Options Trading

Buy This Dividend Stock on a Pullback

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
EV Energy Partners is currently overvalued, but is headed higher in the longer term. Get the target for EVEP.

Apple’s Buying Event of the Decade: Don’t Miss Out!

By Michael Shulman, Editor, Options Income Blueprint
Not only is the stock (and the January 2012 and 2013 options) a steal right now, but you can pump up your returns with very attractive covered call premiums.

Crocs Falls Flat on Less-Than-Stylish Earnings

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
After the 42% haircut chopped off CROX share price in the last few days, there is opportunity for savvy investors to make money amid the rubble.

Make Your Portfolio Shine With Tiffany & Co. Calls

By John Kmiecik, InvestorPlace Contributor
TIF had a nice run-up in October and has gotten above its 200-day moving average again, which is a bullish sign.

Who Needs Dividends? Get More Monthly Income with Options

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor
Don't settle for small or nonexistent dividends when you can turn your current stocks into a source of steady returns with options.

Pullback in CERN Makes it a Steal

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Health care stock Cerner Corp. is in a powerful bull channel. Get the target.

A Volatility Play on the Return to Normalcy

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
Here's a short volatility trade for a return to an uptrending market.

Why it Pays to Enter an Option in 2 Trades

By Ethan Roberts, InvestorPlace Contributor
You can hedge against being too early on an options trade by cutting your allotment in half and making two trades instead of one.

Big Blue’s Shares Tumble After Decent Earnings

By Tim Biggam, InvestorPlace Contributor
While the actual numbers were in line, there was no earnings surprise, so the stock was taken out to the proverbial woodshed.

RadioShack to Start Next Week’s Earnings With a Thud

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors
RadioShack has had problems meeting analyst expectations, with three beats, three misses and two meets in the last two years. That track record hardly inspires confidence.

‘Bad’ Banks Can Provide Great Investing Returns

By Preston James, Weekly Windfall Secrets
With ironclad balance sheets and dividends, there's value in banking and other important financial stocks that you can capture right away with weekly options.

EMC’s Q3 Earnings Rise; Stock Should Follow

By John Kmiecik, InvestorPlace Contributor
Earnings season is upon us, so traders and investors need to be careful when picking stocks to buy and, in turn, to sell calls against…

S&P 500 Charts at a Critical Crossroads

By Daniel Putnam, InvestorPlace Contributor
A breakout at this point could signal a substantial, true rally -- but a failure could yank the rug out from underneath the markets.

Time to Get Bearish on the Nasdaq-100 via this ETF

By Tim Biggam, InvestorPlace Contributor
The chase for higher-volatility names has never ended well, so I'm looking for the QQQs to pull back to the 50-day moving average of $54 by year-end.

Play Gold’s Pullback With This Put Option Trade

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
The key to playing GLD with this put spread merely requires that the precious metal doesn’t drop too far in value from current levels.

USB’s Uptrend Should Continue After Wednesday’s Earnings

By Chris Johnson and Jon Lewis, Contributors
We’re not looking for a huge rally from USB after earnings, but its uptrend should continue, and we're looking to play it with November call options.

Biogen Idec Looking to Break Out

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
BIIB is setting up technically to run up in front of its Oct. 28 earnings announcement.

Get in on Hewlett-Packard Call Options Here Before Earnings

By John Kmiecik, InvestorPlace Contributor
If HPQ can get over a resistance area at about $26.30, HPQ might be able to fill the gap it left in August.

Are Your Stocks in Need of Some Short-Term Protection?

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician
The options market provides virtually limitless choices when it comes to protecting, and generating income from, your long stock positions.
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