Another Way to Play A Crash
Yesterday, we discussed various ways to play a crash. Specifically, we discussed the merits of buying at or out-of-the-money puts outright and selling a ratio put-spread. This article is for…
How to Play a Crash
Unless you were sleeping under a rock, you know that the equity markets fell sharply yesterday. The financial press told us the reason why. (1) The Chinese government went back…
Amazon: Buy or Sell
Carter Braxton Worth took a swing at Amazon (AMZN) this Friday on Options Action. Scott Wapner notes that the stock has seen its harshest selloff in nearly 4 years. Carter focused…
Close the AAPL Earnings Trade
A few days ago, we discussed the bullish case for Apple stock as the company was about to announce earnings for the Q3 of 2019. While we were partial to…
Where is the LUV?
The airline industry has been in the news lately as Boeing is having a great deal of trouble with the 737 Max aircraft. The 737 Max is a super stretched versions…
Trade Updated: Fifth Third Bank (FITB)
Fifth Third Bank is a super-regional bank that TOE first discussed back in May of 2018. At that time we, we sold a put spread when the shares were trading…
To Baidu or Not to Baidu before Earnings? That is the Question
Baidu is one of our favorite Chinese companies but has not been one of our favorite Chinese stocks. The company is a perfect example of a great company that may…
Crude Oil: Out of the Spotlight, Where to next?
Crude oil has been decidedly out of the spotlight for quite some time now and for good reason. Crude oil production is growing rapidly in the United States and that is…
Is it time to “Prepare for a Bear”?
We have been mostly bullish for most of this year. Our discipline is one in which we question what is happening with equity prices, but we respect the trend. "The…
Roll LyondellBasell Industries (LYB) Trade
Back on June 3, 2019, we discussed the investment opportunity presented by LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), the big petrochemicals company. LYB has a market cap of about $30 billion and an…
Return To South Africa
The South African stock market is one of the emerging markets we have been trading over the past few years through the ETF "EZA". Most of the time, we have…
An Income Strategy with Viacom (VIAB)
Income strategies using options are very popular. The most common strategy is the buy-write where the investor buys a stock (hopefully one that pays a dividend) and sells a call (usually…