Tuesday's Prospects

Screening of the Monday, Aug. 15 markets identified eight 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 momentum on a chart, and in anticipation of earnings announcements (earns).

	options	shares
signals	N/A	1
earns	1	1
volatility	0	N/A
momentum	N/A	5

I shall make final trading decisions on Tuesday, Aug. 16.

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


Options: Earns

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".

Tuesday pm TGT

Wednesday am (none)

Shares: Signals

JRVR

Shares:Earns

Tuesday pm PLCE

Wednesday am (none)

Shares: Momentum

PCMI

KNL

SAIC

HNI

SIMO

Notes

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

The next four candidates for the Shares:Momentum list are TPX, APOG, RMP and RTEC. I shall draw from them if any of the five symbols on the list should cease to qualify for a trading.

-- Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Aug. 15, 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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