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Walmart’s price behavior over the past 3 1/2 months has been very range bound, the question is, is it finally ready to run? If you’ve been a trader of Walmart over the past year, you know that it tends to stay within a set range. Over the past 3 1/2 […]
Read MoreHey, Verizon (VZ) gets the iPhone and the stock drops? What is that about? Maybe the market is thinking it will hurt VZ’s network or margins or… Nope, this is what VZ does nearly EVERY quarter. As I went through my day Tuesday, I listened to people talking about the […]
Read MoreThese are words I heard many times when I was growing up in Alabama. My grandmother, a widow at a young age, enjoyed investing in the stock market her entire adult life. She took a nice profit in Coca Cola, but, alas, who knew it would become a ten-bagger plus! […]
Read MoreThese are words I heard many times when I was growing up in Alabama. My grandmother, a widow at a young age, enjoyed investing in the stock market her entire adult life. She took a nice profit in Coca Cola, but, alas, who knew it would become a ten-bagger plus! […]
Read MoreIt Begins… 1/11/11 11:11 (close enough) Apple on Verizon. Unless you are living in cave, this is not a surprise to anyone. I loved COO of Verizon Lowell McAdam comments “Proof of an old adage of the press: If the press writes something long enough, and often enough, it comes […]
Read MoreIt Begins… 1/11/11 11:11 (close enough) Apple on Verizon. Unless you are living in cave, this is not a surprise to anyone. I loved COO of Verizon Lowell McAdam comments “Proof of an old adage of the press: If the press writes something long enough, and often enough, it comes […]
Read MoreOn Dec 28th I blogged about Best Buy (BBY) dropping 20% after earnings and that the drop seemed a bit excessive. I also talked about how there is always doubt when you are about to pull the trigger for a trade…and then you have decide whether to do a stock […]
Read MoreAfter a 16% drop in share price, it looks like Cisco is now ready to move higher again. November 11, 2010, Cisco had reported earnings the night before, and the market looked ready to take Cisco lower. Why? Cisco reported $.42 a share, a couple of cents ahead of forecasts. […]
Read MoreWe are disciplined traders at OptionsAnimal. We educate students on how to apply leverage through the use of Options while managing portfolio RISK. The curriculum not only provides an in depth education about options behavior, but also a blueprint from which to build trading activities into a strong business. Its’ […]
Read MoreWhen there is an event that is likely to impact the price of an equity (e.g., earnings; FDA ruling; new product release; etc.,) you will see an increase in the option pricing. This rise pricing is attributed to an increase in the option’s implied volatility. When the implied volatility is […]
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