Along

This leading transport name is generating record earnings and has missed analyst estimates only once in the past five years.
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7/6/12 Weekly Briefing: How to Avoid Early Exercise without Fail

If you really hate the risk of getting assigned early on options that you sell, there are index options available that remove this problem entirely…. Read More

7/5/12 Trade Alert: The Track Record Says it All

Sell Put Credit Spread on Leucadia National (NYSE: LUK) “Buy to Open” August $17.50 Put and “Sell to Open” August $22.50 Put Option Symbols: LUK120818P17.5 and LUK120818P22.5 Limit Order Price: Net credit of $1.00 or more ($100 per spread) Directional View for Underlying Stock: Neutral to slightly bullish Maximum profit: $100 if stock price is […]… Read More

6/28/12 Trade Alert: Mobile Payments are the Future

  Sell Put Credit Spread on Intuit (Nasdaq: INTU) “Buy to Open” October $45 Put and “Sell to Open” October $52.50 Put Option Symbols: INTU121020P45 and INTU121020P52.5 Limit Order Price: Net credit of $1.20 or more ($120 per spread) Directional View for Underlying Stock: Neutral to slightly bullish Options for Income Portfolio: Conservative Income Margin […]… Read More

6/21/12 Trade Alert: Real Estate Giant

Sell Put Credit Spread on Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) “Buy to Open” August $135 Put and “Sell to Open” August $145 Put Option Symbols: SPG120818P135 and SPG120818P145 Limit Order Price: Net credit of $1.70 or more ($170 per spread) Directional View for Underlying Stock: Neutral to slightly bullish. Maximum profit: $170 if stock price […]… Read More

6/15/12 Weekly Briefing: Rolling Deep In-the-Money Put Spreads for a Debit

Stock updates plus three ways to salvage a put spread that has gone wrong…. Read More