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Baron Rothschild, an 18th century British nobleman and member of the Rothschild banking family, is credited with saying that, "the time to buy is when there's blood in the streets." Warren Buffett...

A short strangle swap is something that works great in the theoretical world, but has a lot of obstacles associated with them. First, what is a short strangle swap? Think of it as selling a put...

As an options trader, all we are trying to do is maximize the reward for the risk we take. I don’t have a crystal ball. I do have tools at my disposal in the form of technical and fundamental...

I like holding the cards, or at least stacking the odds in my favor. Let me show you what I mean. I had a major technical long trigger Tuesday morning in Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY). Here’s the...

Gold can be a tricky market to trade. It gaps all over the place for seeming no reason. Applying normal technical analysis can be tricky too. This is one of those underlyings where you just have to...

We continue to play the range bound Crude Oil markets. Now, with potentially a deal with Iran very close to some resolution we want to try and get back in. I think the initial reaction will be to the...

Let’s consider an earnings play in Apollo Education Group (AAPO). We know that over the last two years the mean move on earnings has been 11.5%. We have seen it move up as much as 28% and down...

On Jan 28, 2015, Visa (NYSE:V) announced its first 4-for-1 common stock split, under which the company issued 3 more shares against each share held by an investor. These will be distributed on Mar 18...

When making a bullish directional play why would I consider a call calendar and not just buying a call vertical or selling a put vertical. A quick review: A call vertical is when you buy (or sell) a...

The implosion of the Crude Oil markets over the past few months has been one of the biggest news stories if you tuned in to any financial news channel. The speed and magnitude of the move made USO a...