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[Options Premium] Betting on More “Mess”
In an effort to provide some much-needed portfolio diversification, I’m adding a delta-neutral credit spread to the mix.
There aren’t a whole lot of juicy premiums out there (thank you plummeting $VIX!), but there is an ETF in a sector that looks set up for some sideways digestion over the near term that should play nice with a short Strangle.
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[Options Premium] Gap ‘n Go Setting Up Post Earnings
Finally, a setup I love that has earnings out of the way! There’s light at the end of the tunnel. And no surprise I find this setup in a strong sector that wants to lead the market higher.
We’re going to leverage some cheap options to position for a breakout to 52-week highs in this big cap name.
[Options] Patiently Positioning for a Summer Breakout in $MRVL
For a swing trader like me, earnings season is always tough. I often find myself in a situation where my favorite setups have a looming earnings release on the nearby horizon, introducing binary risks that make me uncomfortable.
And this season is no different. All of my favorite setups right now are fraught with earnings risk.
But I’ve found one opportunity where a pending earnings release may actually benefit us, allowing us to get positioned at attractive prices for a post-earnings run.
[Options Premium] Call Calendar Spread in Biotech
My man Steve Strazza’s reaction to this trade idea: “Yes! Bios have got some catch-up to play!”
I concur.
Though, I think we’ve got some overhead resistance that may slow the roll heading into summer. But that’s ok — we can use that to our advantage with a calendar spread.
[Options Premium] May the Force Be With Us
There are some big cap software stocks on the verge of resolving out of beautiful bases to the upside. Of course, we have to be on the ball to avoid earnings landmines as it’s that time of the year.
That said, my favorite chart among these big caps that still has breathing room in it (about six weeks) before we have to deal with their next earnings report is Salesforce $CRM.
Check out this chart:
[Options] Using Earnings as a Catalyst in Motorola
Did you know Motorola has been around since long before the cellular phone?
In the late 90’s and early 2000’s, Motorola was one of the go-to cell phone manufacturers. I owned several, personally. To this day, I still maintain that I’ve never had a clearer signal with zero audio delay than I did with my Motorola StarTac phone circa 2001.
This all came up this morning when internally, while discussing the setup in the $MSI stock, we were all kind of surprised that Motorola, based in Chicago, is a one-hundred year old company! Wow.
Clearly, this is a company that has gone through many pivots to lead new technology development.
Of more immediate concern to us options traders is we’ve got two potential catalysts that can drive some quick gains for us.
[Options Premium] This Broker is Working
[9/21: moved stop to 88]
Fair warning: today’s trade is in a company that will be reporting earnings early next week. I generally try to avoid entering trades ahead of earnings. But its that time of the season where its kinda hard to avoid earnings. They are happening. We just have to deal with it.
That said, we’ll control what we can control: The amount of risk we take, and our time duration for the position to recover, if needed.
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