All Star Options Articles

In the latest All Star Charts Monthly Conference Call, JC laid out a number of bullish trades. In the week or so since that call, a number of...

Don't fight the tape. The markets are moving higher, whether we agree with it or not.

That said, we want to be long the strongest stocks. This is trendfollowing 101.

Last week, Steve Strazza put up...

Ok, I have to be honest here. I'm not incredibly bullish at these prices. As much as I try to divorce myself from the news cycle and the fundamentals, its hard to think NOW is the time to get long.

That said, only price pays, and charts and...

Add Industrials to this list of sectors (like financials) that are badly underperforming in the current market environment. This chart says it all:

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In a recent blog post, JC highlighted some bullish stocks that he can simply no longer ignore. Regardless of whether or not we feel the upside may be close to exhausting itself...

For the past week or so, it's been a feeling to me that markets are setting up for some sideways chop with any directional bias being to the downside from here.

Meanwhile, options volatilities still remain elevated across the board (though...

So now that all the "FANG" stocks have reported earnings and their price performance has essentially dragged equities indexes higher over the past month, now what?

JC came out with a piece this weekend that...

This is the video recording of the April 2020 Conference Call for Members of All Star Options

It would seem that the "new" economy we live in -- one where we order everything online for fear of walking into stores -- would benefit the companies that provide the infrastructure and transportation to make that happen. Fundamentally, that makes...

The guys at ASC are out with a piece this week highlighting the weakness under the hood in some of the biggest sectors in the US Stock Market. Read it here.

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You know who wins in volatile markets? The companies that collect fees on every trade -- that's who. Seems like a no-brainer, right?

And that concludes my deep dive into fundamental analysis.

Now let's take a look at a great technical...

Since I've got a little positive delta building in my portfolio and I'm leaning towards the market feeling a bit overextended here, I'm adding a little negative delta in an index to help balance the risks in my portfolio a bit.

And of course,...

Options premiums are still pretty elevated across the landscape and the default mode for me when looking for trades to put on is still to prefer selling premium to express any directional bets.

However, JC put some bullish metals ideas in my...

This is the video recording of the April 2020 Conference Call.

Just a couple weeks ago, we put on a delta neutral credit spread in the Industrials $XLI to take advantage of pumped up volatility. That trade...

As long as it continues to pay, being delta-neutral short in this environment feels like the right move for me. We've already had some of our May positions hit our profit targets. But there is still meat on the bone for more short premium plays into...

The song remains the same. Picking directions in this market is a crapshoot. The way I explained it to a non-trader friend of mine was like this:

Imagine lighting firecrackers with extremely short wicks. Fun and exhilarating when the payoff...

With $VIX still holding above 50 and picking a direction is a crapshoot here, I'm still on the hunt for delta-neutral premium selling opportunities.

The way I do it is I scan the most liquid ETFs out there and rank them by volatility. And then...

Options premiums remain elevated in this market. This continues to put me on the hunt for premium selling strategies in the most liquid ETFs.

One of the ETFs showing the highest volatility appears to be starting to settle into a range. And we...

As markets start to (relatively) calm down, trading opportunities with clearly defined risk management levels are once again starting to reveal themselves.

One such opportunity is presenting right now in the semi-conductors space.

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A Bullish Trade? Is Sean crazy?

Believe it or not, there are stocks holding up "well" in this tape. "Well" is obviously a relative term.

JC published a bullish piece...

On Monday, I laid out my plan for entering into $SPY Iron Condors steadily throughout the week. I entered into the final Iron Condor this morning and wanted to give...

This is the video recording of the March 2020 Conference Call.

I'll start by saying: this is no ordinary week. But you knew that.

If you are sitting on the sidelines, waiting for all this craziness to subside, that is not a bad idea at all. There is no reason to put our money at risk if we can't get a...