“To Hedge or Not to Hedge” That is the Question
In early May, we recommended investors sell an appropriate amount of in the money call spreads (16-June-2017, 144/138) on IWM to hedge some of the downside risks in their portfolios…
South Africa: A Country of Great Promise & Risk for Investors, Here is the Trade in EZA, the RSA ETF
Republic of South Africa (RSA), as the name implies, is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded on the south by 1740 miles of coastline facing the South Atlantic…
Portfolio Update (19-June-2017)
We present our ideas here at TheOptionsEdge.Com and we identify this portfolio as the TOE Trade ideas. In 2016 and 2017 we wrote for Action Alerts Options over at TheStreet.Com.…
Symantec (SYMC) Buy the Dip or Has a Bull Trap Been Set?
Symantec Corporation (SYMC), provides cyber security solutions worldwide. It operates through two segments; (1) Consumer Digital Safety and (2) Enterprise Security. The Consumer Digital Safety segment provides Norton-branded products that…
Valero Energy (VLO) Refining Profits in the Energy Space
Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) is an independent petroleum refining and ethanol producing company doing business in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. It operates through two segments,…
What the Fed Said: Raise Fed Funds Rate by 25 bps, More Raises to Come & Shrink the Balance Sheet
The following is the Fed’s press release. We highlight the statements we think are most important. Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May indicates that the…
What To Do This Options Expiration Week
Standard Monthly Options expire at the end of this week. Since we have a number of open positions to address, we thought we should discuss them now so you have time…
It’s Fed Week: What’s Next?
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News Versus Noise
Every day we are bombarded with an inexhaustible list of information about politics, the economy, science, advice, health, food, and many other subjects. This information comes to us from “official…
Take Profits on Bullish Euro Currency Trade
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