Options Trading Webinar: Summer Review and September Preview Summer is (sadly) winding down – but what a summer it was! Once the markets shrugged off the Brexit news, there was no stopping the action. In fact, the Explosive Options portfolio is up an astounding 8%! However, history tells us that September is a highly volatile month,…
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Options Trading Webinar: Psychology of Trading – What Motivates You As a Trader? Over the years, I have learned just how important the psychology of trading is to long-term success. If you want to stay in the game, you must have the right mindset – no matter what’s happening in the markets or with your portfolio.…
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The Starbucks stock has been on the decline since peaking in early April. While the chart seems to portray a vicious downtrend, it is only down about 10% from those highs – not a performance to be proud of, but not a cataclysmic drop either. However, it now appears the stock may have found support…
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By Abigail Stevenson: Jim Cramer is done worrying about a decline in retail. “I am a big believer in skepticism, but it is possible to be too skeptical. Time and time again we have seen investors write off the American consumer … enough with the emotional rollercoaster,” the “Mad Money” host said. Second-quarter earnings produced…
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One of the most important things any options trader can learn is how to buy on a breakout and sell on a breakdown. It is at these moments that the best opportunity for a gain often lie. But you have to be quick! When a stock makes a big breakout or breakdown on heavy turnover,…
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Options Trading Webinar: Ashraf Laidi Analyzes The Global Economy, Currencies, and More One of our most popular options trading webinar guest returned – and boy, was it a packed house! Once again, Ashraf Laidi and I had a phenomenal discussion and fielded numerous thoughtful questions from the audience. For those of you who don’t know Ashraf,…
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When I reviewed Micron Technology’s chart back in March, I said it had some great potential to rise again and challenge higher prices. At that point, the 200 ma was looming overhead, and I knew that pushing through that level would be a challenge. Sure enough, the stock experienced a selloff, and it bottomed out in…
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One of the best ways to create consistent income (for a trader, anyway!) is to trade credit spreads. There is a lot of confusion around what spread trading is, so let’s demystify some of that. Credit spreads are generally low-risk As an options trader, I would like to know two things before I place a…
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Rate of change (def): The speed at which a variable changes during a specified period of time. When I am asked about advanced options trading strategies, I invariably discuss rate of change, as it can be a powerful predictor of future momentum. As we all know, it is difficult to predict a top or bottom, but…
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Options Trading Webinar: The Art Of Taking Profits One of our favorite sayings in the Explosive Options chat room is, “We are in the moving business, not the storage business!” While that might seem obvious – and an easy mantra to follow – taking profits can be really hard. In fact, it’s very much tied…
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