Tim Bovee, Private Trader: Monday's Agenda

Monday, May 23, 2016

Monday's Agenda

Both prospects based on Friday's trading continue to show low implied volatility, so low that there is next to no chance that it will rise sufficiently to meet my standards for full analysis and trading.

I judge volatility according to its percentile of its most recent range.

I require the 60th percentile or higher. The two prospects come in like this: MCD in the 10th percentile and PEP in the 28th percentile.

Both are disqualified from further consideration.

-- Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, May 23, 2016

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References

Tradecraft: Playing the odds to build winning stock market trades from options, a description of how I trade, can be read here.

Elliott wave analysis tracks patterns in price movements. StockCharts has a good explainer. The principal practioner of Elliott wave analysis is Robert Prechter at Elliott Wave International. His book, Elliott Wave Principle, is a must-read for people interested in this form of analysis, as is his most recent publication, Visual Guide to Elliott Wave Trading.

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