James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated ...

How to profit from a big move in either direction With earnings season right around the corner, options players might want to look into employing a long straddle strategy. A long straddle is typically ...

AMD stock has been trading in an increasingly tight range over the last few weeks and should break out at some point soon.

The options market has priced straddles on Microsoft's stock for a one-day post-earnings move of $20.94 in either direction, well above the average move over the past 12 quarters of $15.88, according ...

Option "straddles" on Microsoft's stock are priced for a slightly bigger-than-average one-day post-earnings move, and much less than the 6.1% move after last quarter's results. Straddles are pure ...

When volatility is low, options become cheaper, so today we’re looking for stocks with a low IV Percentile which could be ...

We recently published a performance review of at-the-money (ATM) NDX straddles with between one and five days left to expiration. One finding was that consistent sellers of 3-Day, 4-Day, and 5-Day NDX ...

While demand for Uranium Energy’s namesake asset is soaring thanks to tech, political headwinds pose concerns. Given the narrative’s complexity, options traders can deploy a directionally neutral ...

Visa has mixed technicals, with its weaknesses very apparent, but fundamentally, it is still strong. However, it is stuck trading in a channel. The stock recently declined from $373 to $349 per share, ...

Today's breakout report is for Monday March 15, 2010. If this is your first time reading one of my breakout reports you'll want to read the section below, however if you are familiar with my daily ...

As of August 10, 457 of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 had reported second-quarter earnings. So far, the results haven't been half bad. According to Evercore ISI, sales growth across the stocks that ...