Simpler Options Market Outlook

Tonight we're going to discuss a contrarian play in SBUX. As of late SBUX has been on fire, with explosive moves seeming to happen just about every day. With that said, some of you may be thinking "this guy is crazy!", but hear me out. Lets take a look at how I plan to structure this trade.

Today we had two high profile earnings announcements with FIT and TSLA both reporting after the bell. On both we had an initial spike higher, but the rug was quickly pulled out from under them sending them both into the red. Lets dive in and take a look at what we can expect for the remainder of the week

TSLA announces earnings tomorrow after the bell. The one thing that stands out to me right now is the 25% short interest. Lets dive in and discuss what type of exposure I'm willing to have, based on the setup.

There's a fine line between calling the top vs looking for a pullback. This type of spread does a great job walking that line

Lets take a look at a short setup I like on the homebuilder ETF, XHB

FEYE was the "Diamond in Rough" as of late. This popped up in our "Daily Bullish Continuation" scan. Let's dive in and take a look at few more stocks that have beautiful patterns setting up..

Bears nor bulls gave an inch today. With Squeezes setting up in the indexes, how can you position yourself so you don't find yourself in front of a freight train?

Tonight we look at the Put/Call Ratio on the indexes. It's time to make a decision, are bears or bulls in charge?   Tickers: QQQ, SPY

Home Depot is getting ready to make a big move. If we're trading it with the trend, what's the best strategy to use?   Tickers: HD

AMZN reported earnings after the bell yesterday and blew it out of the water. Let's take a look at some of the trades we did and then dive into a review of the trading room account and how I'm currently trading it Tickers: AMZN

Let's do a quick review of the pre-market action today. Then I am going to cover some more ways to structure earnings trades Tickers: FB

Earnings have a reputation for blowing up in people's faces, you never want to put yourself in a situation where you're risking consistency of an equity curve. Tickers: FB, LNKD & TSLA

After the crazy volatility we experienced today I want to kick things off with a review of the QQQ's. Then let's cover the AAPL earnings trade we did in the chat room today as well as the other key stocks I've been keeping an eye on Tickers: QQQ, AAPL

Last week we spent some time on a butterfly in UAL. Let's continue with the airlines theme, today looking at AAL. Tickers: UAL, AAL

We're still in the weekly and daily trends, but it won't last forever. Here's what you can do to be consistent no matter the market direction Tickers: QQQ & CMG