When I was a kid I always dreamed of a life of trader. When I was 15 I dreamed of having money working for me and not me working for it. At that time I didn’t have means to fulfill my dream. Today, it seems I can reach that dream. Trading makes me Continue reading →
Making 45% Annually Trading Options Against Dividend Growth Stocks
Archive for July, 2014
New trade – Amazon (AMZN) in troubles… and my easy money trade too! Sold some calls.
What was about to be an easy money trade a week ago is about to become a disaster. A week ago I sold a bull put spread expecting Amazon (AMZN) to go higher. Well, I must admit I didn’t expect Amazon would miss it’s quarter the way it did. Right now, AMZN sold off -10% Continue reading →
Retail Trader nets $50 million on $196 million trading the SPX and how she did it.
Karen the Supertrader re-joins Tom Sosnoff and Tony Battista in 2014 for a tastytrade exclusive follow-up interview! Karen the Supertrader breaks down the strategies she used in 2013 to earn $50 million on $196 million.
Another trader made it from $1500 to $1 Million in 3 years
I am not into penny stocks. I do not understand them, I do not know how to evaluate them, where to get information, etc. It is a foreign thing from another planet for me. Here is a video of Timothy Sykes’s student, who studied his strategy and invested $1500 which he borrowed from his parents. Continue reading →
New Trade – Amazon (AMZN) weeklys Bull Put Spread, will it succeed?
Here is another new trade I plan to open tomorrow morning. It will be a bull put spread against Amazon (AMZN). The stock shows a great push up at the beginning of a new breakout trend. I believe it will repeat the previous cycle when it broke up from a squeeze. If it repeats the Continue reading →
Trade exits – TASR (+3.11%), AMZN (+9.54%), AAPL (+3.54%), FCX (+3.07%) Happy Friday Expiration
This week trading was definitely something. It was erratic and crazy. I had some trades which were good, turned bad, ugly, and great again. All in one week! So what happened and what trades I had or could take off the table? Let’s take a review. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) – This was a great trade Continue reading →
Trade exit – AAPL long call for a loss (-24%)
I once read a story about a trader who was quite successful trading futures – E mini S&P 500 and he was making a lot of money. Later he wanted to start trading different markets and he decided to trade currencies at Forex. Guess what. He almost lost everything. So he got back to trading Continue reading →
New Trade – BUY OCT14 CALLS on AAPL – my first directional trade
This trade against Apple (AAPL) will be my first directional trade buying long calls. In the past I traded this kind of option strategy the wrong way and no wonder that it didn’t work for me so I stopped buying options and instead started selling options. First, let’s take a look on the chart below, Continue reading →
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