Investor Education Pt2
Daily Stock Report for Thursday Morning, March 11
, 2010 pt2
Summary Opinion
The Russell 2000 (small caps) and Nasdaq Composite (Techs) have exceed the January 2010 highs, establishing this as a bull market that is resuming after a pullback. When the Dow30 and S&P 500 exceed the January 2010 highs, stocks should move higher.
Calendar (All Eastern times)
Tuesday, 830am, Continuing Claims, 4495K
Tuesday, 830am, Initial Claims, 460K
Tuesday, 930am, Trade Balance, -$41B
Wednesday, 830am, Retail Sales, 0.2%
Wednesday, 955am, Univ. Michigan Sentiment, 73.8
Wednesday, 1000am, Business Inventories, 0.2%
Thursday, 830am, Continuing Claims, 4500K
Thursday, 830am Initial Claims, 460K
Friday, 830am, Retail Sales, -0.2%
Friday, 955am, Univ Michigan Sentiment, 74.0
Friday, 1000am, Business Inventories, 0.1%
Follow-up notes:
TM, Toyota Motors stock dropped as expected on that news event after the market closed of the runaway Prius. Looking for this to move up.
ITMN, Intermune did get bought out today and opened at $39.04 from yesterdays $$23.30 and last weeks $15. That was the worst kept secret on the street.
Focus chart: (Worden Stockfinder chart)
AIG, American Intl Group is developing into a bullshort that people have been speculating that the government is going to restrict people from selling this stock short (and other stocks the government owns). But there is another way to profit from this without shorting the stock.
This is for experienced and aggressive investors with high risk tolerance. This involves stock options and make this position really small, please. Dont get heavy or over-weighted with this strategy. This is high risk. This involves stock options and the two ways you can do this is outlined below:
Before you attempt this, wait for AIG stock to move higher, preferably over $40. It looks like it has more upside to it after being up 10.6% today (Wednesday). Somewhere around $40 would be where Id consider opening a very small opening position but it could easily go higher.
You can buy put options LONG with, lets say, a strike price of $40 and an expiration month of April. The root option symbol for AIGs April 40 put would be IKG PH (verify this on your own). Currently the quote is bidding $6.80 and offering $7.00 and the AIG stock price is $36.00. As the AIG stock goes up, this option price would go down and you goal is to buy this put option at the lowest price when AIGs stock peaks, whenever that is. It could be anywhere from $39-41. You dont want to buy the March puts, you wont have time for this to mature in your favor. If you do buy these, the ideal scenario is the stock drops quickly and you take profits quickly, perhaps in a few days. The longer you wait to sell, the faster the value of this option premium will drop (the 6.80 x $7.00 right now).
This strategy is extremely dangerous and requires a lot of money in your account. It also takes special approval in your brokerage account to do this, what most brokerage firms call option approval level 3. Please dont use this technique unless you have already traded a lot of options and fully understand the risks. Theoretically this has unlimited potential for loss. And again, dont build a big position in this, it could tie up your whole account in buying power and you could easily get margin calls or be forced to sell some contracts if you build too big of position in relation to the account value. This isnt just a disclaimer, this is really advanced stuff and high risk. So you may ask, why am I even discussing this? Because it is really effective technique I use with bullshorts but you have to understand what you are doing first, OK? Its usually very profitable but at least watch this on paper without you trading it, its a great tool to have in your bag.
So lets say the stock moves up and peaks at $41 in the next few trading sessions. You sell the calls naked calls (same as selling the calls short) and the ideal scenario is you sell them when the stock is at its high. You would sell the April 40 calls, IKG DH at the highest price you can get. Currently they are bidding $2.05 and offering $2.14.
If AIGs stock moves up to $41 for example, this option would probably be about $3.75 x $3.80. And if you sold 10 contracts, you would get 1,000 x $3.75 = $3,750 (1 contract controls 100 shares) and this would be credited into your brokerage account as soon as you sell them. If the stock drops as we expect AND stays below the $40 strike price at the expiration date (3rd Friday of April or April 16, 2010) you would get all the $3,750 and you would not even have to buy them back to close the option position. They would expire worthless and you get the whole premium. You can also trade them and buy them back before expiration like you would a stock. You can even work with the April 45 calls, IKG DI if the stock, AIG, goes up a lot more than we think, like near $45.
Well, there is a quick lesson on options. It is complicated, especially #2, and I expect you to fully understand this in the next 48 hours, lol!
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