All posts by Daniel Darrow
Options In Play – Multiple Stages Of Rolling And Trade Management
Rolling options and trade management is not always black and white. There are lots of ways to approach option trades and expanding the scope can be beneficial.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – QQQ Bottoming Process
Yes, this time is different on QQQ versus recent drops but that doesn’t mean the bull market is over. For Tech names, patience and timing are going to be important in the near term.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Earnings On The Radar Week Of 3/12/21
Earnings season is winding down but there are still several big names due to report this week. Maybe the action begins to finally turn more positive too.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – What A Quick Hedge Means
In weak markets like we are seeing right now, I like to use quick hedges on individual names. These are very short-term puts/spreads that I actively manage against my bull positions.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Why This Tech Slide Is Different
We’ve had pullbacks on Tech over the past few months but many of those have been short-lived. I am seeing signs that this current drop is doing more damage.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – ZM’s Narrow Miss Of The Earnings Combo Trade
It’s been an odd quarter for stock reactions to earnings. Sell the news and lackluster movement has been fairly consistent across many big names, but ZM felt like one that could have broken that pattern (but it didn’t).
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Earnings On The Radar Week Of 3/05/21
It’s the first week of March and earnings are still running hot. Expect big reports from Tech and Retail throughout the week.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Screening For Swings
Another day of heavy selling is leading to another wash out in top names. We may not be at a bottom yet, but once we do stabilize, I will start screening for relative strength for swing trade ideas.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Timing Of Options And Expiration
There are times when a trade works a lot faster than I was expecting and I have options that have a ton of time until expiration. For some this will change their strategy. I try to stay with the original plan.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Hello Volatility
It’s been a while since we’ve seen intraday swings like this. Huge down days, massive rebounds, stocks flying around…volatility is back for the time being.
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