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Added by Brian on May 16, 2012 at 10:00pm — No Comments

SMF Notes CBOE Says ‘SPXpm’ Options on S&P 500 to Start Trading Oct. 4

By Nina Mehta - Sep 13, 2011 6:15 PM ET

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CBOE Holdings Inc. (CBOE) said SPXpm, a new type of Standard & Poor’s 500 Index option, will start trading Oct. 4 on the exchange operator’s C2 platform.

The C2 Options Exchange was given permission on Sept. 2…

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Added by ken flagg on September 13, 2011 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Stock & Options Trading Education Training Videos

Featured Stock & Index Analysis Videos

Index Options Trading Education S&P 500 - 7/24/2011

Baidu Earnings…

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Added by Brian on July 24, 2011 at 4:00pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Unusual Options Activity

•GERN Jan12 6 calls (volume: 1430, open int: 80, implied vol: ~72%, prev day implied vol: 57%) -- co is scheduled to present Jun 6 at the Jefferies 2011 Global Healthcare Conference. Co is also expected to report earnings late July.

•FNSR Jun 26 calls are seeing interest ahead of earnings June 15 after the close (volume: 3460, open int: 1340, implied vol: ~70%, prev day implied vol: 67%)…

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Added by ken flagg on May 24, 2011 at 10:19pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Featured Video: How to Trade Options Expiration

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Added by ken flagg on March 7, 2011 at 11:18pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Massive Put Options Bought on the S&P 500 Index Indicating Another 2010 Stock Market Crash?

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Added by ken flagg on February 16, 2011 at 1:17pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Unusual Options Activity

The following options are exhibiting notable trading, potentially indicating changing sentiment toward the underlying stocks, and/or potentially representing positioning for increased volatility.

Bullish Call Activity:

* LVS calls are seeing interest with strength in the underlying stock along with other casino/gaming names following positive analyst…

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Added by ken flagg on January 7, 2011 at 7:07pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Unusual Options Activity

The following options are exhibiting notable trading, potentially indicating changing sentiment toward the underlying stocks, and/or potentially representing positioning for increased volatility.

Bullish Call Activity:

* JNS Jan 13 calls (volume: 2620, open int: 210, implied vol: ~36%, prev day implied vol: 30%) * HOV Jan 4.5 calls are seeing…

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Added by ken flagg on December 21, 2010 at 7:41pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Early Options Activity

Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:30 AM

Taking an early look at the options market, we found the following names that may be worth watching throughout the day for further indication of investor expectations given their options volume and implied volatility movement.

Stocks seeing volatility buying (bullish call buying/bearish put…

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Added by ken flagg on December 21, 2010 at 12:46pm — No Comments

SMF Notes Early Options Activity

Taking an early look at the options market, we found the following names that may be worth watching throughout the day for further indication of investor expectations given their options volume and implied volatility movement.

Stocks seeing volatility buying…

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Added by ken flagg on November 4, 2010 at 3:06pm — No Comments

SMF Notes: Unusual Options Activity

The following options are exhibiting notable trading, potentially indicating changing sentiment toward the underlying stocks, and/or potentially representing positioning for increased volatility.

Bullish Call Activity:

* COCO Aug 7.5 calls are seeing interest ahead of eanrings next week on Aug 18 before the open (volume: 8000, open int: 12.5K, implied vol: ~130%, prev day implied vol: 100%)

* ARNA Aug 8 calls are seeing interest… Continue

Added by ken flagg on August 12, 2010 at 2:22pm — No Comments

July 11 - 17th Earnings Report Calendar & Options Expiration Week!!

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Added by Tami Trades on July 11, 2010 at 12:02pm — No Comments

Journal 6-14-2010 The Teenie Factor

Lesson: The Teenie…

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Added by Tami Trades on June 15, 2010 at 12:04am — 3 Comments

Journal 5-07-2010: The Day After, Capitulation = Opportunity

The Day After

Futures were down again to start the day, and after yesterday's Intraday Crash, it was expected. All global markets took quite a haircut yesterday, deservedly so. The markets were very overbought for an extended period of time and Mario has been teaching SMF… Continue

Added by Tami Trades on May 8, 2010 at 5:31am — No Comments

5/4/2010 Journal: Next floor down! HUGE DROP today!

Mario called the Market Top and it looks as though we may have witnessed this. Today the market was in full meltdown mode from the morning bell on. Yes there were a few dips which I tried to enter on for a quick trade yet overall is was about distribution. The Market is overbought folks and there has been no real correction until this trend began 5 days ago. We are seeing any upward moves on the left side, which means this slanted trend is in a downward momentum. Lower lows and Lower highs… Continue

Added by Tami Trades on May 4, 2010 at 9:16pm — No Comments

Journal 5/2/2010 Lesson: DOW - Trend Reversal Technical Analysis & Trading Options

Lesson - DOW Weekly Technical Analysis - Trend Reversal

In trends we watch for pattern changes and trend ratio imbalances to establish new momentum. Once the DoW peaked, the inside bar hit a high that the current week could not break. The outside bar is also larger than the inside week, green bar. So we have a lower high and a lower low. This is the beginning of a Market Topping pattern. Stocks now would trend lower as long as the… Continue

Added by Tami Trades on May 2, 2010 at 9:45pm — 1 Comment

Journal 5/1/2010 See it, Believe it, Be it!

See it, Believe it, Be it!

Self awareness and evaluation are part of our goals at SMF Pro Trading School. To create positive reinforcement and internalize my growth as a student to Pro Trader, I am focusing on my long-term goal. I have the vision of being a Market Maker. I see success at operating in the market. I know my thinking patterns are changing each day for the better. I am building my new life every day,… Continue

Added by Tami Trades on May 1, 2010 at 5:44pm — 1 Comment

Journal 4-29-2010 Options Trade DNDN, FSLR & MM Spread NFLX, GOOG

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Provenge Approval Call Summary (45.50 +5.88) -Update :

During the call, the co said that it will provide Provenge to 2000 patients in

next 12 months. Co said that demand for Provenge will exceed co's

ability to

provide it in the first 12 months; will continue build out… Continue

Added by Tami Trades on April 30, 2010 at 4:33am — No Comments

Journal 4-16-2010 Goldman Sachs walkin' around Wall St. With Their Pants on the Ground!

And so the wild ride continues... Our Team Leader, Mario Marciano, showed us how to trade Options Expiration and it was sooooooo intense! Every emotion you ever had drilling down to your toes and back up your spine within seconds is an extreme experience. Hearing your own heart beating and having sweaty palms while not letting your focus drift and somehow keeping your cool is not an easy thing to do (plus usually this is when you suddenly have a full bladder!). But how do you know if you got… Continue

Added by Tami Trades on April 16, 2010 at 9:55pm — No Comments

THE THREE SCENARIO IN THE GOOGLE TRADE

April 11 2010

SCENARIO #1

OK remember the Chinese threw A wrench in the last

earnings witch made it sell off, because they did.

So the search part isn't there this go around so we

will look at where the price is now that the news is

out so how much of the Revenues will be in the

forward looking numbers. The street will be acting on,

the reality is were these earnings are going to be with

out the Chinese revenue… Continue

Added by ken flagg on April 13, 2010 at 11:25am — No Comments