Calls, Puts & Options Trades

EOG Resources Powers Past the $100 Mark

By John Kmiecik, InvestorPlace Contributor
The company looks solid financially with increasing revenue growth, expanding profit margins and a nice growth in net income.

Sell Tesoro Puts on Profit-Taking in the Oil Space

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
Selling puts is a high-probability bet that TSO trades sideways or even higher from here.

Wal-Mart’s Earnings Miss May be Target’s Gain

By Tim Biggam, InvestorPlace Contributor
TGT has held support at the key $50 level and seems poised to make a move to close the gap between $55 and $59 by April options expiration.

Buy These 2 Chips on Dips!

By John Lansing
You can double your money on these chipmakers that are ready for a breakout.

NetApp Set to Beat Earnings Estimates Again

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors
Few companies can match NTAP’s record of beating or meeting earnings estimates.

Cloud Stock VMware Breaks $100, Wants to Fly Higher

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
This tech player has been resting near the century mark for three weeks before running above $102 in Monday’s trading, from which it can go higher.

Get a Profit Gusher from the Oil Services Industry

By Stutland Volatility Group
Instead of pinpointing one oil services company, we are targeting the Oil Services ETF for instant gains.

United Technologies Shares Preparing for Take-Off

By Tim Biggam, InvestorPlace Contributor
Embraer's news that it will upgrade its existing plane fleet should benefit UTX revenues.

First Solar Hitting a Dark Patch

By John Kmiecik, InvestorPlace Contributor
There’s still some downside left in FSLR before it has a chance of getting to its (heavily discounted) target price.

KLA-Tencor Options Attractive With Volatility Down, Shares Up

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
KLAC’s implied and historical volatility are right in line -- making option prices seem fairly priced here.

Exploit Elevated Volatility With This S&P 500 Option Trade

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
The options market is expecting in a big move, but probably NOT as much as is currently priced in.

A Retail ‘Call’ to Arms

By Jim Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Successful Investing, Intelligence Report, Bullseye Stock Trader
Major retailers say they’re expecting increased sales this holiday season. This is the play traders willing to take a bullish bet should make.

Market Volatility Fueling BP Share Price

By Stutland Volatility Group
It's a good time to take advantage of volatility by owning the stock and selling call options against it for instant income.

Inflation Pressures Likely to Put Brakes on Any Treasury Rally

By Tim Biggam, InvestorPlace Contributor
TLT moved up to $124 at the time of Operation Twist, only to fall back to the present level around $117 in Tuesday's trading.

2 Options for Playing a Nasdaq OMX Group Breakout

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
Once the stock is finally able to absorb all of the supply in this area, higher prices should be in the offing.

Ulta Salon an Easy Way to Beautify Your Portfolio

By John Kmiecik, InvestorPlace Contributor
Ulta shares are up almost 100% for the year, with the stock recently hitting a 52-week high.

Amazon Shares Rekindling Their Pre-Earnings ‘Fire’

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
Following last month’s post-earnings beatdown, AMZN is now filling in its earnings gap.

Will Disney Earnings Fail to Bring the Magic?

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors
Disney needs a blowout to break out of its funk, and the odds of such a report appear unlikely.

Salesforce.com’s Cloud Bubble Is About to Burst

By Tim Biggam, InvestorPlace Contributor
Paying over nine times sales for a $17 billion market cap company seems a little difficult to swallow.
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