Best Buy (BBY) Crumbles on Weak Sales, Options Zoom 1,300%
1:35pm (EST) Shares of Best Buy (BBY, $27.20, down $10.37) are down 28% today after the company posted weaker-than-expected holiday
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Pot Stock Medbox (MDBX) Up 47% on Marijuana Squeeze/ New Trades!!!
1:20pm (EST) Mama’s got a squeeze box She wears on her chest And when Daddy comes home He never gets
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Blue-Chips Get a Facelift/ Profit Alert (QQQ)!!!
12:10pm (EST) Out with the old, in with the new. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is made up of 30
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S&P 500 at 5-Year Highs
12:15pm (EST) We mentioned this week could be flat and that a trading range would develop before next week’s possible
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October Historically Scary
9:00am (EST) “We came into the week with the market showing a 4% gain for September and we said the
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FedEx Puts Halt on Transports
12:35pm (EST) The market is mixed as we head into the second half of trading. Earnings and economic news have
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Bulls Riding Crazy Train
9:00am (EST) All Aboard!!! Ha, ha, ha…. We played a classic at the office headquarters this morning to get our
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FedEx (FDX) Slips on Lowered Outlook
1:05pm (EST) Shares of FedEx (FDX, $86.49, down $1.05) are trading lower today after the company warned after the bell
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Market at Support, Bernanke on Deck
9:00am (EST) The market closed right at support like we figured heading into today’s big event. We are pretty sure
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Gold and Silver Real Winners in August
12:10pm (EST) It’s been another boring day on Wall Street but an exciting one for our portfolio. As the tight
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Bears Recover Despite Window Dressing by Bulls
9:00am (EST) “Although this week is historically bearish, we could see some “window-dressing” by the fund managers which means they
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AMR, American Airlines Headed for Bankruptcy, Again
12:20pm (EST) Most of you aren’t shocked by today’s headlines that AMR (AMR, $0.35, down $1.27), the parent company of
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Bulls Walking on Thin Ice
9:00 (EST) The market continued its recent slide as the bears had their best bull feast in nearly 80 years
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It's All About Retail
9:00am (EST) Futures are pointing towards a slightly lower start this morning despite some encouraging data related to the holiday
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Education Stocks Feeling the Heat
9:00am (EST) The market ended mixed on Monday as the bulls and bears battled to a draw on what was the
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Talk About A 3D Revolution…
9:05am (EST) The market struggled to hold its early gains on Monday and finished mixed after the bulls lost their enthusiasm.
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Wall Street Braces for HealthCare Vote
1:05pm (EST) The looming U.S. Congressional vote to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system this weekend is putting a huge drag on
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Market Volatility Continues
1:05pm (EST) The market is taking one on the chin today as most of the major indexes are experiencing losses
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Greece Getting A Gift
1:10pm (EST) Forget the bulls and bears it’s all about the PIGS today. The market got a huge lift this
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Options Market Gets Facelift
11:00pm (EST) Special Update We have been talking about the new option symbol changes that will take place starting next Friday, February 12th,
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Dow Slips Below 10,000
1:20pm (EST) The market is trending lower once again despite the “surprise” unemployment rate numbers from the Labor Department this morning. The
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Cisco Systems On The Clock
12:40pm (EST) The bulls are treading water today as the Dow is currently down 46 points to 10,250. After consecutive
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MomentumOptionsTrading.com Weekly Wrap for 1/24/10
10:00pm (EST) The market continued its sell-off on Friday as the Dow dropped another 216 points to close at 10,172.
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MomentumOptionsTrading.com Portfolio Update for 1/23/10
5:00pm (EST) Quick note for our current subscribers… We have updated our 2010 portfolio in the Members Area today. We
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Eye On The Prize
9:00am (EST) It is amazing the price swings stocks and options can go through. The best part about being an
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Wednesday’s Wakeup Call
9:00am (EST) The market stumbled on Tuesday as a stronger dollar and disappointing economic news were too much for the
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Market Pops Then Drops
1:30pm (EST) “Momma’s got a squeezebox she wears on her chest and when Daddy comes home he never gets no
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Bulls Fighting Back
12:45pm (EST) The market is has come off its morning lows but is still in negative territory for the day.
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Oh My Ford!
1:00pm (EST) The market is struggling today but the major averages are holding the support levels we mentioned this morning.
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Homebuilding Stocks Get A Pop
1:00pm (EST) Toll Brothers (TOL, 21.13, up $2.74) is up 15% today after surprising Wall Street with some rather upbeat comments
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Dow Having Trouble Holding 10,000
12:55pm (EST) Despite some solid earnings report, the market is struggling to end the week on a high note. We
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Dendreon Making Noise Again
12:40pm (EST) The market is moving higher today as the Dow now stands 100 points away from 10,000. Currently, the
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Big Week For Earnings
8:30am (EST) The bulls took the ball and ran with it as the market headed higher throughout the week and
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3Q Earnings Kick-Off Start This Week
3:45pm (EST) Special Note: We are sending today’s Weekly Wrap early. I am away on travel and hope to be
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Weekly Wrap for 9/7/09
11:00pm (EST) 1. Commentary 2. Imax Could Be A Wildcard 3. Earnings 4. Current Trades 5. Closing Thoughts ************************************************** 1.
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Tuesday's Tidbits
1:00pm (EST) The market has hit 10-month highs as the Dow is currently up 80 points to 9,589. The Nasdaq
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Weekly Wrap for 7/26/09
1. Commentary 2. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Brewing Big Gains 3. Earnings 4. Current Trades & Closed Trades 5. Monday
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Updated Trade Format
I have taken your requests and have tweaked how I’m going to profile the trades we are currently following and
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Time to Go Shopping
12:30pm (EST) USEC (USU, $6.30, up $0.15) was profiled at $5.84 Tuesday and I’m starting to warm up to the play. The August
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IBM Call Options Double Heading Into Earnings
Intel (INTC, $18.05, up $1.22). Even better was the fact that the company also issued higher guidance for the third
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Thursday's Outlook
8:00am (EST) Sorry for the delay on this one. Lost my Internet connection for awhile last night due to a
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Creating Watch Lists
9:00am (EST) In the past, I have talked about keeping Watch Lists and today I wanted to expand on this
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Market Ends Mixed, Update on Trades
It was another struggle for the bulls as Wall Street ended Wednesday’s session with mixed reviews. The President had a
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TiVo Wins Favorable Ruling/ Update on Trading Service
TiVo (TIVO, $10.70, up $3.32) shares hit a 52-week high today after a judge ruled that Dish Network (DISH, $15.56,
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Watching Dendreon
11:00am (EST) Dendreon (DNDN, $24.08, up $0.66)has been trending higher for the last week and all of the hoopla that
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OceanFreight Reports Earnings
7:45pm (EST) Note: There was a problem with the Weekly Wrap sent out on Sunday night and I apologize if
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Lennar Gets An Upgrade
8:25am (EST) Before we started the blog, I was doing articles for OptionsMentoring.com and was fortunate enough to write about
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Banks Take Breather
9:00am (EST) Now that the stress test has come and gone for the banks, it didn’t take long for the
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Casino Stocks Rolling/ Banks in Focus
9:00am (EST) I spent much of yesterday just catching up on news that I missed and getting a feel for
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Weekly Wrap for 4/26/09
1. Commentary 2. Dendreon’s Big Day 3. Marvel Entertainment is Marvelous 4. Earnings 5. Current Trades 6. Monday Morning Playbook
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Weekly Wrap for 4/5/09
1. Commentary 2. Research In Motion Highlights 3. Dendreon – Between the Lines 4. Earnings 5. Current Trades 6. Monday
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Why I Love Trading Options
It’s been an exciting week and we have been involved in a bunch of good trades lately. The market has
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Steel Stocks Heating Up, Futures Up
Steel stocks have been performing well lately although I’m not excited about the sector. I liked the action in Wednesday’s
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JPMorgan Trade Closed
JPMorgan (JPM, $23.75, up $0.55) had another decent day and traded above $24 before finishing Friday’s session 2% higher. The
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Blog 500!
Well folks, its been nearly a year since we started the blog and today’s entry is my 500th. I guess
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Casino Stocks Rally
Two months ago I mentioned the rally that the casino stocks had enjoyed for a few weeks and we made
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2008 – A Year Hit By A Truck
Index 1. Commentary 2. Financial Sector Takes a Beating 3. Options Versus Stocks 4. Current Trade Updates 5. Alcoa and
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Gold Stocks Shine
With the Fed meeting on Tuesday, Gold stocks are enjoying some nice gains today. There seems to be some investors
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Big 3 Testify
The big news today is the testimony of America’s car industry as CEO’s of General Motors (GM, $2.60, down $0.49),
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Las Vegas Sands Halted
Las Vegas Sands (LVS, $6.65, down $1.35) still hasn’t “officially” opened this morning for trading although it was down 17%
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More Bad News For Casino Stocks
There seems to be no good news in site for the casino stocks. On October 23, I had mentioned that
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Chesapeake Benefits From Obama Victory, Takeover Talks
With a half-hour left to go in today’s trading session, the Dow is down 400 points to 9,225 but there
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Casino Stocks Continue Higher
The casino stocks powered higher again on Friday and are showing some good momentum right now. Wynn Resorts (WYNN, $60.40,
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Casino Stocks Make Big Moves
It was only a matter of time before the casino stocks got a lift. The sector has taken a beating
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Market Stumbles Once Again
After taking one big step forward, the market took two steps back on Wednesday as the Dow fell 733 points,
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Market Explodes for 900 Points
The relief rally was on today as the Dow zoomed 936 points as bulls rushed in to buy stocks that
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It's Time to See the Forest Through the Trees
Words can’t describe the excitement we’ve seen in the market over the past few weeks and Friday was a classic
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Oil Jumps $16, Gold Breaks $900
Oil prices briefly shot up more than $25 a barrel Monday, shattering the record for the biggest one-day gain ever
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Lehman Brothers Files For Bankruptcy
After weeks of failing to attract a buyer, Lehman Brothers Holdings (LEH, $0.21, down $3.44) played its last card on
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DryShips Revisited
DryShips (DRYS, $58.47, down $3.06) has plunged through $60 and I wanted to update the trade from August 25. I
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Dry Bulk Shipping Stocks
I’ve been getting a few emails on DryShips (DRYS, $71.18, up $0.09) lately and I though today would be a
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Copper Plays – Update
Some of you may have scaled into the copper plays on Friday at lower entry prices from Thursday’s close thanks
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Oil Spikes, Gold Follows
Barrick Gold (ABX, $36.39, up $2.68). The January 35 calls (ABXAG, $5.00, up $1.40) were at $3.10 on Friday. Goldcorp
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Financial Stocks Weaker
The ride for the financial stocks has accelerated to the downside over the past few weeks and some big names
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More on Oil
We might as well get accustomed to talking about oil on a regular basis, as if we haven’t already, right?
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Gold, Oil and the Dollar Oh My!
Wow. Just when it appeared gold was “off to see the wizard..” and was headed for $1,000 an ounce it
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News Flash: ImClone Systems Gets Buyout Offer
Talk about waking up to good news. There’s no better feeling as an option trader then to start you day
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Financial Stocks Look Ready to Bounce
The Financial stocks look like they may be setting up for another run higher. The sentiment for these stocks can
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Oil Breaks Key Technical Support Levels
The market is on the upswing as we head to lunch following yesterday’s huge loss. Oil is down a little
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Watch List: Biotech Stocks
We’ve been talking about a few Biotech and Drug stocks over the last few months and I wanted to talk
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LEAP Lottery Plays Doing Well
Let’s go over the report card for the Financial sector and see where we stand as far as it concerns
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News Flash: Bernanke Set to Speak
We’re moments away from testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke who will speak before the Senate Banking Committee any
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Financial Stocks Get Lift
Over the weekend, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department announced a plan to help hurting mortgage giants Fannie Mae
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Watch List: Railroad Stocks
Railroad stocks are doing well today despite a recent downtrend. The industry is one of the few non-energy businesses that
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Watch List: Telecom Stocks
AT&T (T, $33.30, down $0.39). It’s hard to like a stock when it just set a new 52-week low but
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Coal Stocks End Mixed
Coal stocks were mixed today as some traded higher while others suffered modest losses. A couple of weeks ago I
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Trading An Index
I received quite a few emails over the weekend asking how to buy index options. Below is a brief introduction
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Sector Watch: Coal Stocks
I’ve been getting hit with a few emails lately asking if coal is still a good buy… Coal has been
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Before the Bell – Drug Stocks
All of these companies presented data at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago over the
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Mining Watch List
Most option traders have a watch list which is simply a list of stocks they track for daily stock movement
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Earning Woes Hitting Home
We are an hour into today’s session and the market is trading lower after an analyst’s comments on the dreary
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Update on Retailers
We had a few more retailers report earnings today. Nordstrom (JWN, $38.44, up $1.15), and Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF, 76.19,
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What's Wrong With Pfizer?
It’s hard to believe but Pfizer (PFE, $19.91, down $0.06) is below $20 again. After months of treading water above
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Nabors Industries Looks Strong
8AM Oil and Energy stocks have done tremendously well over the last few years and investors are wondering out loud
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Grocery Stocks
Have you noticed that people seem to be stocking up all kinds of goodies and seeking out bargains and buying