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THE WEEK AHEAD: RIG, CRON, IQ, CZR EARNINGS; OIH/XOPEARNINGS: RIG (30/54) announces on Monday after market close; CRON (18/98), Tuesday before market open; and CZR (45/58) and IQ (22/64) on Thursday after market close. RIG Setups: Given its size (8.93/share as of Friday close), only a short straddle makes sense for a nondirectional play. Unfortunately, the March 9 only pays .96, making a 25% max take profit a marginal trade. The April 9 pays more (1.44) with a 25% max of .36, which doesn't exactly rock my socks. CRON Setups: Pictured here is a 16 delta short strangle in the April expiry which is preliminarily paying 1.87 at the mid (.93 at 50% max) with a delta of .55 and a theta of 3.68. The March 16 delta at the 17/28 was paying .93 (.46 at 50%) with a delta of .84 and a theta of 4.74. For those of a defined risk bent, I'd probably go out to April for more room to be wrong: the April 18th 14/17/30/33 brings in 1.10 preliminarily (.55 at 50%), delta 4.26, theta 1.05. CZR Setups: Like RIG, CZR is on the small side (9.15 as of Friday close). The March 9 short straddle is paying 1.12; the April, 1.52 (another non-sock rocker). IQ Setups: In spite of its sexy background volatility, single strikes aren't available in either the March or April monthlies, making this underlying particularly pesky to work a nondirectional like a short strangle or iron condor with "surgical precision." Consequently, I could see taking a bullish assumption shot either via short put -- the April 20 (30 delta) is paying 1.13 with a downside break even of 18.87 (a 13.4% discount over current price), or the April 25 short straddle that pays 6.38 with a 39 long delta metric and break evens of 18.62/31.38. A May 25 short straddle may be available next week post-February opex, which would present a flatter delta metric for the 25 short strad than the April setup. EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS The top five ranked by implied: UNG (51/57), OIH (22/31), XOP (17/30), EWZ (13/30), and USO (15/30). Although ranks are generally at the low end of their 52 week-ranges given the volatility spike we experienced in December, I'll continue to sell nondirectional premium (short straddles, generally) in my petro go-to, XOP, albeit using a smaller numbers of contracts than when background volatility was higher.
NASDAQ:CRON
by NaughtyPines
An Extended Oversold Period Ends with Important FootnotesAbove the 40 (November 1, 2018) – An Extended Oversold Period Ends with Important Footnotes November 1, 2018 by Dr. Duru AT40 = 21.4% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs) – ends an 11-day oversold period that followed a 4-day oversold period AT200 = 32.0% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAs VIX = 19.3 Short-term Trading Call: bullish Commentary AT40 (T2108), the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs), closed at X%. The move ended a very extended 11-day oversold period that followed a one day respite from a 4-day oversold period. Today was the kind of day I wanted for a punch out of oversold conditions; it even quickly invalidated a small bearish divergence. The rally in the S&P 500 (SPY), the NASDAQ, and the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) were all strong enough to close at their intraday highs and surpass the previous day’s intraday highs. The volatility index, the VIX, even cooperated by falling below 20 and presumably starts the end of wild swings in the market. {The S&P 500 (SPY) gained 1.1% in a move that confirmed the breakout from the lower Bollinger Band (BB) downtrend channel.} {The NASDAQ gained 1.8% in a move that confirmed the breakout from the lower Bollinger Band (BB) downtrend channel. It closed right at downtrending 20DMA resistance.} {The Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) gained 1.3% as it closed right at converged resistance from the 20 and 200DMAs.} {The volatility index, the VIX, looks like it confirmed a double top. I earlier expected one final surge in volatility before the next implosion.} I thought my footnote on the action would be the wildcard of Friday’s jobs report. However, a poorly received earnings report from Apple (AAPL) in the after hours has the potential for sending the market right back into oversold territory. Whatever happens Friday, attention should quickly turn to the midterm elections on Tuesday. No matter the results, I am anticipating a volatility implosion as the market settles into incrementally lower uncertainty. If volatility remains high, then I will have to re-evaluate my expectations for a relatively benign end to the year. Perhaps an even more important footnote is the relative performance of AT40 versus AT200 (T2107), the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 200DMAs. AT40 ended the oversold period at a slightly higher level than it ended the prior oversold period. However, AT200 ended this oversold period significantly lower: 32.0% versus 39.6%. This disparity flags longer-term technical damage in the stock market; the rebound out of oversold conditions left behind a small group of stocks. These laggards will hurt breadth as the rally proceeds and could provide the seed for the next market topping action. As usual, I will take this process one step at a time. This was another day to mainly focus discipline on holding my long positions and looking for more buying opportunities from the shopping list. I snuck into ProShares Ultra S&P500 (SSO) on the small pullback from the open. I am in accumulation mode for SSO shares. I added to my Walmart (WMT) call options. I launched another short Rio Tinto (RIO) versus long BHP Billiton (BHP) pairs trade this time with a bullish bias. I even purchased a call spread on Red Hat (RHT) to play the post IBM deal discount. However, I missed out on getting back into Baidu (BIDU); I blinked and the call options I targeted increased by almost 4x as the stock gained a whopping 6.0% by the close. President Trump’s claim that he would get a “great deal” with China helped ignite the fire.
SP:SPXLong
by drduru
THE WEEK AHEAD: PEP, COST EARNINGS; EWZ, CRON, NIO, IQ, MJPEP announces earnings on Tuesday before market open; COST, on Thursday, after. Neither presents a particularly compelling earnings announcement-related volatility contraction play, with PEP's rank/30-day implied coming in at 30/18, and COST's at 35/23. With Brazilian elections taking place a week from today (October 7th), it seems to me that an EWZ play is in order if you haven't already got something on: the November 16th 29/39 short strangle is paying 1.59 at the mid with break evens around one standard deevy -- 27.41/40.59. You can naturally go with an October setup, but implied was over 20% higher out in November (44.0% versus 53.2%) as of Friday close, so you're likely to get a little more juice if you go a touch farther out in time. On the exchange-traded fund side of things, EWZ comes in at the top of the board, with a rank/30-day implied at 79/50, followed by USO at 65/28, and GDX at 50/27. Non-earnings high implied: CRON: 71/124; NIO: ~/106; MJ: ~/68.0, and IQ: -/61.4.* Broad Market Majors Background 30-Day: QQQ: 17.2%; IWM: 15.0%; DIA: 13.6%; EFA: 13.3%; SPY: 11.8%. * -- Neither NIO, MJ, nor IQ have been around for 52-weeks, so they don't currently have a 52-week range to evaluate. I would note that the options liquidity for MJ isn't the greatest, but figured I would throw it in there since weed is hot, and not everyone enjoys paying the single name roller coaster. The MJ November 16th 40 short straddle is paying a whopping 7.45 at the mid, with break evens at 32.55 and 47.45 ... .
AMEX:EWZ
by NaughtyPines
THE WEEK AHEAD: NKE EARNINGS; CRON, IQ, NTNX, EWZThis post is going to be short work, since there aren't many earnings in play for next week, and non-earnings premium selling is somewhat limited ... . NKE is the only earnings that comes up on my radar for next week (announces on Tuesday after market close). While it has an implied volatility rank of 72, its 30-day isn't exactly "doing it" at 29%. That being said, the slightly short delta, 68% probability of profit, Oct 19th 80/90 short strangle pays 1.72/contract at the mid. Other top implied volatility underlyings include CRON at 140%, IQ at 60%, and NTNX at 54%, but these underlyings aren't the best in terms of expiry and strike availability, which can make for headaches if you need to roll. I've already experienced some of this in a CRON play; there was no November available after the October monthly, so had to roll all the way out to January, which can be a drag if you're less than the patient type ... . I pretty much knew that it could be a headache going in because of oddball expiry availability, but couldn't pass on the juiciness. On the non-earnings front: "The Brazilian" -- EWZ continues to be frisky (but not quite as frisky as it was) with a rank of 69 and a 30-day of 47%. The November 29/40 short strangle camped out at the 21 delta has a probability of profit of 70%, break evens of 27.35/41.62, and pays 1.65 -- not bad for an extremely liquid $34 underlying.
NYSE:NKE
by NaughtyPines
7
Short continues still in 15min time frame15min time frame 90% trade success how to use explained. Test Duration : 26-Aug-2018 to Current Time Duration :Intraday less than 1Hr Time Frame (Any time frame less than 1Hr) In More than One Hour Background Color disappear and Strategy will disappear. This strategy best works in FOREX ,Index,Bitcoin ,Crypto .Can be used for BINARYOPTION ,DIGITALOPTION Shortterm strategies. The result was not good in FACEBOOK equity testing. The resut was not good in more than 1hr time frame. Lesser the time frame profit accuracy is good. Do not expect the profit in the next immediate candle ,Go on in the Right Entry Keep the position open until the exit comes. Refer the release notes and main idea educations on the page to get more details. In strategy tester last bar always will be real red or green so avoid panic ,follow the background color to take a decision.
by MarxBabu
11
Profit Maximizer For 1min to 1hr Successful TradingPROFIT_MAXIMIZER strategy as like LongBuyLongSell Indicator. In General; Lower the time Frame Higher the Failure.Here it is opposite ,The Profit Maximizer Strategy is opposite, Lesser the time frame higher the profits.Yes check the below data that is based on the testing of this strategy indicator. 1min time frame >90% profit accuracy 5min time frame >85% profit accuracy 15min time frame>80% accuracy 30min time frame >80% accuracy 1hr and Greater time Frame very less accuracy less than 50%. This is the strategy of the Profit Maximizer.Will be shared with you all for Testing in less time frame .This can be used for FOREX,CRYPTOCOINS,BINARY OPTION,BINARY DIGITAL OPTION ,IQ in 1Min as well.Very Good for 1,5,15min trades and scalping. Not suitable for more than 1hr chart. Rules: Transitions : Blue candle BUY ; Black Candle Short ;Yellow Background Color and Red Candle Cautious Short ;Yellow BG and Light Green Candle Avoid trade.This is no trade zone . Covering the trade : When opposite color bar appears than the current bar colors. Best working in : 1min 2min to 1Hr Not working : More than 1hr time frame it wont work so it is for Intraday players ,scalping ,and for BINARY OPTION traders. NO REPAINT ; Current BAR color might change until stability withing the current BAR otherwise NO REPAINT.
BITFINEX:BTCUSD
by MarxBabu
88