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.
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 1.26 percent to 25,479.99 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.71 percent to 7,828.92. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.69 percent to 2,837.77.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Thursday morning, the telecommunication services shares rose 1.11 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Pareteum Corporation (NASDAQ:TEUM) up 4 percent, and Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) up 3 percent.
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In trading on Thursday, utilities shares fell 0.02 percent.
Top Headline
Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) reported upbeat Q2 results and raised its FY19 earnings forecast.
Earnings came in at $1.29 per share, beating estimates of $1.22 per share. Sales came in at $128 billion, beating estimates of $126.04 billion. Walmart's U.S. segment saw comps rise 4.5 percent, the strongest growth in more than 10 years and is attributed to strong performance in grocery, apparel and seasonal. Sam's Club comp sales rose 5 percent, which marks the strongest growth in six years.
Equities Trading UP
58.com Inc. (NYSE:WUBA) shares shot up 12 percent to $65.67 after the company beat Q2 earnings estimates.
Shares of Summit Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ:SMMT) got a boost, shooting up 10 percent to $2.25 after the company disclosed that it has been awarded an additional $12 million by the BARDA for Phase 3 development program of ridinilazole for the treatment of C. difficile infection.
Evoke Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:EVOK) shares were also up, gaining 8 percent to $2.50 after the company disclosed that its Gimoti NDA has been accepted for FDA review.
Equities Trading DOWN
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) shares dropped 24 percent to $1.83 after the company missed Q2 earnings estimates and issued weak 2018 EPS guidance.
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Shares of SpartanNash Company (NASDAQ:SPTN) were down 17 percent to $19.75 following mixed Q2 earnings and weak 2018 EPS guidance.
Qiwi plc (NASDAQ:QIWI) was down, falling around 13 percent to $13.69 after the company missed Q2 earnings estimates.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.23 percent to $65.16 while gold traded up 0.02 percent to $1,185.20.
Silver traded up 0.91 percent Thursday to $14.585, while copper rose 1.52 to $2.599.
Eurozone
European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 climbed 0.32 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.48 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index declined 1.58 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX gained 0.37 percent, and the French CAC 40 climbed 0.55 percent while U.K. shares rose 0.66 percent.
Economics
Housing starts rose 0.9 percent to an annual rate of 1.17 million in July, versus a revised 1.16 million rate in June. However, economists projected starts to reach 1.27 million.
Initial jobless claims dropped 2,000 to 212,000 in the latest week. However, economists were expecting a 215,000 reading.
The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index dropped to 11.9 for August, compared to 25.7 in July. Economists projected a reading of 21.9.
The Energy Information Administration’s weekly report on natural gas stocks in underground storage is schedule for release at 10:30 a.m. ET.
Data on money supply for the recent week will be released at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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.