Options In Play – Go Long (Expiration)
If you are noticing a trend in earnings having muted reactions, then adjust the time of the options. This may help counteract the implied volatility crunch post-report.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – The 2-3 Day Earnings Rule
Not every stock has a big move immediately following its earnings report. The news flow period can last several days, though, and follow-through can often take place to help options.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Weekly Options Over The Weekend
It’s a busy week of news, and coming into Monday, I had several names on my watching list for short-term options. Typically, I prefer to wait until Monday morning to open those trades versus start on Friday afternoon.
Continue Reading -->Options In Play – Earnings On The Radar Week Of 4/30/21
This will be the biggest week of earnings this quarter and it is absolutely packed with huge reports. The Tech titans will lead the pack but expect steady news from each sector.
Continue Reading -->How To Identify A Move Before It Happens: Breaking Down WPM Using the Hit & Run Methodology & the Square of 9
Technicians know well that price chart analysis is not an exact science. No single technique is infallible. Despite this lack of perfection, price chart analysis can very often give reliable forecasts of trend direction. One way of improving on price forecasts base on a chart signal is the Rule of Multiples… i.e., when multiple pieces […]
Continue Reading -->The Next Square-Out In TSLA
TSLA dropped after earnings on Monday night… from 738 to 705. Pre-market this morning it is shedding another 11 points as it skids below its 20 day moving average and is flirting with the important 50 day line. Notably, yesterday’s Breakaway Gap came 90 days/degrees from the January 25 high, so an impulse move lower may […]
Continue Reading -->AMD & Microsoft: What’s Next?
Some big names like AMD and MSFT just reported earnings. So what’s next? Mark has answers: Mark shares with you: Why post-earnings moves are not about “good” or “bad” What you need to know about AMD’s supply shortages The big AMD trigger to watch The real story with MSFT What’s happening with PINs and other […]
Continue Reading -->Sell in May & Go Away
The SPY closed at a record high of 417.26 on April 16. Six days later, a new nominal new closing high of 417.61 was struck. Today will be the important Gann Day 7 potential turning point day from April 16. Monday’s NR 7 Volatility Contraction Day (the narrowest range in 7 days) underpins the idea of an […]
Continue Reading -->How To Anticipate Pin Action: NET
Pin Action occurs when a stock is leapfrogs resistance and is magnetized to a higher (or lower) strike. A daily NET below shows how it exploded above its 50 day line on April 13. It walked off that short term overbought condition with a pullback to its 20 day moving average in front of last […]
Continue Reading -->Why I Like Apple
Jump in and find out: Why Sami actually likes Apple (AAPL) now How he feels about Facebook (FB) The interesting setup in the QQQ’s When a buy setup triggers How a head & shoulders pattern works Whether IWM can break out… or break down Which major ETF might start leading And more!
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