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    To Trade or Not to Trade?

    Most people who trade options lose money. A (now stale) study by the CBOE had put the failure rate at 90% or so. It's hard to tell the real percentage since many options are bought or sold to hedge equity positions and are not intended to be successful trades. The odds are against you being a...
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    TGT

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-target-tgt-may-good-182006908.html http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=TGT+Interactive#{"range":"2y","allowChartStacking":true} Trade: With TGT at 72.36 Jan '17 55/52.5 bull put spread for a net credit of $30 Yield = 30/220 = 13.6% in 333 days or 14.9%...
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    ZTS

    http://www.barrons.com/articles/todays-top-5-stock-picks-safety-in-a-tough-market-1455885671 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/zoetis-beats-4q-profit-forecasts-120830828.html...
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    K

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/kellogg-buy-solid-q4-cereal-200008084.html http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstories/play-defense-and-buy-kellogg-ahead-of-earnings/ar-BBplkCc http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/fi-126.1.K.NYS http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=K+Key+Statistics...
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    ED

    Update: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/con-ed-beats-4q-profit-224342435.html http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=ed ED is 71 and change after the close.
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    GRMN

    I have had a gps on my cell phone for years but I have never used it. I wouldn't mount my cell phone on my windshield so I can see it when I drive. I think it's better to have a dedicated device mounted on the car and used just for that purpose and keep your cell phone in your pocket in case...
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    ADT

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apollo-global-buy-security-services-120702123.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/adt-being-purchased-apollo-global-124459956.html http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=adt Apollo is paying $42 Trade: With ADT at 39.61 April 40/37 bull put spread for a net credit of...
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    GRMN

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/garmin-beats-4q-profit-forecasts-124215122.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-why-garmin-grmn-stock-175505227.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/garmin-beats-strong-demand-fitness-125446274.html http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=grmn Trade: With GRMN at...
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    BMY

    The price I post is NOT a necessarily a price I have a high expectancy of getting a fill on. It is, rather, a price at which I am willing to accept the risk of the trade. As to how often I get a fill... it is probably close to 50%. Probability of a fill is much greater around the time some news...
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    BMY

    http://news.yahoo.com/bristol-myers-shares-could-rise-25-percent-cancer-181342671--finance.html?nhp=1 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bristol-myers-beats-q4-earnings-151203271.html http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=BMY+Interactive#{"range":"5y","allowChartStacking":true} Trade: With BMY at...
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    AFFX

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/thermo-fisher-adds-affymetrix-biotech-234450340.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-08/thermo-fisher-agrees-to-acquire-affymetrix-for-1-3-billion http://finance.yahoo.com/news/thermo-fisher-life-technologies-synergy-184506413.html...
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    GT

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bull-day-goodyear-gt-121812869.html http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=GT+Key+Statistics http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/stockdetails/financials/fi-126.1.GT.NAS http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=GT+Interactive#{"range":"5y","allowChartStacking":true} Trade: With GT...
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    SJR

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-dump-shaw-communications-sjr-222110017.html http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=sjr Trade: With SJR at 16.95 Jul 17.5/20 bear call spread for a net credit of $45 Yield = 45/205 = 22% in 158 days or 51% annualized Prob = 60% Expectation = .6(45) - .15(205) -...
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    XLU

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-why-utilities-buy-now-200208164.html Well...I wouldn't call utilities a buy right now. While fundamentals are certainly favorable, everyone already knows this and utilities have been bid up...
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    PHM

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    PHM

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/add-pulte-phm-stock-portfolio-202008929.html http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstories/pultegroup-tops-q4-earnings-and-sales-home-closings-up/ar-BBoPdhi http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=PHM&annual http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=PHM...
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    ADM

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-archerdaniels-results-ethanol-idUSKCN0VC0CC http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=adm Fellow traveler: http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=PEIX+Interactive#{"range":"2y","allowChartStacking":true} It looks like this will not be a good year for ADM... but remember...
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    ALR

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/abbott-labs-boost-diagnostics-business-212309631.html ALR shareholders will get $56. http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=ALR+Interactive#{"range":"2y","allowChartStacking":true} Trade: With ALR at 53.90 Aug 55/50 bull put spread for a net credit of $65 Yield =...
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    PFE

    I made an error in posting. The bull put spread should be 23/18 not 23/28
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    PFE

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/pfizer-beats-q4-earnings-revenues-150003515.html http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstories/investors-ok-with-pfizer-earnings-not-ok-with-guidance/ar-BBp1pax...
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