Posted on June 14th, 2022
When one gets in to options trading and even for those that have traded options for any length of time, it is tough sometimes to sit on ones hands and NOT trade. But, as the more seasoned options traders know, there are times where NOT trading is the best choice. The markets are bearish, and […]
Posted on April 22nd, 2022
We are in earnings season so what one has to manage is their expectations on Money Calendar patterns keeping the earnings date in mind. We are not advocates of holding an options trade over an earnings announcement, even a straddle has rules as my Operation Surge Strike colleague and friend Mike Wade teaches in his […]
Posted on April 20th, 2022
What headline concerning doesn’t have some feeble attempt at a pun by using the word ‘soar’ or ‘soaring’ right? But that is what airline stock CEO’s are kind of forecasting when they speak of their companies outlook in the coming quarters which will take us through the summer. Many airline stocks have reported their 1st […]
Posted on April 4th, 2022
Take a look at the share price of Twitter, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWTR) today. It is up over 25% thanks to the decision of Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, to purchase 73.5 million shares of TWTR stock. That equates to a 9.2% ‘passive’ stake that he is taking in the social media company. As for the […]
Posted on March 15th, 2022
Expectations of the Fed this Week There seems to be much more anticipation for this weeks Fed Meeting than in recent ones. Large in part because it is expected the Fed will raise the short-term interest rates by at least a quarter of a point. They are also expected to give an update on their […]
Posted on February 17th, 2022
Stock Market Volatility Tensions between Russia and Ukraine remains an important story that is playing out over the financial news networks continuously. The markets have more to deal than that such as pending rate hikes due to high inflation risk. In one sense it seems the markets are pricing in the story on rate hikes, […]
Posted on February 4th, 2022
What Meta Platforms, Inc. Taketh Away, Amazon.com, Inc. Giveth Sure, Snapchat and Pinterest reported earnings today, but in regard to how well their stock price performance affects the markets, it pales in comparison to what the Amazon stock price performance can do to or for the markets. AMZN reported 4th Quarter earnings of $27.75 per […]
Posted on February 3rd, 2022
Meta Platforms, Inc. Misses Earnings and Guides Lower Earnings for the fourth quarter for Meta Platforms, Inc. (NYSE: FB) came in at $3.67, This is less than the 3.84 analysts were expecting. It did however beat on revenue for the quarter coming in at $33.67 billion vs. $33.4 billion estimated. They also guided lower on […]
Posted on January 10th, 2022
Is This a One-Day Bounce in the Markets or More? We will see hot this last hour of the day goes, but right now the Dow, NASDAQ and S&P 500 are all up off their lows. They are all still negative on the day, but not as bad as they were earlier. One thing I […]
Posted on January 7th, 2022
Equities Market Continues Its Short-term Slide In my weekly Tom’s Newsletter found on my premium options analysis and educational website www.tomsoptiontools.com, aka Toms Tools, I analyze the overall equities markets by analyzing the chart on the SPY. This is the ETF that tries to replicate the returns of the S&P 500 Index. I then go […]
