In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review:
- No new positions today.
- Adjustment to XRT position.
- No exits since the last report.
- Current status of open campaigns.
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Expert technical analysis of financial markets by JC Parets
In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review:
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We’re looking abroad for today’s trade in a company involved in the manufacturing and sale of connectivity and sensor solutions.
The stock is breaking out of a multi-year base and it offers us a nearby risk management level to keep our stop tight which means the potential for nice gains versus a smaller risk of loss. [Read more…]
In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review:
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In today’s Jam Session, I discussed the potential for markets to hit the pause button soon (if they haven’t already) and how that’s affecting my trade selection going forward.
Considering that some of our big winners have hit or are nearing our profit targets, or have been approaching expiration, it feels like a perfectly logical place for this pause to happen. $AMZN hit our upside price objective this afternoon!
And it might be earnings season that does it.
Earnings season is beginning again, and our first earnings casualty is already on the books with Fastenal $FAST getting taken to the woodshed this morning.
What the market taketh, I hope it will giveth back via an “add-on” trade we’ve got open in Wells Fargo $WFC. It is specifically betting on earnings being the catalyst to pop $WFC higher out of a high-and-tight flag.
The good thing about both the $FAST and $WFC trades is I have defined my risks beforehand. I don’t want my trades to become worthless following earnings, but if they do, the dollar loss to my portfolio will feel like any other small loss. No sweat.
We discuss this and more in this week’s short Options Jam Session: [Read more…]
In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review:
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Traders have made a lot of noise about the recent correction in Apple. And yes, the selloff has been large (for Apple).
But with daily trading volumes beginning to wane, it feels to me that the run has begun to exhaust itself and bears will have one more last-ditch opportunity with earnings on the horizon.
Barring something unusual, I think there will be something to disappoint both bears and bulls alike, amounting to a whole lot of nothing. Which sets up the perfect time for a sideways bet. [Read more…]
In today’s Daily Digest, we’ll review:
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When putting on positions with undefined risk (naked short puts, or short strangles, for example), one question I often get asked is: “How do you determine your position size?”
This is perhaps the most important question to ask when putting on these types of trades!
I have two imprecise, imperfect ways that I decide: [Read more…]