What are Renters?

By | December 29, 2020

What are Renters? While investing and/or trading, you may hear people talking about renters.  What are they? In short, it is stock against which the holder is selling covered calls and collecting premium. For those unfamiliar with a covered call, it is a call option that someone sells that is covered by shares of stock that… Read More »

Options Watchlist Update – 2020-12-29

By | December 29, 2020

Week of 2020-12-27 Watchlist:   $DKS, $DBX, $FUV, $HBI, $KALA, $ZNGA New Add:  $DHI, $SESN Previous Watchlist Entries Today was one of those days.   After the day started on the upside, the market decided to take a break from its upswing, with $ADD ending the day at -1108.   With that said, after the initial drop, as I wanted to… Read More »

Daily Options Portfolio Update – 2020-12-29

By | December 29, 2020

Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $ACB, $DGLY, $FISV, $ON, $SIG, $SNAP, $SRNE Today was a generally sideways day. The only holding of note for the day was $SNAP.   My standing limit order put the sell order at the top of the channel it has been trading in.   As the stock jumped early in the day, it came close… Read More »

Watchlist Update – 2020-12-28

By | December 28, 2020

Watchlist Update – 2020-12-28 2020-12-27 Watchlist:   $DKS, $FUV, $HBI, $KALA, $ZNGA New Add:  $DBX Update on previous watchlist Keep in mind a watchlist is just that. These are tickers that have interest for potential trading opportunities, but doesn’t mean that everything lines up with them. In many cases, we are still waiting for something to take place… Read More »

Daily Options (Long) Portfolio Update (2020-12-28)

By | December 28, 2020

Daily Portfolio Update – EOD 2020-12-28 Current Long Options Swing Portfolio:  $ACB, $DGLY, $FISV, $ON, $SIG, $SNAP, $SRNE Unlike the weekly update yesterday, I won’t have any charts in this one.  But, if you are curious, you can see each of these chart setups in my weekly portfolio update from yesterday (2020-12-27).   Today was a sideways day.   A… Read More »

2020-12-27 Options Watchlist

By | December 27, 2020

Today’s watchlist: $DKS, $FUV, $HBI, $KALA, $ZNGA DKS I looked to get into $DKS last Thursday but didn’t get filled on light volume.  Still looking at this as I love the setup. The daily chart is forming a bullish W.  It hit off the bottom twice.   The middle of the W bouncing off the 78.6% retracement.  Once it finishes… Read More »

Current Long Options Portfolio – 2020-12-27

By | December 27, 2020

I have long options positions in the following at this time:  $ACB, $DGLY, $FISV, $ON, $SIG, $SNAP, $SRNE As this is the first portfolio update, I apologize for this being a bit longer. ACB $ACB is one of the cannabis stocks that has been on many radars.  After the initial run-ups around the election, interest is coming… Read More »

In the beginning

By | December 27, 2020

Welcome! I cannot say that I am yet a successful trader, but I have been learning what I can and figuring out what works best for me. Though many come to the same general conclusions, every trader is different. My techniques are a mix of those I have learned from, as I am sure is… Read More »