Daily Archives: May 30, 2011

YHOO

Posted on May 30, 2011 by admin

YHOO is another interesting stock with a high TV.  It’s now right on SMA200.  The question is whether YHOO has done selling.  It’s ATM weekly call (16) has 1.3% return and its Jun. 18 ATM call has 3% return.  

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MCP

Posted on May 30, 2011 by admin

MCP has the highest time value among all the weeklys (2.42% for an ATM strike of 62.5, exp in 4 days).  MCP’s recent fall from high 70s appears to have halted at ~60.  For an ITM strike of 60 (a … Continue reading →

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SLW

Posted on May 30, 2011 by admin

SLW is another interesting stock.  SMA200 has been a strong support for the past 2 years.  SLW is above SMA200 (34.05) and has just broke out of the SMA 20 (35.5).  A covered call with a weekly 36 call yields … Continue reading →

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A run-up of weeklys sorted by the time values

Posted on May 30, 2011 by admin

The following shows part of a table of CBOE weekly options with calculated time values and other values.  The lower of their position in the table, the higher the time value, i.e., MCP has the highest time value, whereas AIG, … Continue reading →

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NVDA

Posted on May 30, 2011 by admin

NVDA is breaking out of the SMA 20 and 50 lines.  It shows a strong support at 17.5-18 range.  A covered-call with an ITM strike of 19 (2.46% ITM) yields 1% return in 4 days 0r June 18 strike 19 … Continue reading →

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A few other trading candidates

Posted on May 30, 2011 by admin

A quick look shows the following interesting stocks as possible candidates: MCP, SLW, YHOO, INTC,  NVDA.  We’ll study each of them in more detail.

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