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

SMB Radar Update for April 19, 2011

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With earnings out we see a mixed bag of sectors In Play. These are today’s top 10 stocks on the In Play column on the SMB Radar. This is the most important function of the scanner. The radar uses a number of proprietary algorithms on a prescreened universe of stocks and processes every tick in search of finding stocks that … Read More

Insights from Wharton School’s Investment Management Club

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I gave a talk  in Philadelphia on options strategies  to the Wharton School Investment Management Club last  Thursday.  My daughter  Halima, who is an undergraduate student at Bryn Mawr College in suburban Philadelphia,  sat in on the the talk as well. In addition to wanting to be a supportive daughter, she was my intern four summers ago,   backtesting  options  … Read More