The Market Guys

There is a lot to be said about the most recent green candle on the weekly chart. Not only is it one of the longest green candles we seen in months, it is also showing up on stronger volume. In addition, there are very small shadows found on the upper and lower end of the price range. This […]

This Friday marks expiration day for the March option chain. We are currently holding positions in the following companies; SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), International Business Machines (IBM), Potash Corp. (POT), the Volatility Index (VIX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), iShares Silver Trust (SLV) and the AMEX SPDR Energy Select Index (XLE). Watch this week’s video »

One of the main reasons why I’m interested in the energy sector is because I think the tensions in Iran will continue to mount. There is a good chance that Isreal will strike before the summer months and if this happens the Oil sector will rally as speculators fear an oil shortage. There are areas in California where […]

SLV is showing a clear upward sloping channel that is pointing right at our gap target point of $38. The plan here is simple; Buy the January 2014 30 Leap calls and wait until the target price is reached. From there we will be able to determine whether to turn this into a diagonal calendar spread or just […]

In this week’s Options Oracle, we take a look at Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG). The stock has been staying in a well-defined upward trend that looks as though it will hold. Both of the options we are trading are in-the money, which means if the stock stays over the 375 strike price we will have bought a $5 […]

This Friday marks expiration day for the February option chain. We are currently holding positions in the following companies; SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), International Business Machines (IBM), Nike Inc. (NKE), Potash Corp. (POT), Google, Inc. (GOOG), and the Volatility Index (VIX). See this week’s video »

This week, we take a look at the S&P 500 Volatility Index (VIX). Next week we will begin our monthly position adjustments as we make a move to roll our February option spreads into the next expiration month (March). Be sure to keep an eye out for my expiration week alert which will be delivered to you no […]

With January already behind us, it amazes me to see how quickly time passes. Fortunately, for option traders, time passing equals time decay in the options we sell. Our last spread trade in Google looks as though it’s going to be a home run. I’m sure I will be able to find another good trade candidate like the […]

Down the Road This week we will be posting at least 3 new educational videos to our website. Each video will be between 4 to 5 minutes with a focus on a new indicator or price pattern. After these are complete we will post a couple of strategy videos to our member page. The strategy […]

This Friday marks expiration day for the December option chain. We are currently holding positions in the following companies; Baidu, Inc. (BIDU), SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), International Business Machines (IBM), McDonald’s Corp. (MCD), Nike Inc. (NKE) and the condor spread we legged into for the Diamond Trust Series (DIA). See this week’s video »