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good info from Louis Navellier ... https://navelliergrowth.investorplace.com/blog/archive/2018/03/why-im-so-bullish-about-march-and-april-investing-lessons.html?cp=LNEL&ct=20170518&cc=eletter&en=3965369&num=01#.WqsqdkxFxjo

update on vol switch trade, will now use ZIV for the short vol position, , to review, the signal went to long vol, on Mon Jan 8, and we went to cash, selling 12 shares of XIV for $144.33 ea, total $1,731.96 signal went to short vol on Tue Feb 6 bought 5 shares ZIV @ $63.11, total $315.55

took a paper trade on AAPL using Heikin-Ashi candles as the trigger, expect to be in trade for less than 2 weeks, so went with 18 dte option, AAPL trading around $177, went otm, Mar 5, bto 23 Mar 180 call, $2.00

Next week is Mar wk 2 for option expiry, pit bull lo wk, so watch for that, Thur seems to be when they can show up. ADP job number will be on Wed, can be a clue for Fri NFP. Likely see more trade war talk, I am not too concerned about that, seems mostly to be fodder for drama chatter, any...

.....from a comment on seeking alpha about LEAPs..... Another way to use a long term option is to buy an ITM LEAP call in a severely oversold stock if we think the sell-off was overdone. instead of selling a short-term call against it, we sell a short-term bear call spread. If stock moves...

http://www.vxxtradingsystem.com/vxxwebinarpresentation.html

update on following trade, did a before e/r trade in SQ e/r is 2/27, expect to close trade on 2/26, using 3/2 expiry options, 2/20, bto mar 2, 45 call, $2.59 closed out trade today, 2/26 stc mar2, 45 SQ call, $3.30

first, I don't trade IC, the risk/reward makes no sense to me, seen too many traders burned by these, with that said, quick look at a chart doesnt show me any recent time that XLE was consolidating enough to do an IC, the bear call spread might have been ok to do. I am also very careful...

wanted to review the TSLA trade, the initial cost was higher than I like to go, usually try to target about $500 a trade, looked at doing a debit spread, 325/350 call, $6.75 in, possible exit $17.70, try to avoid spreads if possible, as they are a battle going in and getting out looked at a...

took a paper trade TSLA using Heikin-Ashi candles, macd, and the recent price swings between $300 and $350 as the triggers, expected to be in trade for about 2 weeks, so went with 1 month option, TSLA was trading around $320, available strikes at 315, 320 and 325, so went otm, Feb 13, bto...

watching SLB http://schrts.co/tsa1wN

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did a before e/r trade in SQ e/r is 2/27, expect to close trade on 2/26, using 3/2 expiry options, 2/20, bto mar 2, 45 call, $2.59

took a paper trade on BABA using Heikin-Ashi candles as the trigger, expected to be in trade for less than 2 weeks, so went with 1 month option, BABA was trading around $177, between the available main strikes with good open interest at 175 and 180, so went otm, Feb 12, bto Mar16 180 call...

WMT after a big e/r drop, like to check back for clues, H-K candles would have you out on 1/31 @ $108, no re entry since then, also seasonality for Feb not good

took a paper trade on AAPL using Heikin-Ashi candles as the trigger, expected to be in trade for less than 2 weeks, so went with 1 month option, AAPL was trading around $162, between available strikes at 160 and 165, so went otm, Feb 12, bto Mar16 165 call, $3.75 Feb 16, stc Mar16 165 call, $10.00

looking at one month out option chains for VIX, UVXY, VXX, SPY to estimate plus/minus moves VIX 30%, UVXY 38%, VXX 20%, SPY 3%

watch TLT vs SPY for clues https://www.marketgauge.com/resources/littlebigview-trades-tutorials/this-bond-etf-can-alert-you-to-a-big-move-in-stocks/?utm_source=20180218-infusion-tt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tt-20180218&utm_term=or-mktwx&utm_content=tutorial&Id=59005

watch 52 wk high/low stocks each day (not breath but actual number) when the number of 52 wk lows reaches over 40 per-day, portfolio managers are scuttling the weak illiquid stocks issues they own. warn against Tier 3 stocks here as it's not their time. In Jan. the 52 wk low stocks were...

Kim, after that big drop in SVXY do you still plan to use it for volatility trades?