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This article will Explain how to read the Market sentiment gadget. This gadget is a quantitative tool designed to help investors understand the current market conditions and help them hone their...

With SHLD price getting close to 30$ I think it is a good time to describe a long thesis for SHLD. This 4 minutes video summarize the idea pretty well.

$SHLD Chart

To summarize:

1. SHLD will...

During October, I published a trade idea on IBM. The idea was bullish and contrarian and, in short, was: Even though IBM has deviated from its roadmap - The buyback and the long-term pricing power...

As part of this FAQ post we are going to expand on the different option scanners available on option samurai. You can read more about adding a new scanner on a post with that name.

First thing we...

Here is a quick explanation about the table headers and how to best use them.

Option Samurai table header

Let's start from the left:

Actions allow you to interact and activate advance feature...

Summary:

The last earning call for IBM was terrible. Not only missing this year's estimates but deviating from the 20$ EPS in the 2015 road map.

IBM's business is cyclical, and there are...

With recent market sell off and Ebola scares, Shares of CCL (Carnival Corporation) and RCL (Royal Caribbean Cruises) are getting hammered - losing 13%-14% in about two weeks.

Chart:

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**Update: MSN removed completely stockscouter rating from their site. I've written an update with 5 free replacements you can try **

Many investors used MSN stockscouter rating in order to find...

I'm taking advantage of the fact that Implied volatility is so low in $VZ to buy a long call. This trade has limited risk: 93$ (1.9% of the risk of buying 100 shares) and unlimited reward.

Here is...

I like using dividend capture strategy with covered calls, because i can capture two sources of income: Dividend and premium.

Looking for dividend capture w/ options on $JPM $ACN $VZ $TK $COV...