Monday's Prospects

On Friday, Sept. 18:

Of 506 large-cap stocks and exchange-traded funds in my analytical universe, two broke beyond their 20-day price channels, one in either direction.

No symbols that gave trading signals survived initial screening. BMY has insufficient open interest on key strike prices to support a trade, and UNG has insufficiently high implied volatility relative to its annual range.

There is one prospect for a trade coinciding with an earnings announcements under my Volatility Rules.

I shall do further analysis on Monday, Sept. 21.

The next earnings season begins Oct. 8, with the peak pace of announcements lasting for three weeks. Under the exclusion rule that forbids me from opening new positions in stocks within 30 days of an earnings announcement, in month before the season begins increasing numbers of symbols will be removed from my prospective trades list during initial screening. The rule doesn't apply to trades under my Volatility Rules.

Potential trades keyed to events

The dates are those of the events, all of them earns announcements. Events prior to the opening bell are marked "am", during the trading day "mid", and after the closing bell "pm".

Monday pm (none)

Tuesday am GIS

Methodology

The stocks in my analytical universe all have analyst coverage through the stock-ranking company Zacks Investment Research. Not all of the exchange-traded funds are so covered.

I screen the symbols for historical odds of a profitable signal in the direction of the breakout for the past 12 months.

For symbols whose odds of success are in the top or bottom thirds, I next screen for 1) suitability of the options grid, including implied volatility of three figures or greater on the strike prices I would need to use to build a position, 2) implied volatility in the 70th percentile or greater of its most recent rise, and 3) the absence of an earnings announcement within the next 30 days.

-- Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Sept. 19, 2015

References

My trading rules can be read here.

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Disclaimer

Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.

No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decision decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

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