by Tom Ventresca | Jan 14, 2019 | Bull/Bear Spreads
Quick Take: Bullish Credit Spread Trade Time Frame: One Week. Underlying Stock: Bullish Market Edge Opinion – No Stock Position. Desired Stock Price Direction: Sideways to Up. Option Position: Bullish Put Credit Spread. Maximum Risk: The difference between the...
by Tom Ventresca | Jan 13, 2019 | Mr. Seifert Sez
The Beat Goes On In Washington The first full week of 2019 came with a few surprises, but the rally off the bottom after AAPL said to expect some heartburn with their next quarterly earnings seems to have been a near term low for US equities. The markets rallied...
by Tom Ventresca | Jan 10, 2019 | One Day Wonder
Quick Take: One Day Wonder – Bullish Trade Time Frame: One Day. Underlying Stock: Bullish Market Edge Opinion – No Stock Position. Desired Stock Price Direction: Up. Option Position: Long Deferred ATM -1or -2 Call – Short Expiring ATM +1 or +2 Call....
by Tom Ventresca | Jan 7, 2019 | SPY Power Plays
Quick Take: The SPY Bullish Power Play Trade Time Frame: Three Days. Underlying Index – SPY: Bullish Market Edge Opinion – No Stock Position. Desired Price Direction: Up. Option Position: Long Deferred ATM -1or -2 Call – Short Expiring ATM +1 or +2 Call....
by Tom Ventresca | Jan 7, 2019 | The Scoreboard
Last Week’s Scoreboard: Short-Term Trades Week Ending: 01/04/19 Risk Capital: $20,000 Week $ Win: $252 Week $ Loss: -$321 Week $ Profit/Loss: -$69 Week % Profit/Loss: -0.3% Week – Win %: 50.0% S&P 500 Performance -7.0% Optionomics Performance -8.8% Bullish...
by Tom Ventresca | Jan 7, 2019 | Blow Off Tops/Bottoms
Quick Take: Blow Off Bottom – Bullish Trade Time Frame: Three To Seven Days. Underlying Stock: Bullish Market Edge Opinion – No Stock Position. Desired Stock Price Direction: Up. Option Position: Short Expiring ATM Put – Long Expiring ATM -2 Put...
by Tom Ventresca | Jan 7, 2019 | The Low Cost Put Hedge
Quick Take: Low Cost Bullish Put Hedge Strategy Time Frame: One to Twelve Weeks. Stock: Bullish Market Edge Opinion – Long Stock Position. Desired Stock Price Direction: Sideways to Up. Option Position: Short ATM Put – Long ATM -1 Put (Bullish Put Credit Spread)...
by Tom Ventresca | Jan 7, 2019 | Bull/Bear Spreads
Quick Take: Bullish Credit Spread Trade Time Frame: One Week. Underlying Stock: Bullish Market Edge Opinion – No Stock Position. Desired Stock Price Direction: Sideways to Up. Option Position: Bullish Put Credit Spread. Maximum Risk: The difference between the...
by Tom Ventresca | Jan 6, 2019 | Mr. Seifert Sez
2019 Starts Out With A Big Bang! Wow! What a way to start the New Year. The volatility in December carried over to the shortened trading week. Traders came back for the New Year with a bearish posture and the major indexes slid the first two days of trading....
by Tom Ventresca | Jan 3, 2019 | One Day Wonder
Quick Take: One Day Wonder – Bullish Trade Time Frame: One Day. Underlying Stock: Bullish Market Edge Opinion – No Stock Position. Desired Stock Price Direction: Up. Option Position: Long Deferred ATM -1or -2 Call – Short Expiring ATM +1 or +2 Call....
