When we are looking for answers to guide our options trading, whether it’s analysis of current market action or potential moves, we tend to reach for the brightest, most experienced pundits and listen to their stock market predictions. This is natural. When we’re uncertain, it is so helpful for someone – anyone – to point…
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Options Trading Webinar: The Key to Profitable Options Trades If you want to fine-tune your trading, this options trading webinar is a must-watch! My good friend Marc Chaikin joined us once again for another valuable discussion, this time focusing on profitable options trades. Marc created Chaikin Analytics to put the power of proven stock research…
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Tesla is one of those stocks that everyone loves to hate and hates to love. With outrageous valuations, rarely a day goes by without an “expert” on TV telling us once again why this stock should be avoided. So how do we explain that the stock is right near all time highs? Again? Is the…
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Does my advice to “follow the leaders” seem rather elementary? Well, that’s because stock market analysis is not very complex. When the market is rising with great breadth and broad participation, the trend is usually longer-lasting and more stable. After the election in November, we witnessed some amazing rallies on strong breadth and turnover. Lately, though,…
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Options Trading Webinar: What Are Commodities Telling Us About the Markets? Because there’s a lot going on in the commodities world – not to mention global stock markets – we covered a lot of territory in this options trading webinar with special guest Carley Garner. Carley is a fantastic guest, so we were excited to…
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NVIDIA was the undisputed champ of 2016, racking up gains of nearly 300%. Following up on that outstanding performance is going to be quite a hefty task. Many analysts believe much of its future earnings were rolled up in those gains, so even if the company beats earnings, the stock price might not move much.…
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One of my mantras is to turn down the market noise and focus on the message of the markets. This is worth repeating often, but especially now because I keep hearing bad information spread in the media. Call it “fake news” if you’d like. Yes, that may seem harsh, but the headline, not the details,…
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Options Trading Webinar: Options Trading Rules With more than 20 year of trading under his belt, Bob Lang has developed a series of options trading rules to live by. He shares time-tested strategies that have allowed him to successfully and continually grow his portfolio during this options trading webinar. You’ll learn: Risk management fundamentals and…
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Alibaba is one of the biggest online retailers in the world with a lock on the Chinese market. Since its IPO a few years ago, the stock has been a rollercoaster ride. After hitting lows last summer, it’s been edging higher, and for the past six weeks, it’s been in a very tight channel. The…
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The volatility index, or VIX, once again closed under 12% this past Friday. After it collapsed from the low 20s following the presidential election, it has hovered in the 10-13% range so far in 2017. If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines, the low volatility is very frustrating. Here’s why: The ideal set up is…
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