Subject: May 21, 2016 Saturday Report
May 21, 2016 Saturday Report
May 21st, 2016 at 12:20 pm ESTMay 21, 2016 Saturday Report Dear Friend, We have changed our market outlook toward a bearish expectation. We are discontinuing the Java Jive portfolio next week and replacing it with a new $3000 portfolio called the Better Bear which should ...
How Option Prices are Determined
May 17th, 2016 at 5:34 pm ESTDear Friend, Today I would like to pass along some basic information about how stock options prices are determined. I have discussed this in the past, but we now have many new subscribers who may not have seen our earlier blogs. I apologize if this i ...
May 14, 2016 Saturday Report
May 14th, 2016 at 12:06 pm ESTMay 14, 2016 Saturday Report Dear Friend, It was the third down week in a row for the market, and not a great one for most of our portfolios as well. Foxy Facebook managed to pick up 8% thanks to FB edging up a bit. A new FB earnings-related ...
An Options Play on Facebook Which Should Make 50% in 60 Days
May 11th, 2016 at 4:39 pm ESTDear Friend, Today I would like to suggest an options trade on Facebook (FB). It will involve waiting 6 weeks to close out. Many option players have short attention spans and don’t like to wait that long. On the other hand, I think this trade has a ...
May 7, 2016 Saturday Report
May 7th, 2016 at 2:18 pm ESTMay 7, 2016 Saturday Report Dear Friend, While it was a slightly down week for the market, some of our portfolios enjoyed stellar weeks, such as Facey Facebook's 22% gain and JNJ Jamboree's 14% pick-up. Enjoy the full report, and the Kentucky ...
More Legging Into Pre-Announcement Calendar Option Spreads
May 2nd, 2016 at 9:30 pm ESTDear Friend, Over the past month I have suggested legging into calendar spreads in advance of an earnings announcement for 4 different companies. In every case, you should have been able to duplicate my success in creating a calendar spread at a cred ...
April 30, 2016 Saturday Report
April 30th, 2016 at 12:36 pm ESTApril 30, 2016 Saturday Report Dear Friend, It wasn't a great week for the market or most of our portfolios, and the one stock that moved counter to the market, FB, rose too much, and we did not benefit from the earnings news like we manage t ...
Last Minute Facebook Earnings Play
April 26th, 2016 at 3:50 pm ESTDear Friend, Facebook (FB) announces earnings tomorrow, Wednesday the 27th, after the close. There is still time to place what I think will be a dynamite options play. You have until the close tomorrow to get these spreads in place. Terry ...
April 23, 2016 Saturday Report
April 23rd, 2016 at 1:37 pm ESTApril 23, 2016 Saturday Report Dear Friend, It was a mixed week, with the JNJ portfolio soaring after an earnings announcement while SBUX and COST plummeted when the stock tanked (SBUX after a great earnings report). This week we discuss what ...
How to Play the Upcoming Facebook Earnings Announcement
April 19th, 2016 at 3:56 pm ESTDear Friend, Over the last 3 weeks, I have suggested a way to leg into calendar spreads at a credit in advance of the earnings announcement for Starbucks (SBUX), Facebook (FB), and Abbvie (ABBV). All three calendars ended up being completed, and all ...