Options Traders Must Measure Risk versus Time versus Opportunity
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…]
[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…]
[Options Premium] It’s Good to Know Jack
Jack Dorsey, CEO of both Square $SQ and a little-known company named Twitter $TWTR, is having a pretty good year. How good? Well, in the last 365 days, $SQ is up 177% and Twitter is up a more modest 158%. Boy, the sentiment in these two names sure has changed. It seemed like just yesterday Jack Dorsey was America’s most hated CEO. “Pick one!” the masses screamed. Everyone thought he had taken on too big of a workload as the stocks of both companies languished in prolonged downtrends. Amazing what twin upward trending stock prices can do for Public Relations.
While both stocks look compelling here, we’re going to take advantage of some attractive volatility being priced into $SQ options and an earnings event to play both sides against. [Read more…]
[Options Premium] July Expirations Roundup
With two weeks to July expiration, it’s time to review our July positions that will be expiring soon and take any actions that are necessary to reduce risk or take profits. This is the time of the cycle when the theta cost of our long premium plays will start to accelerate against us, or the gamma risk in our short premium plays will start to ramp quickly against us. No bueno in either case. [Read more…]
[Options Premium] Pre-Earnings Bite of the Apple
With earnings for Apple coming up on July 31, there’s just enough time, worthwhile juice, and a significant price level to lean against in order to potentially bite off some quick profits in $AAPL while limiting our downside risk. Since we don’t have much time, lets cut right to the chase… [Read more…]
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