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Market Sentiment Edge - Volatility
This is the fourth part of our in-depth look into the various edges traders base their decision making. You can see part 3 here, and all related articles here. Those who are subscribed to our...
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Trading Earning announcement with options
Earning announcements are probably the most important corporate action for a public company. Due to the uncertainty of the announcement, the expected (and realized) volatility during these times is...
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The edge of market Breadth
This is the third part of our in-depth look into the various edges traders base their decision making . You can read the previous part here and all of the series here. This methods are based on...
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JPM warrants could triple in value (JPM-WT)
This is a long thesis for JPM TARP warrants. The idea is similar to the previous thesis I gave on WFC here. JPM is one of the "big four" banks in the US. It is a full-service bank, with a huge...

Trading Implied Volatility - Part 3
In this article, I wish to discuss the importance of volatility and implied volatility to options trading. The volatility of a stock is a measure of how "fast" it moves in each direction. If we say...
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Trading Implied Volatility - Part 1 - Predicting stock movements
Predicting stock movements is the holy grail of investors, and many studies, tests, and systems have been developed and are being developed to do so. Four professors from Columbia, Georgetown, and...

Long WFC warrants (WFC-WT)
This is a long thesis for WFC TARP warrants. Wells Fargo bank ($WFC) is one of the best banks trading in the US. It is also one of Warren Buffett's largest holding, and he said numerous times how...
The edge behind Market Sentiment - Part 1
This will be the first part in a series of posts dedicated to exploring and explaining the edge behind the market sentiment tool. The market sentiment tool is designed to help traders understand...
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Long trade: SHLD- Sears holdings
With SHLD price getting close to 30$ 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...
FAQ: How to read the table header - Covered Call
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...