As has been the case more than a few times this year, just when it looks like the market's finally going to fall off the edge of the cliff, the bulls find a way to bring it back from the brink. After toying with multi-week lows on Thursday last week, the buyers stepped up to the plate on Friday. Still,...
Think a put option can only drive profits if the underlying stock or index moves lower? Think again. While the "buy low, sell high" (or "sell high, buy low," in the case of a put trade) is still sound axiom is still good advice, limiting yourself to the straightforward purchases of options doesn't let you capitalize on one of the...
Think a put option can only drive profits if the underlying stock or index moves lower? Think again. While the "buy low, sell high" (or "sell high, buy low," in the case of a put trade) is still sound axiom is still good advice, limiting yourself to the straightforward purchases of options doesn't let you capitalize on one of the...
It's official. The U.S. economy is humming again… at least judging from June's employment report from the Department of Labor. The country added 222,000 new jobs last month, handily topping expectations of only 173,000 new payrolls. The data was a pleasant surprise following a lackluster jobs-growth report from ADP on Wednesday. The payroll processor said we only created 158,000 new...
It's official. The U.S. economy is humming again… at least judging from June's employment report from the Department of Labor. The country added 222,000 new jobs last month, handily topping expectations of only 173,000 new payrolls. The data was a pleasant surprise following a lackluster jobs-growth report from ADP on Wednesday. The payroll processor said we only created 158,000 new...
By Annie Pei, CNBC The Nasdaq 100 broke a historical win streak, and according to one technical analyst, investors may have to brace themselves for a possible correction. Tuesday on CNBC's "Futures Now," Pension Partners' director of research, Charlie Bilello, pointed out that the Nasdaq 100 had been trading above its 50-day moving average for 138 consecutive trading days, which...
By Annie Pei, CNBC The Nasdaq 100 broke a historical win streak, and according to one technical analyst, investors may have to brace themselves for a possible correction. Tuesday on CNBC's "Futures Now," Pension Partners' director of research, Charlie Bilello, pointed out that the Nasdaq 100 had been trading above its 50-day moving average for 138 consecutive trading days, which...
By Annie Pei, CNBC Energy stocks tumbled Wednesday as oil sank after an eight-session win streak, leading Rich Ross to warn investors that there's only one level at which they should be buying into the sector at this point. The group was the worst-performing one in the first half of 2017, and the Evercore ISI technician says that there are...
By Annie Pei, CNBC Energy stocks tumbled Wednesday as oil sank after an eight-session win streak, leading Rich Ross to warn investors that there's only one level at which they should be buying into the sector at this point. The group was the worst-performing one in the first half of 2017, and the Evercore ISI technician says that there are...
One of the first lessons any new options trader learns — even if sometimes the hard way — is the importance of getting a grip on theta, or time decay. Simply put, theta measures how fast an option price deteriorates simply due to the passage of time. It's entirely possible to make the right directional call about an equity, but...
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