27% profit every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.
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ECONOMIC DATA
- US MBA mortgage applications w-e 13 Oct 3.6% vs -2.1% prev
- USA Housing Starts (MoM) for Sep -4.70% vs -0.50% Est; Building Permits for Sep 1.22M vs 1.25M Est
- The Atlanta Fed's Business Inflation Expectations survey for October will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET.
- The Energy Information Administration’s weekly report on petroleum inventories in the U.S. is schedule for release at 10:30 a.m. ET.
- The Federal Reserve will release its latest Beige Book report at 2:00 p.m. ET.
ANALYST RATINGS
- Longbow upgraded GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO) from Neutral to Buy
- Jefferies upgraded Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) from Hold to Buy
- Oppenheimer upgrades W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) from Perform to Outperform
- Stifel downgraded MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM) from Buy to Hold
- Bank of America downgraded Chipotle (NYSE:CMG) from Neutral to Underperform
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27% profit every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his option buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads… BUYING options. Most traders don’t even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here’s how he does it.
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