The Week Ahead | 06/15/2020
Last week we I was worried that we had gone up to far to fast because of an air pocket due to unrealistic market expectations. This week I stepped back…
EEM: Emerging or Submerging Markets
On Friday's episode of Options Action, Carter Braxton Worth took a closer look at the emerging markets. The specific investment vehicle he examined is EEM, which is the most popular…
What a Difference a Day Makes…
Anyone looking at the fundamentals and trading on that analysis suffered two beatings. (1) Shorting stocks on the theory that the economy was in a depression. Anyone who tried this…
SPY: Roll the Volatility Trade
Volatility trading is a strategy that is primarily followed by professional investors. But there is nothing mysterious about the strategy or its implementation. Furthermore, it is the volatility trader that…
MET: Will This Lagger Catch Up?
Metlife is an interesting company. We all know its beloved mascot, Snoopy, Charlie Brown's charismatic beagle. At the same time, they are a company to be taken seriously. This article…
The Week Ahead | 06/08/2020
Wow. Unemployment rate is at 13.3% according to the BLS. All major averages shot up and as of this writing, they are extending their move higher. Can the market continue…
GILD: Time to Take Another Look at Gilead
Gilead is one of our favorite biopharmaceutical companies. Over the years, they have done a terrific job of developing and commercializing innovative medicines designed to treat or cure diseases that currently…
Take a Step Back
We spend most of our time here at the OptionsEdge.Com discussing individual companies as we seek low(er) risk trading ideas/suggestions. As we do so, we often have a vision of…
The Fastest Growing and Declining Retail Brands in 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has led to the savage disruption of retail the world over. Almost overnight, foot traffic in physical stores disappeared, and supply chains were left scrambled. Now at a…
Trade Updates:
Anyone who as followed the markets for a long time (like longer than 20 years) should recognize that we are in a dystopic environment. Our fellow brothers and sisters are…
SLV: Has Silver Lost Its Shine or Is It the Comeback Kid?
Given the Fed's massive adventures into Quantitative Easing 4, one might think the price of Gold and Silver would be breaking out to all-time highs. This article is for paid…
MU: Micron Technology, Small But Mighty
Micron Technologies (MU) is a company that does not have the sex appeal of NVIDIA or Intel. Nor does it have the momentum of Advanced Micro Devises, but it is…