This post is another in a series that we will be publishing over the next month , tracking the hypothetical performance of broken wing butterfly trades selected by Greg Loehr of Optionsbuzz.com. A week doesn’t go by when I’m not asked a question about selling a put spread (credit spread) on a particular stock, especially before earnings when the implied … Read More
Learning
This morning it was announced that SXCI was buying CHSI in a cash and stock deal (story from Benzinga). Both stocks were gapping up significantly. It is unusual for the acquirer to gap higher in a merger that involves stock as a major component of the transaction. There is usually a huge amount of selling pressure from the “merger arb” … Read More
AAPL’s in the bag
This post is another in a series that we will be publishing over the next month , tracking the hypothetical performance of broken wing butterfly trades selected by Greg Loehr of Optionsbuzz.com. If you’ve been watching this hypothetical AAPL 610-605-595 put butterfly that expires today, then you’ve seen how dynamic this strategy really is. With the sell off down towards … Read More
Think you can day-trade AAPL?
This post is another in a series that we will be publishing over the next month , tracking the hypothetical performance of broken wing butterfly trades selected by Greg Loehr of Optionsbuzz.com. If so, then this is where you can potentially make a killing with the hypothetical broken wing butterfly we’ve been tracking over the past week. The hypothetical fly … Read More
How Quickly AAPL Can Turn
This post is another in a series that we will be publishing over the next month , tracking the hypothetical performance of broken wing butterfly trades selected by Greg Loehr of Optionsbuzz.com. Just yesterday I talked about a hypothetical AAPL put broken wing butterfly expiring Friday, and with AAPL trading up this morning to over $640 I kind of figured … Read More
AAPL Skew is Reverting
This post is another in a series that we will be publishing over the next month , tracking the hypothetical performance of broken wing butterfly trades selected by Greg Loehr of Optionsbuzz.com. Last week I asked if Apple can really keep going up forever, and at least for another week it did. And the hypothetical put broken wing butterfly I … Read More
AAPL Can’t Go Up Forever…
This post is the second in a series that we will be publishing over the next month , tracking the hypothetical performance of broken wing butterfly trades selected by Greg Loehr of Optionsbuzz.com. Apple can’t go up forever. Or can it? This week I’ll be tracking a hypothetical broken wing butterfly on Apple Computer (AAPL) that won’t lose money if … Read More
Trading Lesson #1: Buying A Strong Stock At Prior Day’s Afternoon Support
New blog format: Short trading lessons with charts for illustration. Trading Lesson #1: Second Day Play–Buying A Strong Stock After It Pulls Back To Prior Afternoon’s Support Area INHX was on our radar yesterday after another fresh news drug catalyst. As you can see from the two charts below INHX is trending higher on multiple time frames. Here is the … Read More