OPNewsletter continues to outperform broader markets. As of last Friday close, we have invested a maximum of 37.7% capital and the OPNewsletter portfolio is up +6.1%. For the past two weeks we have been covering weekly options and various types of strategies that can be played on these options. The…
Backspread Option Trading Strategy is one of my favorite strategies when it comes to playing large move and when I am not so sure of the direction. I like to play it especially when I am biased about the direction but I don’t want to take unnecessary risk. I first…
We are on track for our 28th positive month of OPNewsletter phase-2, as of last Friday close OPNewsletter Jul 2010 portfolio is up +8.3% on the maximum investment of almost 60% of portfolio capital. We have started opening Aug 2010 portfolios and our first portfolio is already positive. Let’s talk…
Another horrible week on the Wall Street. A 90% down day, followed by 90% up day, and ending the week with another 90% down day. The 20 days average true range (ATR) for Dow has moved from nearly 100 points a month ago to nearly 250 points now. For OPNewsletter,…
Another turbulent and volatile period! Last week started with a huge gap up rally after EU announced a $1trillion bailout package but by weekend it was a different story. Now there are questions on how solid it was. The confidence barometer, Euro, is now 4 years low and maybe even…
A painful week for worldwide stock markets. I think most are happy that it’s over and a new week has begun with a solid tone!! On last Thursday, Dow suffered the largest point drop in a single day in its entire history. For OPNewsletter May 2010 , we are up +11.6%…
While markets are struggling to make any meaningful advance, for OPNewsletter, we are having another excellent month. We closed April’10 portfolios for +9.7% gains, and for May income portfolios, we are up +12% with 3 weeks to go. These results don’t include gains on speculative trades. Another point to note,…
A Fascinating Friday ! That’s how I can think about Market’s action on Friday. Option trading is not only about attending a seminar, do some paper trades, get some winning trades and the stage is set. It is also about constantly evolving your own trading style and continue to sharpen…
Though we shifted our option trading strategy in way so that more trading alerts can be sent during “pre and post market hours” vs during market hours to allow even working professionals to benefit, OPNewsletter is still not about “make money” in 5min per day. It still requires one to…
US Markets continued its uninterrupted uptrend. The Dow has surged for two months with very few setbacks and has advanced 17 out of the last 21 trading days; that’s an amazing performance. A pull back is necessary to release short term overbought conditions. And if I were to say that…