Category Archive for ‘Money Management’

January 3, 2012

Bears Looking to Crack Bullish Trend

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Money Management, Daily Update, Trade Update, Market Analysis, Option Trades, Market Commentary

9:00am (EST) The bulls were facing an uphill battle on Friday as they tried to end the week and 2011 on a positive note. The major indexes were slightly lower heading into the last trading day of the year and futures were flat heading into the opening bell. Following aRead more

November 28, 2011

Bulls Walking on Thin Ice

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Sectors, European Union (EU), Commodities, China, Futures, Economic News, Covered Calls, Earnings, Company Commentary, Market Commentary, Google, Stock Earnings, Entertainment Stocks, Yahoo / Microsoft, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trading Tips, Gold, strangle option trades, IPOs, Financial Stocks, BioTech, Watch Lists, Trading Psychology, Market Analysis, Apple, Uncategorized, Money Management, VIX, Option Trades, Daily Update, Trade Update, Oil, Rick's Account

9:00 (EST) The market continued its recent slide as the bears had their best bull feast in nearly 80 years as Wall Street fell 5% last week. The recent selling pressure became much more serious as all of the indexes fell below their 50-day moving averages (MA) with the bearsRead more

September 30, 2010

Bulls Breakout, Bears Defend

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Trading Psychology, Money Management, Daily Update, Market Analysis, Trading Tips

1:05pm (EST) The market has been on a wild ride and everything we have been talking about appears to be happening. The bulls got a lift this morning on better-than-expected economic data as Wall Street ignored the troubles from across the pond. There seems to be more issues concerning theRead more

March 18, 2010

Nike (NKE) Call Options Hit 235% Return

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Market Commentary, Money Management

12:30pm (EST) Folks, we hit one out of the park today and we are smiling (no pun intended as you will see). We have been busy all morning updating the action in our Members Area and we have another trade on the tip of our tongue as we speak. WeRead more

February 6, 2010

Options Market Gets Facelift

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Option Trades, Market Commentary, Money Management, Daily Update, Sectors, Strategies

11:00pm (EST) Special Update We have been talking about the new option symbol changes that will take place starting next Friday, February 12th, and we wanted to get everyone prepared for the transition. As you know, current option symbols range from 3-to-5 characters but all options will become 8 to 21 symbols long once theRead more

January 23, 2010

MomentumOptionsTrading.com Portfolio Update for 1/23/10

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Earnings, Company Commentary, Money Management, Daily Update, Sectors

5:00pm (EST) Quick note for our current subscribers… We have updated our 2010 portfolio in the Members Area today. We have received lots of emails over the last few days as many of you are nervous of a pending market correction. The Dow lost another 216 points on Friday toRead more

January 19, 2010

Stock Options Trading: Money Management Video

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Trading Tips, Trading Psychology, Money Management

Hi folks! We put together a brief video that should really help your stock options trading. Included in the video are: Money management principles Common trading account killers Trading psychology advice ]]>

January 15, 2010

Intel Crushes Earnings Estimates

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Trading Tips, Money Management, Company Commentary, Stock Earnings, Strategies, Trading Psychology, Daily Update, Earnings, Market Commentary

9:00am (EST) Intel (INTC, $21.48, up $0.52) blew past Wall Street’s forecast after the bell yesterday and reported some impressive numbers. The company said it earned a profit of $2.3 billion, or $0.40/ share versus $234 million, or $0.04, in the year earlier period. Revenue climbed nearly 30% to $10.6 billionRead more

December 22, 2009

Home Sales Give Market A Lift

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Money Management, Option Trades, Daily Update, Market Analysis, Trading Psychology, Economic News, Company Commentary, Strategies

12:50pm (EST) The Dow is trying to put together a three day winning streak (including last Friday) as we start the second half of trading. The index currently is trading at 10,456, up 42, and has hit a high of 10,470 today. We got some good news from the housingRead more

December 4, 2009

Market Pops Then Drops

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Yahoo / Microsoft, Trading Psychology, Strategies, Option Trades, Money Management, Daily Update, Market Commentary, Sectors, Trading Tips

1:30pm (EST) “Momma’s got a squeezebox she wears on her chest and when Daddy comes home he never gets no rest”… “Come on and squeeze me…” This song by The Who has to sum up how the bears are feeling today. The bulls have been singing all morning after theRead more

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