Our energy trades have recovered some of their losses in the past week, although they remain in the red. We rate both the Marathon Oil April 60 call option (MRO + DL) and the Schlumberger January 95 call option (SLB + AS) as buys at their current prices for new… Read More
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Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 4, Number 47 November 21, 2007 Trading during holiday shortened weeks are supposed to be quiet affairs with an upward bias…at least that’s been the historical norm. We’d say it has been anything but quiet in recent… Read More
Since our last update we bought and sold the Citigroup March 30 call option for a gain of 35 percent in just five days. Shares of the battered financial giant rebounded sharply in the time we held the position, as expected. Citi won’t make a full recovery overnight though and… Read More
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 4, Number 46 November 14, 2007 We’ve had to contend with quite a lot of volatility in recent sessions, much of it driven by institutional players. The trading Monday and Tuesday were quite remarkable. On Monday, for… Read More
We’re holding just a handful of trades at this time. Our only new position since the last update was today’s recommendation to buy the Marathon Oil April 60 call option (MRO + DL). Set a limit order to pay no more than $8.20 for the option if you’ve yet to… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Volume 4, Number 45 November 7, 2007 Crude oil has climbed above $98 a barrel and traders are looking for it to breach the century mark shortly. Hopefully that nice round number will prompt speculators to take profits and prices will back… Read More
We kicked off the week by selling our General Motors January 40 put option. Our decision was made simply because the stock wasn’t acting all that bad and it was increasingly likely to rally with the rest of the market. For record keeping purposes, our gain on the trade was… Read More
Image via WikipediaVolume 4, Number 44 October 31, 2007 Trick or Treat? All eyes are on the Federal Reserve today. How stocks react to the news form its policy setting committee is a guess. The vast majority of market participations are betting heavily on a… Read More
This morning we reluctantly exited our Illinois Tool Works January 60 call option for a loss of 57 percent. Despite a good outlook for company, investors are clearly having their doubts. The stock will likely trade near its current level for a period, which would eat into the stock’s time… Read More
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Volume 4, Number 43 October 24, 2007 Stocks celebrated the 20th anniversary of the 1987 Crash last week by staging a mini-meltdown. Stocks were down in every session with the major averages capping the week by tumbling nearly… Read More