This is the video recording of the August Options Conference Call with Sean McLaughlin & JC Parets.
[Options] Monthly Positions Review – August
Once again this month, I’m going to share info on positions that were closed in the month of July. As a reminder, our exit plans are always laid out ahead of time in each trade idea we publish. In every case, the exits mentioned below were all in accordance with the plans as laid out.
As we head towards August expiration, we only have one open position remaining with expiring August options. But July was certainly a busy month for exits — both profitable and not — as a couple of market whipsaws shook the trees and knocked us out of a bunch of positions.
Positions with August options that need monitoring: [Read more…]
[Options] A Retail Hedge
As markets have gotten choppy lately, I’ve been on the hunt for more bearish and neutral trades to help balance out my predominantly long portfolio.
In this week’s Follow the Flow report, Steve Strazza teed up a nice candidate for some downside exposure. The beauty is, the Options Gods are lining it up such that we can affordably take an aggressively bearish position that will pay off nicely if it works, while limiting our risk if we’re wrong.
[Options Premium] Low Energy
The team pumped out the Saturday Chartoons letter this weekend and as always, there were some nuggets of wisdom and ideas to be found therein.
The tone overall is: we’re in a tricky spot here. There are some stocks going up, many stocks going down. But in sum, we’re kinda stuck in the mud here for a little bit, it appears.
Of course, if this continues for a bit, then we’ll want to keep our eyes out for more delta-neutral credit spreads to add to our portfolio.
There’s one sector ETF that was specifically highlighted in this weekend’s letter that fits the criteria I look for.
[Options Premium] Growing Into the Bigs
So Steve Strazza hit me up yesterday with: “Have you seen our latest 2-to-100 Club report? All of those stocks are breaking out!”
When Strazza gets giddy about price action, I take notice. Of course, I had to pull it up and scan the list. And sure enough, every one of those names is moving in the right direction. Some already moved so quickly that I’m going to hold off for a better possible entry point. But one of those names just triggered yesterday and is giving us a well-timed pullback today for us to get positioned.
[Options Premium] Welcome back, Volatility
Traders woke up Monday morning to a little reminder that volatility happens.
It certainly wasn’t a calamity, but it was a larger gap down opening than we’ve seen in a while, following an ugly close on Friday which certainly has put some traders on edge.
When these types of conditions arise, we often see implied volatility priced into options rise to meet these increasing levels of fear. And today is no exception. On days like today, I like to peruse the list of active ETFs and see if any elevated implied volatilities are offering up a good income trade candidate.
The one that tops my list also has a nice risk management level we can lean against.
[Options Premium] Will Big Banking Lead The Way?
If so, we’ve got an idea to play it.
We’ve had a couple picks from our recent Young Aristocrats report that I’ve liked for options plays. But I waited on this one until today because we needed to get earnings out of the way.
The good news is, the post-earnings report reaction was muted and the setup remains intact, so we’re ready to take action.
[Options Premium] The Trend is Our Friend in Semis
JC put a post up today taking a look at the Semiconductor sector. As a group, the sector is looking poised for a breakout and he goes into some of the even better looking charts for individual names that make up the sector index. Give it a read.
His favorite idea from the group is one that I can get behind, especially in light of the price action over the past two days. It feels like now is the time to get involved.
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