Options Profits Team

A Look at the Agriculture Space

By Options Profits Team

Gary Sandlund says today's USDA crop report indicated some supply-side factors that are quite burdensome in the forward contracts, or new-crop scenario. He says volatility will likely slow down in the agriculture space as we move into the summer months.

04:11PM 05/10/13

Daily Futures Wrap (May 9)

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MrTopStep tells you where the futures traded and how to set up for the next trading day.

05:10PM 05/09/13

Why Is the Market Down?

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Larry Shover says today the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are near the flat line. If we do close in the red, he says, it will be the first time since May 1.

03:06PM 05/09/13

Right Climate to Buy Puts

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Tim Biggam says the market is heating up, although earnings this quarter have come in fairly subdued and revenues are on the light side. Tim is looking at outright put purchases given the current climate.

01:01PM 05/07/13

Daily Recap of the Charts May 6

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Marc Sperling of T3Live review the day's market action and sets up your trading plan for the next session.

04:51PM 05/06/13

Plays in Alaska Air and Spirit Airlines

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George Tkaczuk discusses the possibility of emerging from the secular bear market of the past 13 years and looks at a play in two airline stocks: Alaska Air Group (ALK) and Spirit Airlines Inc. (SAVE).

01:03PM 05/06/13

Daily Futures Wrap (May 3)

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MrTopStep tells you where the futures traded and how to set up for the next trading day.

11:44PM 05/03/13

A Diversified Approach to Option Writing

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Dan Collins explains option writing, or collecting small amounts of profit by selling deep out-of-the-money options, which usually expire worthless. The danger, he says, is a spike in volatility.

12:40PM 05/03/13

Daily Futures Wrap, May 2

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MrTopStep tells you where the futures traded and how to set up for the next trading day.

05:09PM 05/02/13

Daily Futures Wrap (April 30)

By Options Profits Team

MrTopStep tells you where the futures traded and how to set up for the next trading day.

05:01PM 04/30/13