Traders Ask: Does Every Options Strategy Work with Every Stock or Index?

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One of our readers, Cecelia, sent in the following question after watching our SMB Options Trade of the Week which, covered the bearish butterfly trade that has become popular recently: “Will this trade work for indexes only? Do you recommend this for individual stocks such as AAPL?” We get this question a lot and the answer is important for many … Read More

SMB Radar Update for April 21, 2011

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With the market currently in a tight range for today, we look at stocks with unusually expanded ranges. These are the top 5 stock on today’s Opening Range column on the SMB Radar. The opening range filter records a static snapshot of the Unusual Movers at 9:45. These are stocks which had an unusual move in early in the session … Read More

04/20/11 Relative Strength Scan

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/53484811/04-20-11-Big-RS-Scan This is not a scan I usually share, but I thought I would today.  This is the top 10% of the stock universe ranked by my relative strength ranking which is a complex measure that is very responsive to recent information but also has a long “memory” of past events. These are the leaders… I know there are over … Read More