Earlier today we established a margined position in Amylin Pharmaceuticals (AMLN). We opted for buying the biotech stock on margin rather than purchasing options because of the steep premiums currently priced into the options. The options are expensive because of recent volatility in the stock (it’s down about 17 percent… Read More
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Image via Wikipedia Weekly Update Oil remains in the spotlight this week. Although the weekly supply figures released today were somewhat bearish, black gold remains near its highs at $55 a barrel. Other commodities are also acting well here, as the perception that inflation is… Read More
It has been a relatively quiet week for our Aggressive Trades. Yesterday we closed out our put option on CACI. Although we still like the stock, we were running out of time on the option. And since we want to maintain a short-term focus with the trades in this service,… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Weekly Update Those small but positive actions have rightfully been overshadowed this week by news that the company’s auto sales slumped a whopping 12.7 percent in February from the year-ago period. In addition, a bearish cover article in this week’s Barron’s magazine… Read More
We welcome volatility, since it creates more opportunities to profit. Speaking of which, yesterday we repurchased the eBay put we wrote in mid January for a hefty return. While the stock hadn’t done much, the put’s time value had eroded considerably, handing us a gain of 96 percent on the… Read More
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Weekly Update It seems there’s never a dull moment these days. And there are plenty of signs indicating that we’re in for choppy markets in the coming weeks: Crude oil is back above $51 a barrel, interest rates… Read More
The market has been acting relatively well during the past week. And many of our trades have been performing even better. Among our positions we took the opportunity to close out the April 90 Oil Service HOLDRS call option on Monday for a 50 percent gain in just two weeks. … Read More
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We bagged nice profits in two trades last week. We closed out our Maytag put option for a profit of 60 percent in just two weeks. And we sold our Coca-Cola call option for a gain of 51 percent in two months.As for our open positions, we added one new… Read More
Image via Wikipedia Weekly Update All told, since inception of The Aggressive Trader, our closed positions have netted us an average gain of 16.7 percent, with an average holding period of only 29 days. If you put equal dollar amounts into each trade that works… Read More