Simpler Options Market Outlook

Earnings have been in focus for the past week, with stock indexes trading in such a tight range. Butterflies are one of my favorite strategies around these reports, and tonight’s examples should give you a solid foundation in what we’re looking for from each. Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of professional […]

Fitbit was set to report earnings after the close today, and with 160% implied volatility we had reason to look for a trade. I had a bit of a bearish bias, but opted to mix that with being a bit more theta positive. Here’s the resulting setup. Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced […]

As individual stocks volleyed back and forth today based on their earnings reports from last week, the next crop of earnings reports is right around the corner. Here’s what I’ll be watching. Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of professional options traders, led by John F. Carter, guide community members through live […]

Just for fun, I decided to follow Tony’s advice with a 100 ES lot. Let’s see what happens. Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of professional options traders, led by John F. Carter, guide community members through live trades daily while explaining strategies, significant market opportunities, and daily trading lessons. Together, newbies […]

Facebook started off the day with a great move higher, and spent most of the day in a slow descent, whittling down its gains to a mere buck-fifty by the close. Can we expect the same with GOOGL tomorrow, or is something different in store? Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of […]

Today’s big news was that AAPL managed expectations like an expert, so when earnings weren’t as bad as people feared, the stock rocked higher for a 2 standard deviation move. Is FB in the same boat? Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of professional options traders, led by John F. Carter, guide […]

While there was a sense of “hurry up and wait” today prior to the Fed notes tomorrow, there was plenty to do in terms of earnings. The two plays that made the most sense were on TWTR and AAPL. Let’s take a look at how I set them up and how they played out–and what […]

While the overall market is shaping up to be quiet this week, there are pockets of volatility worth playing. The key will be knowing when to buy to open, and knowing when to sell to open. Let’s take a look. Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of professional options traders, led by […]

While the stock market is grinding shorts to dust, we are about to enter the best two weeks of earnings, where all the heavy hitters come out swinging. One strategy that I like to do now is buy very specific strangles on a handful of stocks. Let’s take a look. Interested in more? At Simpler […]

While there is a lot of talk and worry about what the stock market is going to do here, and where the Euro is headed next, I’m just focused on these high probability plays that are coming up on these specific dates. Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of professional options traders, […]

As we head into the thick of earnings, it is important to understand that there are many high-probability trades we can take into earnings, during earnings, and after earnings. Let’s take a look. Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of professional options traders, led by John F. Carter, guide community members through […]

With a decent earnings report coming in from MSFT, the question remains if this will be enough to continue pushing the SPX along its merry way higher, or if the Transports are telling us a different story. Let’s take a look. Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of professional options traders, led […]

NFLX released earnings after the bell today, and the initial result has shares down near 15%. Let’s review a few pieces of the analysis that led us to the decisions we made, and some tips on similar setups in the weeks ahead. Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of professional options traders, […]

The first run at IWM’s resistance was cleared, but as the market continues to push extensions, I’m looking at the next round of butterflies. Here’s two that I’ll be looking to put on tomorrow. Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of professional options traders, led by John F. Carter, guide community members […]

We had two earnings plays this afternoon, one in YUM and another in DAL. They both fit the same strategy but in opposing directions. This is a good opportunity to discuss the ins and outs of both, and why I like this trade around earnings. Interested in more? At Simpler Trading, an experienced team of […]