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[Options Premium] This Would Be a Logical Place to Rocket From

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The housing sector continues to perform well, and it makes sense that companies in the mortgage business should come along for the ride.

One of those names had a big push into the end of the year, and then had a monster pull back to start 2024. We think this reversal may be a bit overdone and the stock is now at a level where we can take an advantageous position with minimal downside from here. [Read more…]

Risk is Opportunity

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“The Iron Condor is a risky trade!”

This comment was shared today during my appearance on the Morning Show with JC and Strazza.

We were discussing this trade in $TSLA we put on yesterday.

Sure, this trade might have some risk in it. 

Newsflash: ALL trades have risk. If there was no risk, there would be no potential reward!

An Iron Condor is a four-legged options spread consisting of equal amounts of short out–of-the-money puts and calls, and long further out-of-the-money puts and calls that protect the position and define the risk.

Here’s the PnL Graph for the $TSLA trade and this is a pretty common structure for an Iron Condor trade: [Read more…]

[Options] “Gimme Something Sloppy!”

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Look what we have here: a $VIX popping its head up to two-month highs.

Are investors getting a little spooked by the prospect of a tricky earnings season?

We’ll be able to figure all that out after the fact. In the meantime, we will use these elevated options premiums to help us ride out some portfolio profitability.

I asked my analysts to find me a big cap name that is trading sloppy.

And the one they came with is a widely followed mega-cap name that has been flopping around in a sideways choppy range which, coupled with upcoming earnings, is helping to juice options premiums.

Here’s everyone’s favorite EV car maker Tesla $TSLA: [Read more…]

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