Options Expiration 21-Feb-2020
Standard monthly options are set to expire this Friday. We have 8 trades that we have discussed over the past few months that have not been closed out and are…
The Week Ahead | 02/17/2020
Coronavirus Update. Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak that has killed at least 1,380 people in China and sickened at least 68,850, hopes that some business will be able…
Earning Trade: ViacomCBS (VIAC)
ViacomCBS will be reporting earnings next week on Thursday, Feb 20. This will be the first earnings announcement following the merger of Viacom with CBS which were both majority-owned by…
Will the S&P500 or NADSAQ Ever See a Bear Market
Ever since Q4-2019, stock prices have just gone up. The "Buy the Dippers" seem to have taken control of the price of the most stocks and therefore the major average.…
First Solar (FSLR) Earnings
First Solar will be reporting earnings on Feb 20. Since First Solar is one of those stocks that we want to love, we thought we might take a closer look.…
Mark’s Interview with Christopher Uhl of 10MinuteStockTrader.Com
Mark was interviewed by Christopher Uhl, the host of 10MinuteStockTrader.Com. During the interview, Mark discusses Tesla, Gamma Scalping and the CryptoLab under development at Rutgers Business School.
SPY: Roll the Volatility and Crash Trades
As equity market prices continue to move away from reality, we have suggested that investors consider either lightening their risk load by selling some long positions or doing some hedging.…
HP Inc. (HPQ)
HP Inc. (HPQ), the producer of personal computing, imaging and printing products, is in the news once again. For those who do not recall, Xerox made a $22 per share…
The Week Ahead | 2/10/2020
Happy Monday. Good Luck out there this week. Global Spotlight Delhi Elections Pose a Test for Modi’s Party. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party faces a key test in…
DASH to the Finish Line
It seems that the financial press has given up on cryptocurrencies. Why do we say this? Cryptocurrencies are have been on quite a run, and we do not hear a…
Taking the Temperature of the Consumer
People everywhere buy and consume millions of products every day. There are staple items like food, energy and personal care items that we use every day. There are also discretionary…
What’s in Storage at Iron Mountain (IRM)
We do not talk about REITs much here at The Options Edge, simply because volatility is not usually very high on these instruments. But there seems to be an opportunity…