Monday's Prospects

Screening of the Friday, Aug. 12 markets identified seven prospective trades out of the two datasets and four strategies that I'm using.

This week, for options trading, I reviewed 474 symbols in my large-cap stocks and exchange-traded funds, and for share trading, I reviewed 953 symbols of stocks and funds of all capitalizations. For both I reviewed 1,412 companies publishing earnings.

I use four strategies in my trading, in response to trading signals (such as breakouts above the 20-day price channel), high implied options volatility, and persistently rising trends on a chart, and in anticipation of events ( such as earnings announcements).

	options	shares
signals	N/A	0
events	0	0
volatility	2	N/A
zacks	N/A	5

I shall make final trading decisions on Monday, Aug. 15.

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Below are the candidates for analysis for each cell of the quadrant.


Options: High IV

BBY

WMT

Shares: Zacks

HRC

MHK

UNH

CRUS

RM

Notes

The current earnings season began on July 11 and will last through Aug. 19.

I changed my trend screening for the Shares:Zacks to a 9-day exponential moving average, replacing the MACD histogram.

My goal for the Options:High IV symbols is two trades. If the two listed fail to qualify, my backups are CSCO and TWTR.

If any of the five Shares:Zacks symbols fail to qualify, I shall pull from the backups: SIMO, TPX and RMP.

-- Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Aug. 13, 2016

References

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

Small Lots: A new strategy discusses the thinking behind the analysis that identified these trades and can be read here. The symbols noted in this post are intended fortrading on a commission-free platform such as Robinhood Financial.

I can be reached via comments on Private Trader posts or by email at datnillc@gmail.com.

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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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