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- As Power Industry Gets Facelift, Perhaps Utility ETFs Might As Well
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The United States has an aging power grid, and efforts to bring it into modern times could benefit utility exchange traded funds (ETFs).
The target is for electric power providers to spend $17 billion on upgrades by 2010, r…
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Latin ETFs Deliver Heat Over Last Five Years
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Over the last five years, Latin America’s exchange traded funds (ETFs) have shown they’ve got the moves.
What’s more, the region is exhibiting signs of being a reliable long-term sector, says Tom Sullivan for Barron’s….
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Option Traders - Wait for the Washout and Avoid Buying One-Day Rallies!
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Yesterday, “bottom pickers” had their heads handed to them. Tuesday’s intraday reversal and strong rally into the bell was nothing more than a head fake. Wednesday morning, the market tried to follow through with back to back rallies. Prices gradually slipped throughout the day and by the close, the walls came tumbling down. The S&P 500 futures closed convincingly below the double bottom formed in March. This morning, concerns over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have the financials reeling. Some analysts estimate that a $1 trillion government bailout might be needed. The US foreclosure filings jumped 53% in June (year-over-year) and …
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- Option Traders - Wait for the Washout and Avoid Buying One-Day Rallies!
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Yesterday, “bottom pickers” had their heads handed to them. Tuesday’s intraday reversal and strong rally into the bell was nothing more than a head fake. Wednesday morning, the market tried to follow through with back to back rallies. Prices gradually slipped throughout the day and by the close, the walls came tumbling down. The S&P 500 futures closed convincingly below the double bottom formed in March. This morning, concerns over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have the financials reeling. Some analysts estimate that a $1 trillion government bailout might be needed. The US foreclosure filings jumped 53% in June (year-over-year) and …
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Closing Bell: Running With the Devil
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Original Source: www.optionaddict.net
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Retail Sales Lift ETFs In June, But It’s Not Frivolous Spending
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If you took that rebate check and went shopping, give yourself a hearty pat on the back, because you just might have helped some retail exchange traded funds (ETFs) in June.
Retail sales overall rose 4.3%, reports Anne D’Innocenzio for the Associated Press….
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Forget the All Star Voting
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And remember to vote for Playboy’s hottest blogger. Howard is lobbying for Wallstrip’s Julie Alexandria….
Original Source: adamsoptions.blogspot.com
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- This Is How I Roll….
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At the end of the day, this is what I call "Alpha." Note: I just highlighted the percent change in the underlying. It would take an hour to calcualte the percent change in the options.PUTSSOHU: -0.63% CMG: -9.6% WYNN: -9.9% FAST: +1.0% …
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Foreclosures and Real Estate ETFs Demonstrate Inverse Relationship
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Homebuilder and real estate focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) are feeling down today after the latest round of news about foreclosure filings came in.
Filings rose 53% in June from the previous year - just another sign that the housing crisis is still in full force. One in every 501 households in the United States received a foreclosure filing last month, r…
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- Calendar Options Close Trade Alert: IYR July/August Calendar Spread
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We’re taking advantage of the fact that IYR’s share price is
exactly at the sweet spot for our adjusted calendar spread and
closing the position. We want to scale back our risk prior to
expiration week (our EEM position is still open), and at the price
below, we’ll have a 6% profit–not too bad for a week and a half
in a volatile market.
Here’s the order we’re placing this afternoon:
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- Phish Food
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Don Fishback’s on fire this week looking into the the lack of VIX pop….
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Can Biotech And Agriculture ETFs Get Acreage With Your Money?
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Not many exchange traded funds (ETFs) outside those focused on commodities are perched above their 200-day moving averages. That makes it worth noting that two biotechnology ETFs crossed the mark recently.
Both iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (I…
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- Can Water Bring Investors to the ETFs?
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The battle over water could be a boon to exchange traded fund (ETF) investors, but let’s hope no one loses their nose over it. Ouch!
Water’s future could offer opportunities for investors who think of it as a commodity, benefiting companies involved in the sale, purification, distribution and infrastructure of the element.
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Free Falling…
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Good thing the majority have positions in the following names, but if you don’t here are a few reasons why you should…WFR- Goodnight…CHL- Almost there……
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Continuation Transaction — Travelers Cos. Inc.
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The following transaction was made today to establish a covered calls position against the 500 shares of TRV:07/10/08 Covered Calls Transaction — STO 5 Jul08 $45.00 Calls @ $.80The Transactions History to date is as follows:05/22/08 Initial Stock Purchase Transaction — Bought 500 TRV @ $49.2806/05/08 Initial Calls Sold Transaction — Sold 5 TRV Jun08 $50 Calls @ $.8506/20/08 Jun08 Options Expired07/10/08 Covered Calls Continuation Transaction — Sold 5 Jul08 $45.00 Calls @ $.80N…
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- Continuation Transaction — Travelers Cos. Inc.
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The following transaction was made today to establish a covered calls position against the 500 shares of TRV:07/10/08 Covered Calls Transaction — STO 5 Jul08 $45.00 Calls @ $.80The Transactions History to date is as follows:05/22/08 Initial Stock Purchase Transaction — Bought 500 TRV @ $49.2806/05/08 Initial Calls Sold Transaction — Sold 5 TRV Jun08 $50 Calls @ $.8506/20/08 Jun08 Options Expired07/10/08 Covered Calls Continuation Transaction — Sold 5 Jul08 $45.00 Calls @ $.80N…
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- The Next Shoe
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Check out the front month volume in LEH puts. Mind you, it is fairly early in the trading session. Whoever spotted this yesterday, it paid dividends today. Nicely done. I am going to take a small portion of 15’s. I plan to lose it, just like I did when I bought the BSC puts. …
Original Source: www.optionaddict.net
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Implied Volatility of Top Three SPX Sectors
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Yesterday, in The Impact of Financial and Energy Stocks on the VIX, I talked about the low (and sometimes negative) correlation between the SPX and some of the sectors represented in the index. Today I am posting a graphic of the top three sectors (per the S…
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10 July, 2008| Derivatives |
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- Sold AAPL Naked Put, Again
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I’ve sold Apple (AAPL) options a few times and have an overall profit from my series of trades. I don’t like taking big risks with it since it is so volatile and try to sell naked puts far out of the money (OTM). I like trading it due to its volatility too. That makes the premiums much richer.
This morning, while AAPL was at 175.04, I sold one AAPL August 155 naked put (APVTK) and received $399.25 after commissions. That’s $20 OTM meaning AAPL would have to fall more than 13% in the next five weeks for me to take a loss on it. I could see AAPL coming back down to closer to $160-165 based on the chart, but don’t think it’ll drop below $155 (or $151 if I want to think about a break even trade). It’s holding above its 10 day moving average right now and although it closed below its 20 day moving average yesterday it is back above it today. To the higher side, $180 could be a near term ceiling with the 50 day moving average hovering around there. If it moves in that direction pretty soon I’ll have to consider naked calls far out of the money.
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- Funeral For a Friend?
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Lehman, Lehman liked their moneyThey used to make a lot they said.Now they spend their days marking to marketIn a garage by the motorway.They were born a pauper to pawn on a christmas dayWhen the new york times said Alt-A is deadAnd the audits begunHammering Hank has a headache todayAnd they shall be LehmanAnd they shall be wallpaper, manAnd they shall be LehmanI…
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