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Strategies for Managing Risk With Options
Options can be risky because they're complex and typically expire worthless. However they can also help investors limit risk when used correctly. This post will consider four strategies that can reduce losses and enhance gains for ordinary investors. Bullish Call...
Can This Social Media Stock Double in the Next Year?
A social-media stalwart got hammered yesterday, and someone positioned for a major rebound. Twitter (TWTR) fell almost 9 percent about halfway through the morning. As it clawed its way back to cut those losses, a trader amassed about 80,000 January 2020 70 calls for...
Is the Nightmare Over? Options Trader Sees Huge Rebound
October was a painful month, but now a big options trader is looking for the entire selloff to reverse. Here's a breakdown of the massive call volume detected yesterday morning in the market-tracking SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY): A block of 75,000 December 288 calls was...
Cloud Giant Rips on Blowout Quarter
A cloud-computing giant was highlighted on Market Action this week. It's posed to open higher today after a blowout quarter. Salesforce.com (CRM) reported earnings of $0.61 a share in the third quarter. With the Street expecting earnings of $0.50 per share, up from...
Options Trader Sees No Happy New Year for Ailing Blue Chip
Someone seems to think this year's worst-performing S&P 500 member won't have a happy New Year. Here's a breakdown of a large options trade in General Electric (GE): A block of 12,500 December 8 puts was sold for $0.79 and an equal number of December 7s was bought...
Why Stocks Move: Margins
This post is the fourth in a series about the catalysts for stock movements. It’s based on a series of talks at TradeStation’s Master Class learning sessions. Most investors want to see companies making money on a regular basis. Today we'll look...
Options Trader Braves Volatility in Media Giant
Damn the volatility -- full speed ahead. That seemed to be the message from one big options trader in Comcast (CMCSA) yesterday: A block of 5,669 23-November 35 puts was bought in the middle of the afternoon for just $0.02. Volume was below open interest, which...
Technology & Communication
Media Giant May Be Attempting a Bull-Flag Breakout: Chart Study
Comcast has pulled back after making a new high last month, and now it could be turning upward again. The media giant battled against a downward-sloping trend line running from March 16 through last Wednesday. But it ended last week breaking above it. Second, notice...