When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, Sir? ~ John Maynard Keynes

This quote has been on my mind as I am about to publish a trade idea that runs contrary to an existing position we're currently carrying. And if the Market Gods are smiling, we may be able to win on both of them!

You've probably noticed a few recent blog posts and twitter comments from the All Star Charts team singing the praises of "cash". There's nothing wrong with cash as a position if there aren't any compelling ideas to get you excited about. In fact, its often the best move.

However, we options players can still structure trades that will profit in sideways markets. But a big challenge currently is that we prefer higher options prices driven by relatively high volatility to sell into -- and its hard to find that anywhere right now. Across the board, options prices are getting extremely compressed everywhere. What to do?

How about a strategy that positions us to benefit from sideways action while also getting a goose from any reversion to the mean (er, higher) volatility?

Imitation is the best form of flattery. And we liked our trade idea in $WYNN so much that a nearly identical play setting up in a completely different sector warrants us the opportunity to repeat the same mechanics.

There's something appealing about stacking edges in my favor while taking a shot on the short side of a casino stock that gives me a little extra juice. Waitress? I'm going to need another cocktail...

On last night's All Star Options monthly conference call, we laid out a play to buy a potential bounce in a leading name in the materials sector. For completeness, the trade plan is below.

This is the video recording of the March 2019 Conference Call for Members of All Star Options

If you're of the mind that the broader stock market is set to top out soon, then it makes sense to start hunting for short selling opportunities amongst the weakest sectors. One sector ripe for this right now is the shipping sector. And one stock in particular is offering a rare opportunity to play the downside with straight long puts.

We're headed into another monthly expiration cycle and its time to take some action on open positions with options expiring in March. Not going to sugar coat it -- March positions have been challenging!

Don't look now, but all-time highs are starting to pop up for some well known names. And after just completing the "hundred-dollar-roll," we've got an old classic offering us a cheap opportunity to play for some outsized relative gains.

A stock we've had our eyes on since early February made new all-time highs last week and is showing signs that its upcoming earnings report will offer us a nice catalyst for quick gains.

The real estate arena has been on a wild ride since early December. The sector (as measured by $IYR, US Real Estate ETF), tumbled more than 13% in less than four weeks, only to completely retrace the move in the next four weeks then continue trudging higher as if nothing happened. The move has been nothing short of astonishing. We've made our bet on a fade with $IYR, but to cover our bases, we've going to take a flier on an individual stock in the space that offers us a nice reward-to-risk opportunity and will hedge our sector risk, somewhat.

Another name in the cybersecurity space we've had our eye on the past couple weeks has offered us the pullback we were looking for to get involved. And there is an earnings event on the horizon that can act as a positive catalyst to drive our gains.