It confirmed its bull signal by continuing to trade above its 20-day price channel today, although it has failed to set a higher high compared to Thursday. It shows as an uptrend on the three-year daily chart and normal would be a candidate for a closer look.
However, I'm rejecting it as a trade because it lacks sufficient liquidity in its options to support construction of a leveraged, hedged position, the sort of trade I'm interested in these days.
The January options grid has only eight strike prices each for calls and puts, only three strikes have open interest, and it is in the double digits.
It's shares or nothing for this puppy.
The January options grid has only eight strike prices each for calls and puts, only three strikes have open interest, and it is in the double digits.
It's shares or nothing for this puppy.
The stock pays a 3.3% dividend annualized at today's prices and so might make a reasonable trade under my longer-term rules, structured as shares. However, my allocation for that sort of trade is filled.
I plan no further analysis of UDR today.
-- Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Dec. 12, 2014
References
My shorter-term trading rules can be read here. My longer-term trading rules can be read here. And the classic Turtle Trading rules on which my rules are based can be read here. My volatility trading rules can be read here.
Disclaimer
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