Author Archives: phoenix

Daily Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-19

By | January 19, 2021

Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-18 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $DBX, $ED, $KALA, $PCG, $SOLO, $ZNGA Newly Added:  $AAPL, $HBI, $SRPT Profits Taken:  NONE Stop-Loss Activated:  NONE Day Trade:  NONE $DBX, $ED, $KALA, $PCG, $SOLO, $ZNGA, $AAPL, $HBI, $SRPT As a whole, my portfolio was up on the day, though still relatively flat.   I had a few entry target hits and… Read More »

Options Watchlist – Week of January 18, 2021

By | January 18, 2021

Options Watchlist – 2021-01-18 Weekly Watchlist:  $AAPL, $DHI, $EXAS, $GOCO, $HBI, $IOVA, $NI, $NLS, $NOVA, $PINS, $SNAP, $SRPT, $TBPH Others:  $GILT, $SFIX AAPL $AAPL has been forming a bullish ascending triangle pattern since its high in early September, reaffirmed by its high in mid-December, with the upper bar around the $138 price tag. Its higher lows are… Read More »

Weekly Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-18

By | January 18, 2021

Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-18 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $DBX, $ED, $ZNGA Newly Added:  $KALA, $PCG, $SOLO Profits Taken:  $SRNE Stop-Loss Activated:  $SPY Day Trade:  NONE $DBX, $ED, $SRNE, $ZNGA, $KALA, $PCG, $SOLO, $SRNE It has been a few days since I’ve provided updates to my portfolio.  $SRNE spiked up and I captured profits.   I also found good entries for a… Read More »

Daily Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-12

By | January 12, 2021

Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-12 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $DBX, $ED, $SRNE, $ZNGA + $SPY Newly Added:  NONE Profits Taken:  $SURF, $ON Stop-Loss Activated:  $FISV Day Trade:  $SPY Tonight, I will re-examine my entry points for my watchlist and make any adjustments as needed.  But, nothing on my watchlist came to my entry point today, and I am not chasing,… Read More »

Daily Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-11

By | January 11, 2021

Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-11 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $DBX, $FISV, $ON, $SRNE, $SURF Newly Added:  $ED, $ZNGA Profits Taken:  NONE Today was a day that I had few entries and no holdings hit their targets.   From a market perspective, the day ended up being flat, however, both the VIX and UVXY are up.  In looking at the… Read More »

Weekly Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-10

By | January 10, 2021

Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-10 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $DBX, $FISV, $ON, $SRNE, $SURF Newly Added:  NONE Profits Taken:  $NIO Friday was a good end to a good week.  I am looking to hold at most 10 position, averaging around 8, in my swing portfolio. I closed 8 positions for at least 40% profit in my swing account… Read More »

Options Watchlist – Week of 2021-01-10

By | January 10, 2021

Long Options Watchlist – 2021-01-10 Weekly Watchlist:  $BRP, $CRM, $CVI, $DHI, $DKS, $GE, $HBI, $NLS, $ONEM, $PINS, $SNAP, $SOLO, $WDAY, $ZNGA The watchlist are those tickers that I reviewed that I felt I can hit whatever targets at within a week.  I am looking at now staying in most positions too long, capturing profit, and moving on.  Sometimes,… Read More »

Daily Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-07

By | January 7, 2021

Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-07 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $DBX, $FISV, $NIO, $ON, $SRNE, $SURF Newly Added:  NONE Profits Taken:  $FUV, $PINS, $SNAP Like many traders, I enjoyed today.  It seemed like every time I was in the middle of something for work, I got an alert about something good, like making profit. Now, as many things were… Read More »

Anatomy of a Trade – SNAP

By | January 7, 2021

As I’ve been working on my trading game, one of my favorite tools in my belt is Fibonacci lines, particularly Fibonacci extensions and Fibonacci retracements. One of the first thing I do with most any chart is to not just draw one set of these lines, but typically two of them.   Adding both an extension and… Read More »

Daily Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-06

By | January 6, 2021

Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-06 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $DBX, $FISV (re-entry), $FUV, $ON, $PINS, $SNAP, $SRNE, $SURF, $SESN (stock play) Newly Added:  $NIO Profits Taken:  $ACB, $ON (short-term position) Limited Loss:  $DGLY, $FISV Today was an interesting ride.   I loved how the day started and found some value along the way.  I was also able to limit some of… Read More »

Daily Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-05

By | January 5, 2021

Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-05 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $ACB, $DBX, $DGLY, $FISV, $ON, $SNAP, $SRNE Newly Added:  $FUV, $PINS, $SURF Profits Taken:  $DKS, $SIG Maybe I was right about yesterday being more of a selling day as people deferred some of their profits to 2021.  As nothing on the political or vaccine distribution issues have seen resolution, this seems… Read More »

Daily Options Portfolio Update – 2020-01-04

By | January 4, 2021

Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-03 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $ACB, $DBX, $DGLY, $FISV, $ON, $SIG, $SNAP, $SRNE Newly Added:  $DKS, $SESN The market was a bit of a roller coaster today.  Media is bringing up politics and issues with vaccine deployment as key issues pushing the market down.   However, I also think that there were a number of folks who… Read More »

Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-03

By | January 3, 2021

Options Portfolio Update – 2021-01-03 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $ACB, $DBX, $DGLY, $FISV, $ON, $SIG, $SNAP, $SRNE ON The star of my portfolio during the last day of trading in 2020 was $ON, setting a new 52-week high, both in closing and intraday activity.   And, given the trend, it is likely to continue above $34 before the next… Read More »

Options Watchlist – 2021-01-03

By | January 3, 2021

Long Options Watchlist – 2021-01-03 Weekly Watchlist:  $DHI, $DKS, $FPRX, $FUV, $HBI, $SESN, $ZNGA Removed:  $DBX (added to portfolio), $KALA (support failures) DHI After a run-up over much of the year, $DHI paused in mid-October and has been consolidating since. The daily chart shows the run-up from the end of the big March downturn to its 52-week… Read More »

Daily Options Portfolio Update – 2020-12-30

By | December 30, 2020

Daily Options Portfolio Update – 2020-12-30 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $ACB, $DGLY, $FISV, $ON, $SIG, $SNAP, $SRNE Today was definitely a greener day than yesterday.  The following are some of the items of interest from today’s action: ACB $ACB had a positive day, working from the 23.6 ret to the 38.2 ext. throughout the day, after… Read More »