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While the intermediate-term outlook remains positive, we do think that the short-term trend will favor the bears as the market recoils from its powerful rally. more...
Unusually High Puts Activity
(High Put/Call Ratio)
| Ticker Symbol |
Company | Call Volume |
Put Volume |
Put/Call |
| WFT | WEATHERFORD INT | 129438 | 149492 | 1.15 |
| XOM | EXXON MOBIL CORP | 94200 | 101044 | 1.07 |
| HGSI | HUMAN GENOME | 206598 | 85194 | 0.41 |
| IBM | INTL BUS MACH | 60760 | 65194 | 1.07 |
| CVX | CHEVRON CORP | 53044 | 51208 | 0.97 |
| APOL | APOLLO GROUP | 41922 | 48668 | 1.16 |
| RDC | ROWAN COS INC | 3856 | 41332 | 10.72 |
| XHB | SPDR S7P Homebuilders | 66842 | 40878 | 0.61 |
| SYMC | SYMANTEC CORP | 55820 | 31884 | 0.57 |
| MO | ALTRIA GROUP | 22508 | 29116 | 1.29 |
With a number of big retail names reporting next week, are retail stocks big winners or bargain-basement bombs? more...
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Options Trading
When the market goes haywire, stock investors get killed but it's the traders -- specifically, the options traders -- who are the ones making a killing. Isn't it time that you started trading options for profits? We equip you with the tools and strategies you need to customize your options trading endeavors to fatten your portfolio and lead you to the financial freedom you deserve! more...
| Trade | Time Held |
Gain | |
| AMZN | Feb 50 Calls | 8 days | 135% |
| AVP | March 20 Puts | 19 days | 126% |
| BHI | Oct 37 Calls | 7 days | 150% |
| INTC | July 17 Calls | 1 day | 216% |
| MON | Oct 105 Puts | 4 days | 220% |
| XLF | Oct 22 Puts | 19 days | 195% |
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Meet Jon Lewis
Jon Lewis brings more than 20 years of writing and editing experience, in some of the nation's leading options newsletters, to the table in The Winning Edge, a weekly trading newsletter that helps members to profit with simple, easy-to-execute option plays designed to take advantage of earnings and other market events.
Profit from 2009's Earnings Shockers
While earnings expectations may feel as though they've been reined in, much of our quantified data on sectors and individual stocks suggests otherwise.
We've examined the trading landscape and developed an outlook for Q1 earnings and how we will profit from the coming earnings season. We'll send you the exact trades to make and the specific moves to take, but to see what's on our radar, read "Profit from 2009's Earnings Shockers" today!
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The 4 Stages of a Market Rally
We may be caught in one of the worst bear markets in history. But all bear markets, just like all bull markets, have one thing in common: They eventually come to an end.
So, when will the market rebound? Although no one can give us a specific time frame, there are four stages the market goes through before it can change course. Check our our four-part series on these stages:
