Cool your jets.
Some of you are in the BUY THE DIP camp and champing at the bit to make a heroically timed buy here. Others are in the APOCALYPSE camp and are eager to “short-the-world!”
What if both sides are wrong?
Expert technical analysis of financial markets by JC Parets
Cool your jets.
Some of you are in the BUY THE DIP camp and champing at the bit to make a heroically timed buy here. Others are in the APOCALYPSE camp and are eager to “short-the-world!”
What if both sides are wrong?
The team is out with a couple bullish pieces on the metals sector this week. This chart in Gold, in particular has my attention:
This looks like an upside move I want to play. [Read more…]
Feels to me the stock market is at one of those inflection points. Personally, I’m finding it difficult to find trades that I’m willing to bet too aggressively long here. But on the flip side, I’m not willing to get aggressively short here either. In situations like this, the best move is often to patiently wait for the market to tip her hand. Problem is, we all know waiting is the hardest part (cue Tom Petty).
Of course, there are strategies options traders can employ profitably when the expected move is a sideways chop fest. And the best way to line the odds of profitability more in our favor is to find situations where a sideways grind has already begun to take shape and it is coupled with higher than average volatility being priced into the options. When selling premium, this gives us some nice cushion to absorb some moves.
I’ve found just such a situation for us to take advantage of. [Read more…]
The ASC team is out with a piece calling for a potential short-term bottom in the Energy space. I’m liking some of the setups I’m seeing and I’ve got an options play to get us involved. [Read more…]
JC is out with a piece today that is bearish on Latin America broadly, and more specifically, Mecradolibre $MELI.
Here’s the money line:
Here is the chart showing Mecradolibre failing once again near this 677 level that has been trouble since last year. There is clearly still an overwhelming amount of supply here. The bet is that $MELI gets back down to 517, which would put it near the lower end of this multi-year range:
The stock is expensive so if getting short a $650 stock feels pretty unappealing to you, I’ve got an options trade that may be more palatable. [Read more…]
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks, eh? Tesla put on a show, Coronavirus, we’ve gotten a little two-sided action in the broader markets, and volatility reminded us it still exists. But as we know, volatility fades. And right now, there is some elevated premium levels too tempting to ignore. So we’re selling some premium here. [Read more…]
by JC
This is the video recording of the February 2020 Conference Call for Members of All Star Options [Read more…]
As February gets under way, it’s time to review positions with February options that remain open (haven’t already hit profit targets or been stopped out).
Most trades I put on for All Star Options tend to have a minimum duration of 30 days (short premium plays) and often as long as 6-8 months (for long premium plays). As options approach expiration, greeks like theta and gamma start to become my enemy and whipsaw my P/L. Therefore, as options and spreads get into the expiration month, my best practice is to put each position on notice — it’s time to take action.
February positions closed at profit target: $GDX (1/16)
February positions closed at a loss: $SLB (8/13), $LGIH (11/6), $MDT (10/23)
Remaining Open Positions (in order of entry):
If anybody has any questions, hit me here.