Tag: Options
Options investing: Playing the retail sector
Published on August 31, 2009
The nation’s retail sector is raising a lot of questions. Just about the only thing that is certain is prices won’t be anywhere close to current levels in just a few months. That makes a perfect trading opportunity for options investors.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): I love a hometown success story. While it [...]
Isn’t it nice to be making money?
Published on August 10, 2009
The markets may be down, but that does not mean we are complaining. We are using our “perma-profit” strategy to make money no matter what happens.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Wouldn’t it be nice to be sitting on a pile of profits today. Sure, the markets are down, the headlines are far from [...]
Round two: China’s nervousness could line your pockets with triple-digit gains
Published on July 24, 2009
A new, unexpected wrinkle in China’s secret “Commodity Carry Trade” has opened the gates to a potential 1,389% gains by October! This time, you absolutely can’t afford to stand on the sidelines!
by Andrew Snyder, TFN Strategic Trader
Baltimore (TFN): The last time I wrote you, I let you in on a little secret.
If you’re [...]
Carpenters have a level. Investors have the VIX
Published on June 8, 2009
Successful investors use all the tools they have available to them. For options traders, one of the most important indicators is the VIX. It is bouncing off of recent lows, but is still in historically high territory.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Is thirty the new 15? Is what was once considered outlandish the [...]
Time to adjust your options strategy
Published on June 2, 2009
After taking gains of 90% and 25% on two options plays this week, TFN’s Andrew Snyder thinks it’s high time for some covered calls on the market!
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore—TFN: I think there’s one thing we’ll all agree on: Even in the most sedate of market climates, the options market can be confusing. There’s lots [...]
Beijing pulls out of U.S. debt — their next move could make you gains of 1,389%!
Published on May 13, 2009
China wants its money back… any way it can! It could be the largest transfer of wealth
in modern history. This is your chance to rack up 1,389% gains from the”Commodity Carry Trade!”
by Andrew Snyder, TFN Strategic Trader
Baltimore (TFN): I’m about as patriotic as they get.
I’ve got guns on the [...]
The power of options: Beta-trading strategy pays off
Published on April 17, 2009
It is a profitable day for one of our beta-trading positions. It is proof that the system works and more profits are on the way.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Today is a big day for one of our first Beta-trading plays – the strategy that has now successfully morphed into TFN Strategic Trader.
The [...]
Perfect time to dive into the options market
Published on March 30, 2009
It is going to be another big week on Wall Street. As Washington turns towards pessimism, investors are bailing out of the equities market. It is the perfect time to jump into the options market.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Just like that, the rally ends. After several weeks of up-beat sentiment from the [...]
Use options to leverage powerful gains
Published on March 23, 2009
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Options get a bad rap. Back in grad school, I remember a fellow student telling a professor in a derivatives class, “Options are something for coked-out Wall Street guys.”
It got a good laugh but he could not have been more wrong.
As a long-time student of the options markets, I knew my classmate [...]
Under Armour: A stock just as hyped as its products
Published on March 20, 2009
I may be a fan of its products, but that does not mean I have to be a buyer of its stock. As usual, Under Armour’s (NYSE:UA) share price has wondered into extremely overvalued territory. Take action now and profit as the bears tear away at it.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): When you [...]
Best Options Play: Leverage FDA approval in this $2.55 stock into potential 300% options gains
Published on March 19, 2009
A tiny medical microcap stock expects FDA approval on Monday. Using options to leverage to expected upward momentum could result in 300% gains!
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore—TFN: “The major indexes may be well into negative territory,” writes TFN’s options oracle Andrew Snyder in his internal brief: “But the action won’t bring a frown to the face [...]
Strategic Options Update: Buy the April puts of this insurance and consulting conglomerate
Published on March 17, 2009
Our new TFN Strategic Trader options pick bets on a slew of bad news for this major insurance and consulting company.
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore—TFN: There are two ways to interpret the relatively calm in the market for the past two days.
We could draw on the bullish sentiment, released in homeopathic dosages by Washington, to argue [...]
Strategic Options Update: Looking at insurance stocks next week!
Published on March 13, 2009
After a bullish week on Wall Street, we think that insurance companies may be in for a boost next week.
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore—TFN: We have reached the end of a very positive week for Wall Street. All it took was a little good news from the banking industry and the government’s promise to make some well-needed [...]
Strategic Options Update: Rising market lifts our safe options plays
Published on March 12, 2009
The rising stock market has lifted stock prices, in some cases by double-digit margins. But our options help to leverage this upward movement by multiples!
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore—TFN: What a week it has turned out to be! The banking sector is soaring on rumors of potential profits and news that mark-to-market regulations might be loosened. [...]
Strategic Options Update: Up 325%… and counting!
Published on March 11, 2009
Goodness gracious… last week’s options pick is heading straight out of the ballpark, clocking in at 325% this morning. It’s going so well, options expert Andrew Snyder is considering upping our profit target to 1,500%…
by J. Christoph Amberger
Baltimore—TFN: Forget about spring training… we’re hitting grand slams right here in Baltimore! If you’re not in on [...]
A historic day for options
Published on March 2, 2009
The markets may be painful, but it is nothing we have not seen before. Investors that research and follow the lessons of history are using options to get back what they lost. Best of all, they are making history as they do it.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): I have appreciated my weekends more [...]
Success! Three for three on Beta plays
Published on February 25, 2009
It looks like we are onto a winner. If you have been following my Hot Stock Confidential beta trades, you know every single one of them has been profitable. Even in the teeth in one of the strongest bear markets in history, we are hitting home runs.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore — (TFN): It is [...]
The bears are going to steal more than your picnic basket
Published on February 18, 2009
The bears took a break today, but they are only sharpening their nails. We gave them plenty to feed on today, which means investors had better be prepared for the next slaughter. Fortunately, options offer protection from the downside.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Even after yesterday’s bloodbath on the equities front, I am [...]
Please sir, may I have some more?
Published on January 30, 2009
Maybe it is the decaf coffee the waitress slipped me this morning, but this political environment is getting depressing. Since when does a financial analyst need to be a political expert. Americans don’t know whether to read the Wall Street Journal or Roll Call. Fortunately, there’s TFN.
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): Here I [...]
Pfizer shouts its message to the world
Published on January 5, 2009
Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and Big Pharma are sending a “secret” message to investors today. What does it all mean and how can you make money using the signals sent to Wall Street?
By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com
Baltimore – (TFN): If you want to make money in today’s market with its super-efficient flow of information, you need advanced insight. [...]
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