All Star Options Articles

This is the video recording of September 10th 2021 Weekly Jam Session with Sean McLaughlin.

The big indexes offered us a little pullback this week which has been helping us identify the true standouts -- the stocks that are holding up best in a down tape. We're all about relative strength at All Star Charts as it is one of the most reliable...

This is the video recording of September 3rd 2021 Weekly Jam Session with Sean McLaughlin.

Steve Strazza and I were chatting this morning shortly after the market opened, looking for trading opportunities.

We were scanning the list of stocks we've been watching and one thing that is plain to see is the stocks that are working are...

The ASC team published an Under the Hood report last week in which there were a bunch of interesting opportunities to choose from. But I held my fire -- until now.

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In last week's Follow the Flow report, there was a name that caught my attention, but it felt to me the stock had gone too far too fast and I didn't want to chase it.

Well,...

The mostly sideways slide into autumn is continuing, which has kept me on the hunt for more delta-neutral credit spreads to take advantage of during these slow times.

I generally prefer to do these types of trades on sector or index ETFs. But...

The All Star Charts team is once again focused on financials, recently publishing a bullish piece on banks all around the world.

We've already got some exposure on the...

JC has a short post up today about "The Oil Dilemma." He and I talked about this situation yesterday and I like the way it is setting up for a little premium collection to...

As always, there are a number of interesting investment ideas in the latest 2-to-100 Report published this week.

The one that most caught my eye has seen a recent collapse...

There's a reason long-time investors are invested in low volatility household names that pay steady dividends: because over the long run, they work! The steady dividends and low volatility can be counted on to take care of us in retirement. This is a...

This is the video recording of the August Options Conference Call with Sean McLaughlin & JC Parets.

The team pumped out the Saturday Chartoons letter this weekend and as always, there were some nuggets of wisdom and ideas to be found therein.

The tone...

Traders woke up Monday morning to a little reminder that volatility happens.

It certainly wasn't a calamity, but it was a larger gap down opening than we've seen in a while, following an ugly close on Friday which certainly has put some...

If so, we've got an idea to play it.

We've had a couple picks from our recent Young Aristocrats report that I've liked for options plays. But I waited on this one until today...

JC put a post up today taking a look at the Semiconductor sector. As a group, the sector is looking poised for a breakout and he goes into some of the even...

This is the video recording of the July Options Conference Call with Sean McLaughlin & JC Parets.

I've always wondered -- can publicly traded advisory and consulting services recommend the purchase of their own stock to their clients? There's probably a rule against this. Certainly, it would be in an ethical gray area.

That's too bad,...

Every so often I like to put on some delta neutral credit spreads to balance out the portfolio a bit. It's all about diversifying the books so that I'm not solely reliant on direction or volatility. We've got positions on currently that will benefit...

The latest Young Aristocrats report is out and as always, there are some great opportunities setting up there. These are stocks with tremendous dividend growth consistency that are...

It's summertime and where I live in Colorado, everyone is planning camping and RV trips up in the mountains. There's something about fresh mountain air, cool crisp evenings, and enjoying a beverage next to a roaring campfire.

You would think...

I feel like I say this every time I put a bearish trade on these days: My bearish muscles feel out of shape!

But the ASC team put out a bearish piece on transportation stocks...

The team at All Star Charts has started putting out a new report called "Follow the Flow." The goal of this report is to "create a universe of stocks that experienced...

This is the video recording of the June Options Conference Call with Sean McLaughlin & JC Parets.