Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.
Futures Last Change Change %
Crude Oil 97.95 -3.24 -3.20%
Natural Gas 3.9120 -0.0020 -0.05%
Gold 1397.00 -27.90 -1.96%
Dow 11700.00 -226.00 -1.90%
S&P 500 1265.80 -24.70 -1.91%
Nasdaq 100 2240.00 -49.50 -2.16%
Healthcare Companies with Earnings News Due Tomorrow
Ticker Company Sector Industry Country Market Cap P/E Price Change Volume
ALXA Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc. Healthcare Drug Manufacturers - Other USA 75.91 1.26 -0.79% 82216
APT Alpha Pro Tech Ltd. Healthcare Medical Appliances & Equipment Canada 32.51 6.9 1.54 6.20% 288863
BVX Bovie Medical Corp. Healthcare Medical Instruments & Supplies USA 54.16 2.95 -3.59% 25633
CAPS Capstone Therapeutics Corp. Healthcare Biotechnology USA 19.57 0.47 -2.08% 5675
CONM Conmed Healthcare Management, Inc Healthcare Specialized Health Services USA 42.37 20.62 3.25 -1.52% 6450
CPEX CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Healthcare Drug Manufacturers - Major USA 71.11 33.1 27.83 2.54% 77968
DCTH Delcath Systems Inc. Healthcare Drug Delivery USA 286.25 6.56 -1.49% 299595
OPXA Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. Healthcare Biotechnology USA 31.95 1.69 -2.31% 89263
PRPH ProPhase Labs, Inc. Healthcare Drug Delivery USA 18.04 1.15 -6.50% 14910
SHP ShangPharma Corporation America Healthcare Biotechnology China 4299.04 16.64 12.65 -1.25% 11378
SSRX 3SBio Inc. Healthcare Biotechnology China 332.95 25.25 15.33 -0.45% 47870
Basic Materials Companies with Earnings News Due Tomorrow
Ticker Company Sector Industry Country Market Cap P/E Price Change Volume
BPZ BPZ Resources, Inc. Basic Materials Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration USA 723.09 6.16 -1.60% 1469370
CHOP China Gerui Advanced Materials Group Ltd. Basic Materials Steel & Iron China 240.19 4.84 5.22 -1.14% 364779
EGY Vaalco Energy Inc. Basic Materials Independent Oil & Gas USA 435.38 14.28 7.53 -2.33% 479371
GFRE Gulf Resources, Inc. Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals China 284.39 6.13 7.91 -3.65% 399411
RAME RAM Energy Resources, Inc. Basic Materials Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration USA 157.28 1.91 -4.50% 1307863
REN Resolute Energy Corporation Basic Materials Independent Oil & Gas USA 957.31 17.39 -0.34% 216530
SYNM Syntroleum Corp. Basic Materials Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing USA 160.91 2.05 4.06% 400512
YONG Yongye International, Inc. Basic Materials Agricultural Chemicals China 333.25 6.31 6.84 1.33% 843331
Good post. Thanks. Much appreciated.
STRADDLE TRADE EXAMPLE:
AAPL had its earning report come out after hours on 1-18. it closed about 328 that day. Next day it opened 20 dollars higher.
You would have bought a call and put the day of the report
(18th), then you could have sold your call the next day and made a profit, kept the put in place and you would have actually made a profit on the put in 3 days also.
DC
Excellent research site: for any kind of stock trading:
http://www.the-market-toolbox.com/radio/index.html
I use the desktop Portal It has a free version and that is what I use and you get tons of stuff with it.
I love this site. it has many many filters you can use to narrow down stocks you are looking for. Works great for straddle trade search. you go to stock screens, then click custom screen, and you'll have 3 areas(fundamental, technical, descriptive), each with many filters to look for your trades. This is essential for finding straddles.
This next link is an interactive chart link. you can type in your stock symbol to see how a stock reacted on an exact day to it's earnings report. run your cursor across the botm of the chart it will how you the date and highlight that day vertically.
http://finance.yahoo.com/charts#chart1:symbol=^dji;range=undefined;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined
This link is for finding earning reports and it will list past reports, percent of surprise, and estimated earnings for upcoming reports. After you use the Markt toolbox to find sticks with earning reports coming out soon and after hours, you go here and type in the stocks symbol, then wen it comes to tis page you click on Earnings about a third of the way down the page, and it will take you to that stocks earning history, percent of surprise tc.
If the stock meets the requirements for a straddle trade you then go to the interactive chart link posted above and see if it meets a minumum of 4 dollar gap after report came out.
criteria will be posted this weekend.
DC
http://data.cnbc.com/quotes/aapl
excellent post. I took the BetterTrades Workshop and this was a big topic there. The called them Chicken Trades but they're the same thing as straddles.
I will go over my CD's this weekend and refresh the criteria for a good straddle trade (chicken trade). I do know 3 stocks off the top of my head that are excellent for it.
AAPL
FSLR
ISRG
You'll use their earning reports and buy a put and call about the same price away from the strike price the day before or of their earnings report. You'd want a stock who's earning report comes out usually after hours, more dramatic reaction to the news that way. There are criteria such as percent of surprise from the report, consistant overreaction from several previous reports,etc that matter in it working.
I didn't buy the bettertrades system that would automatically do that for you but I did find free links to each criteria you can find the data yourself and I will post those links also. I have them all bookmarked.
Once you have your puts and calls bought you ait and when the market opens the next day it should have a dramatic reaction to the report and make a minimum move of at least 4 dollars in one direction or the other.
you'll wait until you feel the move is done, it might be one day it might be a few days but when you feel it has gone up or down and might be done with it's move you'll exit the profitable position and stay in the losing position. Reason to stay in the losing position is becaus when a big move like that happens you can pretty much bet there is going to be a crrection and then you watch to determine when to exit while you gain some or all of your losing position back.
Will post criteria sometime this weekend. It iwll b based on what Bettertrades tought me.
DC
NOK CALL +++
Hey WNB ~
NOK call is looking great bud
AMZN April PUT option. Formed double top, broke support yesterday. target is 150 for price drop. watch for retest of 170 then continuation down to 150.
DC
Calls option trades for today:
EMR: 60 strike price. Bullish engulfing. 50 day MA solid support.
TXT: 27 strike price. Bullish engulfing. 50 day MA solid support.
COST: 72.50 strike. Bullish engulfing. back above 50 day MA with todays close near high. 74 minor resistance.
DC
WBJ
Thank you very much for taking the time out writing that.
would you mind giving me an example of how a straddle works?
Thanks
AJ
Hi ajlaw1228...
Everyone trades differently but one thing that is usually helpful for options is to find an underlying ticker that has high volatility and can be predicted rather easily.
You want to look for events that will make a stock shift price either up or down. With options you don't need to know whether the stock will go up or down per se, you just need price movement. YOU CAN TAKE AN OPTIONS POSITION WHERE YOU MAKE MONEY EITHER WAY!
Some people like to look for earnings reports to come out. This usually kicks the underlying around a bit and a straddle can bank you a nice chunk, so looking at the earnings is great strategy ~ if they had a loss and are bad you make money and conversly, if the earnings are higher than expected you make money. So long as you position yourself correctly.
Overbought conditions can be a sign of reversal. It's easier to predict the movement when some type of event occurs though.
Hope this helps a little....
WBJ
NOK ~ CALL ~
I'm seeing some nice volume on the 9.00 and 10.00 ~ I bought some of the S/P 9.00 today and the S/P 10.00 CALL for JULUP 29% on chart.
Strike Bid Last Volume Open Int
$7.00 $1.37 $1.41 10 493
$8.00 $0.58 $0.68 201 6540
$9.00 $0.16 $0.18 2435 12187
$10.00 $0.05 $0.06 10853 28796
$11.00 $0.01 $0.03 510 14224
$12.00 $0.01 $0.02 20 21067
Hi All,
I'm new to options trading and I would love to learn more, what is the best way to chose stocks to buy options on, whether puts or calls?
What am I looking for?
Thanks and lets make some money
try options express but put more years experience. I am approved for level 2 at zecco. I put 8 yars option experience.
DC
NOK Options Expiring Friday, April 15, 2011
Calls
Strike Bid Last Volume Open Int
$7.00 $1.37 $1.41 10 493
$8.00 $0.58 $0.68 201 6540
$9.00 $0.16 $0.18 2435 12187
$10.00 $0.05 $0.06 10853 28796
$11.00 $0.01 $0.03 510 14224
$12.00 $0.01 $0.02 20 21067
From Earnings Whisper
HRB 3rd Quarter Ending January 2011
Earnings Whisper ®: N/A
Consensus Estimate: ($0.01)
Surprise Expectation 1:
Release Date: [confirmed] 3/9/2011
After Close
Expected Time 2: N/A
Conference Call: N/A
same happened with us with a couple of brokers till we put 5 yrs min experience level on ap.
What broker do you guys reccommend for option trading? I already use zecco for trading pinks, but zecco only approved me for level 1 options (covered calls and puts). I want to do uncovered/naked calls/puts. Zecco wants me to have 125k in my account for that. Been following your thread the last week or so and papertrading options. Looking to join you here in a week or two! Thanks for any help!
NICE TIP ON~ MBI CALL DC!!!
Dang DC your TWO FOR TWO !!!!! MBI and UAL both soaring!!!
Easy MONEY in options...
Geez .... like freight trains!!!!!
100 CONTRACTS and it's PARTY TIME!!!!
WINNER # 1 MBI (CALL)
And WINNER # 2 UAL (CALL)
WINNER #3 ~ NOK (CALL) APR/JUL Week 3/8 newsletter pick up 24% in early trading ~
NOK APR 11 CALL 9.00 ~ Minimum. 10 Contracts ~ 25 if your greedy!
JUL CALL 10.00 OK TOO
Get ready to CASH IN !!!
NOK has something up their sleeve to drive the underlying through ridiculous volatility. They always do!
Nice RIDE coming for the Option above
Absolutely the way to go! Good luck on your option trading!!!
Absolutely! If I can give any advice to help someone make money I'm happy!
Thanks and sorry for the delayed response, I'm limited to 3 posts a day! I hope NOK works out well for you. AAPL might have a little left in it but I think puts are good idea soon. It also depends on the overall market. Good luck today and I hope everyone makes money today!
dunno wbj. what do you think? just throwing it out there for opinions. crazy?
MBT April $20 calls.
Dear God that has got to be at least 100% on that play so far!!
SMG, Nice CALL ...pardon the pun!
Still time to cash more? How high we looking at here?
MBT is obviously a wild ride!!!!
WBJ
Yup! I got my eye on some ZSL March Calls, probably 28s, 29s, and/or 30s to play the upcoming correction in Silver.
FAT STAX,
you planning on trading March options?
I agree. I haven't started trading options yet but plan on placing my first options trade this week: hopefully tomorrow, and from what I've seen if you plan on playing the weekly options or the ones that expire soon, trading them intra-day is the way to go.
good advice. we're learning the same also. but have only been trading these a month or so. thanks for that. much appreciated.
Yep, it took me awhile to understand everything and get the hang of it but once you do big $ will come your way. I rarely hold options overnight because of the way the market has been. I usually close out at the end of the day or maybe earlier depending on profit. I've made mistakes when first learning options and lost a good chunk holding. However everyone trades how they feel comfortable!
exactly caitlyn. we're still new to this so we're just learning. i'm seeing where staying liquid to take advantage of intraday volitility can earn you big $$$.
Thanks! : ) I hope everyone made money today. It was a good day for puts and then calls toward the end.
NOK ~ Nine Pull out on PCLN!
Did you get any CALL?
PRICE LINE CALL/PUT COMMENTS - CLICK HERE
I went ahead and did a 50-50 straddle on NOK today. I have noticed the underlying is moving about 1.00 + in either direction during any given Month. I was not sure if the movement would be too weak for APR C/P Stradle and strangle~ So, I just sais F - it and bought both APR and JUL C/PUTS just to make sure I walk with 500% on NOK play by July.
PCLN is getting very close to the top...Just not ready quite yet.
I didn't check did anyone play AAPL today? How's it looking? I was thinking a PUT soon...
WBJ
woohoo. congratulations caitlyn. nice one.
Sold my PCLN puts just in time. The damn thing shot up 3 bucks right after! I got lucky!!! Watching GOOG for calls but will prob wait to see how tomorrow starts off.
Yup. Easy money in puts across the board today. Dam, I can't wait until my accounts are set-up and ready to trade options. Gonna have to wait til tomorrow, which can't get here soon enough!
ahhh. thanks FAT STAX.
but i will admit to the fact that practically any put would've made money today.
PCLN Puts, looking good! Nice call!
Mid-day update:
Every one of these stocks are red right now. The only green I have on my streamer now is HRB (a stock in which we own put options).
sold out of FCX .56--off to work--later man
Investor's Business Daily Top 50 this week:
RVBD, APKT, LULU, SWKS, PCLN, SLW, AGP, NFLX, OPEN, CXO, ARUN, HS, EBIX, BIDU, ALTR, CMG, ARMH, NETL, NVO, DECK, CLF, SINA, IDCC, SOHU, JOYG, AAPL, OTEX, ILMN, TPX, NOG, INFA, TSCO, ST, TZOO, CTSH, EZPW, PRGO, XLNX, BRKR, BWA, ORCL, SRCL, VPHM, WLL, NTES, ENDP, CHKP, PNRA, RIMM
These are in order. You can build a streamer and cut and paste this list.
Followers
|
5
|
Posters
|
|
Posts (Today)
|
0
|
Posts (Total)
|
161
|
Created
|
03/02/11
|
Type
|
Free
|
Moderator warrenbuffetjr | |||
Assistants |
PUTS AND CALLS
Sign up for the newsletter below.
Weekly plays will be sent out to subscribers.
Own your investing destiny.
Learn the fundamentals and technicals.
Leverage your investment through OPTIONS! 500% - 15000% returns are common!
Take the Gamble out of your Game!
Volume | |
Day Range: | |
Bid Price | |
Ask Price | |
Last Trade Time: |