I love getting questions from our subscribers to All Star Options. It shows they are engaged and eager to learn or to get clarification as they learn our processes. We get questions every day. Here’s one I received recently that I thought held a lesson we could all benefit from: [Read more…]
[Options Premium] Tricky Part of the Cycle
We are in the tricky part of the quarterly cycle where upcoming earnings warrant caution on options trades in individual names. Premiums get elevated ahead of the uncertainty heading into each earnings event, so that makes being long premium an undesirable idea. Meanwhile, it makes me uncomfortable getting short elevated premiums into these events because of the risk of an outsized move blowing through any short strikes I may have on.
And of course and ironically, with summer in full swing, broader indexes are seeing declining volatilities which makes it tougher to put on good credit spreads.
But your boy hasn’t given up looking for opportunities, and I see a good one shaping up in the Utilities space. [Read more…]
Nasdaq 100 Stocks Breaking Out
The Nasdaq 100 just hit another all-time high, as did the amount of people quoting the percentage of the index’s gains that are from its top five components. While that makes for a good headline and soundbite, it’s not really all that actionable. What is actionable is the chart below, which we spoke about in early June.
Video: Consumer Discretionary As A Leading Indicator
It’s been quite a few years since I did these youtube videos, but with the help of technology and a solid team, this is something we can start doing again on a regular basis.
Here is the first video with a throwback to the old days and then we get into Consumer Discretionary stocks and why I think they will continue to be a leading indicator for the overall market. [Read more…]
[Options Premium] July 2018 Conference Call Video Recording
This is the video recording of the July 2018 Conference Call for Members of All Star Options [Read more…]
[Options Premium] The Healthcare Sector Wants Higher
Perhaps it’s the overwhelming number of afflicted Bears coming in to emergency rooms, pharmacies (for pain meds), and therapists couches across America that is fueling the continued bull market in healthcare stocks? Interesting thought.
But we’re not fundamentalists here, we just follow price action, volume, and with our options trades — volatility. And those three things are pointing to a great opportunity for profits in the $XLV Healthcare ETF. [Read more…]
Higher Prices For Utilities Is Positive For Stocks!
Some people look at Utility stocks doing well as something negative. I never understood that. They suggest that an uptrend in a sector that is looked upon as “defensive” is not something characteristic of a stock market that is going up. But, in fact, it is. With Utilities pressing against all-time highs again, now is as good of a time as any to remind ourselves that they indeed move with the overall stock market over time. [Read more…]
Large-Cap Healthcare Coming Back To Life?
From the desk of Tom Bruni @BruniCharting
In 2018 the trend of small-cap Healthcare out-performance over its large-cap counterparts accelerated aggressively, with the small-cap ETF $PSCH returning 30.50% YTD and the large-cap ETF $XLV up a meager 1.70%.
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