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February 7, 2011

Futures Up, Bulls Looking For New Highs

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Commentary, Daily Update, Market Analysis

9:00am (EST) After an up-and-down session, the Dow gained 30 points on Friday, or 0.25%, and closed at 12,092 – its highest level since June 2008.  For the week, the index added 269 points, or 2.3%, as the bulls bounced back after having their 8-week winning streak snapped the priorRead more

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February 4, 2011

Freeport-McMoRan Splits, Options Back in Play

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Google

1:05pm (EST) We often get asked why we don’t recommend options on stocks like Apple (AAPL, $345.21, up $1.77), Google (GOOG, $609.59, down $0.56) or IBM (IBM, $163.46, down $0.07).  These stocks show tremendous price action and there are numerous, other, momentum stocks we do follow but shy away fromRead more

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February 4, 2011

Unemployment Rate Falls to 9%

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Commentary, Daily Update

9:05am (EST) Good stuff to talk about this morning… Ben Bernanke had one of his better outings on Thursday as he encouraged the bulls to push higher which helped the market bounce off its lows.  We had an iffy open as the bears tried to capture the hill and take back theRead more

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February 3, 2011

Bernanke Speaks, Market Stable

by Rick Rouse / Posted in strangle option trades, Daily Update, Earnings

1:30pm (EST) The market is following yesterday’s pattern of trading in a tight range although the bias has been to the downside.  There is still some nervousness over Egypt as the protests have escalated and turned more violent.  This situation still bears watching and will weigh on the market asRead more

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February 3, 2011

Green Mountain (GMCR) Strangles Estimates

by Rick Rouse / Posted in strangle option trades, Daily Update, Earnings

9:00am (EST) The market traded in a tight range on Wednesday but we pretty much had penciled in a flat day before the open after Tuesday’s big pop.  We were looking for the major indexes to hold support, which was resistance, in terms of the technical picture and that weRead more

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August 31, 2010

Futures Pointing Towards Lower Start

by Rick Rouse / Posted in strangle option trades, Daily Update, Market Analysis, Company Commentary, Market Commentary

9:05am (EST) The bulls took another two steps backwards on Monday after failing to capitalize on Friday’s one step forward.  We knew last week at some point there would be a “dead cat” bounce or a “short covering” rally but we didn’t expect one before the weekend.  However, we had a feeling itRead more

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September 2, 2009

What Is A Chicken Trade?

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Daily Update, Trading Tips

Bryan recently emailed us and asked about “chicken option trades.” He said we could post his email and Rick’s reply. We hope you find it informative. Rick – I’m looking for someone to teach me more about options trading. I heard about the “chicken trades” and that you can almostRead more

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