All posts by Daniel Darrow
Options In Play – Earnings On The Radar Week Of 12/4/20
The first week of December is here and it is a surprisingly busy few days of earnings. Expect big reports from Software and Retail all week.
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I love trading vertical spreads and they are one of my go-to strategies on stocks that have expensive options. When it comes to rolling, I usually approach spreads in 1 of 2 ways.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Follow The Fuel Cell Leader
Sympathy plays are a popular option strategy that I use around earnings but they also can be trades outside of major catalysts. Sometimes the action in the leader is what sets up the option trade in the laggard.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Earnings On The Radar Week Of 11/27/20
It’s a Thanksgiving-shortened week but there are still plenty of earnings on the calendar. Tech and Retail will be the 2 sectors in focus.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Sitting Short And Waiting
Not everything is an instant winner and there are plenty of trade ideas that take time to develop. Sitting short can be tough in this market and that’s why making sure the expiration is right is important.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Timing A Breakout On TSLA
The setup was there on TSLA and today it delivered in a big way. TSLA’s move higher is a good lesson for option traders.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Are We Nearing A Trending Tape Again?
We have had a bunch of big market-moving events recently but as the calendar moves to late November and December, the news may dry up. And that could be a good thing…
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Earnings On The Radar Week of 11/20/20
Retail, Tech and Chinese Tech…we have a busy week of reports coming up. On top of that, more vaccine news is expected.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – RVLV: The Earnings Aftermath
We had a trade on RVLV into its report and now we need to have a game plan for after the report. The stock didn’t move enough to pay options, so we need to go back to our playbook for managing straddles/strangles.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Why This Time May Be Different For Reopen Plays
Positive vaccine news from PFE has led to a huge rotation into value/reopening stocks this week. But the question is…is this time different?
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