Chris Tyler

Chris Tyler

InvestorPlace Contributor

Chris Tyler, a Wall Street veteran of more than 20 years, began his career in the financial markets working on the trading floor of the AMEX in New York as an equity option market maker at Interactive Brokers’ floor trading unit Timber Hill LLC.

After moving to San Francisco to make markets on the P-Coast exchange during the dot-com craze and spending nearly a decade working in names like Philip Morris, Seagate and Compaq, Chris hung up his smock and trading badge, but not his passion for options and the markets.

Since exiting the floor, and for the better part of the past dozen years, Chris has worked as an option and market strategist, writing analyses for Trading Markets, Charles Schwab subsidiary Optionetics and as a featured columnist at Investor’s Business Daily.

Aside from offering his trading insights at InvestorPlace.com, Chris is currently studying for his Accredited Portfolio Management Advisor (APMA) designation, manages investments for closely held accounts and offers his services as an investment strategist to GLJ Advisors, a CA based RIA.

Chris, his wife and blue heeler live in the Pacific NW. And if you can’t follow him around in your own VW Vanagon or Westfalia, feel free to follow him on Twitter via @Options_CAT.

Recent Articles

Don’t Wait, Buy This Oracle Corporation Stock Strategy Now

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

Bullish investors can put the odds in their favor using a positioned long call butterfly in lieu of buying Oracle stock.

Why Applied Optoelectronics Inc Stock Will Keep Tumbling Lower

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

Without some serious changes to the top brass in AAOI, Applied Optoelectronics stock looks poised to continue its unfriendly trend lower.

Be Cautiously Optimistic in Starbucks Corporation Stock

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

A very low-risk and well-placed options strategy continues to look like the right blend of sweet profits with reduced risk in Starbucks stock.

Why Micron Technology, Inc. Stock Is a Buy Again

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

There is a bullish case for Micron stock, and all the signs point to it being time to buy what Wall Street is selling. However, you can do it more intelligently with a bull call spread in MU stock.

Sorry Qualcomm, Inc. Bears, It Has Bottomed Again!

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

It’s not that complicated in QCOM -- simply trust the price chart and use this play to reduce and limit risk in Qualcomm stock.

Facebook Inc Is At Risk of a Correction — Trade It Now!

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

Wall Street has quickly changed its tune about risk, but the Facebook Inc stock chart is looking a good deal more friendly for bears using a vertical put spread.

Square Inc Is Going to $50 — Here’s How to Trade It

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

If you believe the bullish narrative in Square Inc but see near-term gains as capped following earnings, the options market has just the position for you to take in SQ stock.

Be a Bull, But Don’t Buy Twilio Stock

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

Twilio isn’t entirely out of the woods but improving conditions off and on the price chart support using a bull call spread for TWLO stock investors looking to nibble.

It’s Game Time for Under Armour Stock Bulls!

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

For contrarian-minded Under Armour bulls, suiting up in UAA stock with a modified fence strategy offers a terrific defense and slam dunk opportunity.

Why Netflix, Inc. Stock Is Scorching Hot Now

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

If you subscribe to happy endings, NFLX stock is a buy, but a modified fence will keep bulls well-positioned in the event the Netflix storyline changes.

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