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OptionHawk’s thoughts on markets, finance, trading, and life.
When Do You Have Enough? – The Work/Life Balance Struggle
This is a question my wife asks me a lot, and it’s a good one. After 16 months of fatherhood it also becomes clear that it is a question I want to answer as I have no doubt that time is the most valuable commodity in the World. I built a business out of thin air...
Options Flow Catching One Big Mover after Another
I have covered in depth previously the rationale and approach to utilizing options activity as the best way of stock discovery, and then applying technical and fundamental analysis to the names. In this post I want to simply show how effective the approach is after...
OptionsHawk in Earnings Season
At OptionsHawk we are constantly creating new tools to allow traders to be more informed in decision making, and earnings season is a time that the site really excels with unparalleled research and analysis. A quick view of some of the access OptionsHawk provides...
Introducing Relativity Capital
Over the past year I have been working on a new venture which is now ready to launch. Relativity Capital will be managing money for investors that seek a portfolio that is actively managed, quickly adapts to ever changing market conditions, and utilizes option...
Valspar (VAL) Options Activity Signal into Takeover Announcement
On March 20th, 2016 Sherwin Williams (SHW) announced an $11.3B deal for Valspar (VAL) at $113/share cash with Valspar having closed at $83.83. VAL was a name consistently highlighted to clients with unusual options activity. Key Takeaways: Multiple Days of ITM and OTM...
Time Warner (TWX) Upside Calls Attractive with Further Re-Org. Potential
Time Warner (TWX) shares have been fairly quiet with many of the top media names like Disney (DIS) and CBS Corp (CBS) rallying sharply to new highs. It’s a name worth a look at this level looking forward the next 6 months, and will break it down below on each degree...
Categorizing the Types of Options Flow Analysis and the Research Process
The strategy of trading options flow has become a lot more popular since I posted that article, but now to a point where there is a lot of sloppy work, and most of it is focused on the what instead of the why. This has caused a push for quantity over quality, hundreds...
Trading Inverted Implied Volatility Skew with Vertical Call Spreads
A discussion today on Twitter led me to thinking this could be a helpful topic to discuss… It is Friday, so will keep this short, and hopefully sweet. I often will note "inverted" or "bullish" skew when discussing a stock’s options IV (Implied Volatility) profile. I...
Trading Stocks Post-Earnings Based on Options Activity
As Hurricane Sandy bears down on New England I figure I had some time to put together a quick educational post with two examples from last week, focusing on trading stocks/options following an earnings reaction.I often utilize my analysis of options activity to...
Methods to My Madness – Trading Options Flow
As many of my followers know by now I monitor the options market for large Institutional trades or unusual trading (5X+ daily average) in a stock’s options. I field a lot of questions about this style of trading and wanted to write up an overview to better explain my...