Trading Advice

Many investors have no idea how options works. At InvestorPlace, we believe that you should know the difference between a put and a call. Our financial analysts will show you which stocks are ripe for swing trades, how to position your portfolio to minimize your risk, and what are the top stocks to trade this week.

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Twitter Stock Could Be Ready to Move

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor
Twitter stock resolved higher last Friday, following weeks of bullish resiliency. Active investors still can take advantage of this relative strength.

Trade of the Day: Mattel (MAT)

By Ken Trester
Unlike last week, stocks face a bigger hurdle than just a single strong day to reverse their bearish trend. Here’s a put option on a well-known company with a troubled stock that will allow you to profit on the downside.

XLE: Energy Stocks Are Bouncing Off the Bottom

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor
The energy sector has been a laggard for over a month. Thursday's bullish reversal move, however, could offer a mean-reversion rally play.

Trade of the Day: iShares Silver Trust (SLV)

By Mike Turner, Editor, Turner Analytics & Signal Investor
The silver market has lost more than 10% since July 2013; I don’t see any reason for this trend to reverse in the coming weeks.

Ryder Stock Rolls Over for Some Mean Reversion

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor
Ryder stock broke to new highs in September before quickly turning lower. This quick faltering now favors a deeper selloff in R shares.

Trade of the Day: Yum Brands (YUM)

By John Jagerson and Wade Hansen
The company is particularly sensitive to events in China, such as pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, and is also suffering a PR nightmare.

Intel Stock Flirts With Another Rally (INTC)

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor
In recent months, Intel stock has settled into a multimonth consolidation phase, but INTC now looks ready to spring back into action sometime in Q4.

3 Covered Calls on Buy-and-Hold Blue Chips

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor
How do you take boring blue chips and juice them for a little more income? Sell covered calls against them!

Trade of the Day: Silver Standard Resources

By Hilary Kramer, Editor, GameChangers
Whenever a silver correction like this has happened before in the last few years, SSRI has lifted substantially within a matter of weeks.

GoPro – Don’t Chase GPRO Stock Up the Mountain

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor
GPRO stock saw another great rally Monday on the back of an analyst upgrade and new offerings. Investors should let GoPro come back to earth.

Trade of the Day: General Motors (GM)

By Rick Rouse, Editor, Momentum Options
Today’s recommendation is for put options on GM, which appears ready to trade down to $32.50 over the near-term.

Activists Should Lift Yahoo Stock for More Than a Day

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor
Yahoo stock popped Friday as an activist pushed for a deal with AOL, putting shares in a great technical position for the next six to 12 months.

Trade of the Day: Eaton Corp. (ETN)

By Ken Trester
Only one of the nine major S and P 500 sector funds is bullish, down from seven of nine last week, and volatility indexes are moving higher.

Pandora Stock Is Shorting Out

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor
Pandora stock sliced below multimonth support on Thursday, opening up a path to more downside. Traders should consider shorting P stock.

Trade of the Day: Trinity Industries (TRN)

By Jon Markman, Editor, Trader's Advantage and CounterPoint Options
Rail stocks are booming along with the U.S. oil and gas industry.

Biogen (BIIB) Flexes Its Biotech Biceps

By Serge Berger, InvestorPlace Contributor
Biogen rallied nicely Wednesday, attacking technical resistance once more. This persistence should result in a major breakout of BIIB stock.

3 Naked Puts With High Premiums, Little Risk

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor
Naked puts on stocks that you wouldn't mind holding anyway is a great way to earn options income while reducing your risk.

Trade of the Day: Nucor Steel (NUE)

By John Jagerson and Wade Hansen
The Chinese economy is between a rock and a hard place.

The Bull’s Guide to Trading BlackBerry Stock Before Earnings

By Joseph Hargett, InvestorPlace Contributor
If you're willing to take a little risk, call spreads on BlackBerry stock make for a suitable trade ahead of the BBRY earnings report.
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