Buy to Open Small Put Positions in TOL and DIA

by | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized

After trading the home builders and the DIA for quick 15-day gains, we now have an opportunity to trade the downsides. Toll Brothers (TOL) – for example – just gave us returns of 44% and 65% gains on the long side. But the stock is now over-extended to the upside,...

Exit a Handful of Positions…

by | Aug 20, 2014 | Uncategorized

We have good news and bad news… Let’s start with the bad news.  The second half of the KNDI September 19 put isn’t working out as hoped.  We closed half of this position for gains of 31% in late July 2014.  We’re now recommending that you close out the second half at...

Exit half of KB Home and Lennar

by | Aug 19, 2014 | Uncategorized

Homebuilder stocks are picking up steam very nicely. After taking half of the TOL December 33 calls off the table yesterday, we’re recommending that you now exit half of the KB Home (KBH) October 17 calls for up to 67% gains, and half of the LEN November 37 calls for...

Sell XLNX, Sell DIA, Sell Half TOL

by | Aug 18, 2014 | Uncategorized

The other day we recommended exiting just half of the Xilinx (XLNX) January 2015 42 call for gains of up to 33%. Today, after watching the underlying stock just lay around, we’re recommending that you sell to close the second half today. We can use this capital...

Buy to Open NDLS and RRGB Calls

by | Aug 17, 2014 | Uncategorized

Consider these two higher risk trade opportunities. Shares of Noodles & Company (NDLS) have been absolutely slaughtered since IPO.  But each and every time NDLS gets this low on MACD or RSI, we see a quick bounce to the upside.  We hope to do that again now with a...

Exit half of Xilinx calls

by | Aug 15, 2014 | Uncategorized

We continue to hold all open positions, including the newly issued DIA calls as the Dow Jones bounces off the 200-day, and the homebuilder calls that are rebounding nicely. Today, we’re recommending that you sell to close half of the XLNX January 2015 42 calls, as the...

Exit Half of Both HSY Positions

by | Aug 14, 2014 | Uncategorized

Well that was ridiculously easy. On August 4, we recommended a buy on the HSY January 2015 90 call as it traded at just $3.10.  Today, it’s up to $4 for gains of 29%.  Sell to close just half of the position to secure that quick gain. We also recommended a buy on the...