Hawk’s Vision
OptionHawk’s thoughts on markets, finance, trading, and life.
A Tribute to Monroe
This will be the hardest thing I have ever written but I want to celebrate the life of our Yellow Lab, Monroe. It may be hyperbole for some to say that a dog is a man’s best friend, but not for me. She lived a long adventurous life and was a major part of our family,...
OptionsHawk 2020 Option Day Trading Challenge
Some of you may have seen my post earlier this week regarding a new challenge for 2020 involving flipping option contracts intraday as a way to add daily capital gains without any overnight exposure. The experiment involves roughly $5000 capital outlay positions and...
Options Flow and Earnings: Being Selective & Finding Big Winners that Fit the Formula
You often hear during earnings season that putting on options positions for earnings reports is like playing roulette, implying a low probability of winning. You also often hear a lot of people who do not hold stock/option positions through earnings which has never...
Sports Betting and Stock Trading, One in the Same
Two of my biggest passions are sports and the stock market. Growing up playing sports taught me a number of life lessons and many that I apply to investing in the markets. Competitiveness is important, such a strong desire to win that you are willing to work long...
A New OptionsHawk Product You Will Love, and Illumina (ILMN) is the Perfect Example
I have been working on a new product idea that I think will be a major game-changer and appeal to both active and inactive investors wanting to stay better informed about the stocks they own, or want to own. I have not come up with a name for it yet or a price point...
Personal Finance: Breaking Down a Family Budget
I typically focus most of my efforts and time on investments and want to find more time to write educational and insightful blogs on that topic, but first wanted to start with a topic that hits home with everyone. There have probably been thousands of articles on the...
Catching a 90% Profit in Nike (NKE) Calls in 1 Week
Thought I would put together a quick post about the process I use to target swing-trades in options. Below is the trade send on 5-29. Nike (NKE) fulfilled most of the criteria I look for including: High Quality name with strong operations (see recent earnings...
Lifestyle Changes to Survive a Career in Markets
I have previously written on the struggle to find that work/life balance that is something most everyone faces “When Do You Have Enough? – The Work/Life Balance Struggle.” I have been making a lot of changes, progress, since writing that two years ago and wanted to...
What If You Only Traded One Stock?
This was an idea that came to me this weekend while watching Football. My two main passions are football and the stock market, so I like to relate the two as I always see similarities, in the end, both are about winning. Football is an intricate sport getting eleven...
The 7 Classes of Great Investments in Equities
I recently saw a tweet that noted “fundamentals tell me what to buy, and technicals tell me when & where.” I complete agree with this philosophy, though an extreme generalization. Technical analysis is a great tool for choosing entry/exit points, setting...