Skip Raschke: Stock Trading Halts, Part 3

Skip Raschke: Stock Trading Halts, Part 3
For those who follow contrary opinion strategy the vertical call spread would be the tactic for any stock halted based on negative news and the vertical put spread would be the tactic for any stock halted based on positive news. As always, average into …
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Abbott: Waiting To Buy This Healthcare Stock
If MACD starts to show a bullish signal and RSI (14) starts to increase toward 50, the middle line, investors can review the credit put spread options play as below to acquire ABT stock at a further discounted price if the options play fails to …
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Cheap iPhone 5 Supplier Is Temporarily On Sale
I have a long bull put spread position on the stock even though I think the sentiment will remain negative in the short term, which I outlined the other day. Given that, I am looking for other plays as Apple figures out ways to meet the impressive …
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Frankrijk gedowngrade: Leve Frankrijk!

Frankrijk gedowngrade: Leve FrankrijkFrankrijk is de AAA toprating bij Moody’s kwijt. Trouwe volgers van onze analyses weten dat wij al eerder negatief over Frankrijk waren. Zie het artikel Frankrijk volgende PIIGS aan het Spit: https://optieacademy.nl/aandeel-van-de-week/frankrijk-volgende-piigs-aan-het-spit-carrefour-afgeprijsd/ Het is niet voor het eerst dat instituties en onderzoeksbureaus rijkelijk laat zijn met hun aanpassingen, in dit geval in negatieve zin.

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BNP Paribas

Frankrijk gedowngrade: Leve Frankrijk!

De Amerikaanse kredietbeoordelaar uitte zijn kritiek op de wijze waarop de Franse president Hollande het economisch tij in Frankrijk probeert te keren. Moody’s stelt de kredietwaardigheid van Frankrijk neerwaarts bij naar Aaa van Aa1 en handhaaft zijn negatieve outlook. Frankrijk is dus gedowngrade, hoe raar het ook klinkt: Leve Frankrijk en dan met name de aandelen en dus niet obligaties. We zullen op het slot uitleggen waarom.

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Putspread

Unusual 3-way spread targets Vale
An interesting put spread tops today's option activity in Vale as the Brazilian metals producer trades near multi-year lows. A trader bought 5,000 December 18 puts for the ask price of $ 1.12 under open interest of more than 12,000 contracts …
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Profiting From the Return of Risk Aversion

Profiting From the Return of Risk Aversion
For those looking to acquire additional bullish exposure to TLT, one play worth considering is initiating a bull put spread. This particular vertical spread consists of selling an out-of-the-money put option while simultaneously buying a further out-of …
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Pitney Bowes: Is It Now A Compelling Play?
From a contrarian perspective, this is a pretty good reason to consider opening up a long position, but there is always the chance that things may not work out as planned and that is where the bull put spread comes into play. You simultaneously sell …
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