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

Whole Foods Market, Inc.: Make Dough in WFM With a Bull Call Spread

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

A WFM stock vertical looks well-suited to position for a bullish forecast off and on the chart at Whole Foods Market.

Sell Those FANGs Now – FB GOOG AMZN NFLX

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

FANGs are looking prone to bearish breakdowns should an overbought market remember the “risk-off” trade.

Gilead Sciences, Inc.: Short the Looming Value Trap in GILD Stock

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

GILD stock is looking ripe for the picking in biotech market that appears to be seeing a bounce, but Gilead is a value trap waiting to snap.

First Solar, Inc.: Capture a Sizzling FSLR Stock With THIS Options Play

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

Best-in-breed solar play FSLR is setting up for a large bullish move, which can be better managed with a long bull call spread.

Tesla Motors Inc: Roadblocks for TSLA Should Rev Up Profits for Bears

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

Technical concerns and the word of a notorious short seller entering Tesla stock support bearish positioning.

LinkedIn Corp: Go Bearish Ahead of the Mauling in LNKD Stock

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

Sufficiently timed and well-positioned, this long put strategy looks compelling in a crippled LNKD stock.

Kinder Morgan Inc: Squeeze More Income out of KMI Stock Using This

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

Staunch institutional and technical support combined with buy-write income equal stronger value in KMI stock.

Cisco Systems, Inc.: Short CSCO Stock’s Bear Market Rally With Confidence

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

CSCO stock puts offer value for bears looking to fade a rally into key resistance.

BA Stock: Short Boeing Co Before the Next Leg South

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

Whistleblowing on and off the Boeing chart suggests investors prepare for lower prices in BA stock with this long put strategy.

Intel Corporation – Profit From a Beleaguered Intel Stock (INTC)

By Chris Tyler, InvestorPlace Contributor

Intel stock is being ravaged by the bears, putting value and growth prospects in a distant second.

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