All posts by Daniel Darrow
Options In Play – What A Dollar For Dollar Roll Means
We’ve talked about rolling and what that means when a trade is moving in our favor. But there are also ways to roll when a stock is moving against us.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – QCOM And PINS Ramp Trades
If you are noticing smaller reactions to earnings this quarter, you are not alone. A lot of high profile stocks are not moving as sharply to their reports, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t opportunity to trade them.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – In Honor Of Groundhog Day
Remember the movie where the main character wakes up to a repeating pattern day in and day out? Well, welcome to the market for the past 3 months.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Earnings On The Radar Week Of 2/05/21
Another big week of earnings is coming. The question is…will they take a back seat again to all the short squeezing narrative taking place?
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Risk, Reward, And Earnings
When earnings are rewarding options, then we increase our focus on those patterns. When earnings are not paying options, we need to take our foot off the gas pedal.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – When (If) The Trend Breaks
For several months, QQQ and SPY have been riding an aggressive trend higher. Weakness is broad today, and we are at the bottom of the trend and at a critical point for action moving forward.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – The Post-Earnings Trade Pattern
I am not always involved with all the big movers on earnings sadly, but that doesn’t mean I forget about the stocks after they report. Quick setups can lead to great trades without the event risk.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – A Lesson From GME
GME’s move over the past 2 weeks has been a rare market event. While it we may not seeing something similar again soon, there are lessons to takeaway for daily trading.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Earnings On The Radar Week Of 1/29/21
It’s a huge week of earnings. Tech heavyweights, Restaurants, Industrials…you name it. Expect a busy stretch of news.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – The TWTR Option Day Trade
I like to trade newsy style moves during the day as a way to generate short term cash flow. TWTR is a nice example of how I approach those newsy day trades.
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