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One of my short premium trades came off today ($VIAV hit my profit target) and it leaves me wanting more.So, while looking through big cap stocks with elevated options premiums and no earnings releases nearby, I landed at Applied Materials.

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These past couple of weeks, I walked through Mark Douglas's five Fundamental Truths from Trading in the Zone. Here they are, all in one place:

1. Anything can...

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Adobe beat expectations and got crushed. Lennar missed and rallied.

Earnings season is starting to slow down, but the reactions we’re seeing right now are anything but quiet.

Some companies are delivering better-than-expected results and still getting punished. 

Others are missing estimates and...

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Size, Conviction, and a Clear Energy Thesis

Every weekend I dig through the names that experienced the most interesting unusual options activity. 

We’re looking for trades that stood out, whether it was large in size or a very aggressive strike selection.

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Earnings season is where narratives collide with reality.

Every quarter, companies step up and show investors what’s actually happening beneath the surface of the economy. Sometimes those reports confirm the trend. 

Other times, they...

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Welcome back for another Top Down Trade of the Week.

This is a classic leadership scan.

We start with the best sectors, then drill into the subgroups. We pick one, and then take a look at...

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Satellites, Servers, and Short Sellers

This note highlights a select group of stocks showing the most unusual — and highly directional — options activity.

The goal is simple: follow the big money and trade in the direction of the underlying...

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Petrochemical stocks are breaking out as the energy bull market continues to expand.

Over the past few weeks here in Commodities Weekly, we’ve been pounding the table on one thing: this commodity bull market is alive and...

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We're wrapping up our series on the five Fundamental Truths from Mark Douglas's Trading in the Zone. If you missed the earlier posts, we covered anything can happen, you don't need to know what happens next to make money, there's a random...

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From the desk of Steve Strazza @Sstrazza

Our International Hall of Famers list is composed of the 100 largest US-listed international stocks, or ADRs.

We've also sprinkled in some of the largest ADRs...

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Strong results weren’t enough to overcome a major technical barrier on the chart.

Discount giant Dollar General $DG delivered another earnings before Thursday's opening bell… but the market wasn’t impressed.

Shares of the $30B retailer fell sharply during yesterday's trading session, ending a five-quarter streak of positive...

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Defense, Drones & Dirt

This note highlights a select group of stocks showing the most unusual — and highly directional — options activity.

The goal is simple: follow the big money and trade in the direction of the underlying...

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Earnings season is the heartbeat of the market, and every day brings fresh signals about where money is flowing.

With each report, we learn not just how companies are performing, but how investors are reacting.

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One of the best ways to gauge the health of a bull market is by watching how the riskiest stocks behave.

When investors are confident and willing to take on risk, money tends to flow into the most speculative corners of the...

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Big Money, Bigger Moves

This note highlights a select group of stocks showing the most unusual — and highly directional — options activity.

The goal is simple: follow the big money and trade in the direction of the underlying...

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We're continuing our series on the five Fundamental Truths from Mark Douglas's Trading in the Zone. Today we take on truth number four:

An edge is nothing more than an indication of a higher probability of one thing...

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