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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.


Below is a list of notable corporate events for the week beginning October 22nd. Note, this list is not comprehensive and all dates are subject to change. All times are ET.

Monday
Conferences

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  • ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology) 2018 Congress Oct. 19-23, with clinical updates expected from: CytomX Therapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ:CTMX), Mirati Therapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ:MRTX), Merck & Co., Inc (NYSE:MRK), NuCana (NASDAQ:NCNA), Protagonist Therapeutics (NASDAQ:PTGX), SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc (NASDAQ:SLS), Epizyme, Inc (NASDAQ:EPZM), Kura Oncology, Inc (NASDAQ:KURA), Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc (NASDAQ:ITCI), AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ:AVEO), and Neon Therapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ:NTGN)
  • Money 20/20 2018 Oct. 21-24

Notable Earnings Releases

  • Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) Q3 premarket
  • Hasbro, Inc (NASDAQ:HAS) Q3 premarket
  • TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:AMTD) Q4 after hours

Investor Events

  • Analyst IPO quiet periods expiring this week include: Survey Monkey SVMK Inc (NASDAQ:SVMK), Capital Bancorp, Inc (NASDAQ:CBNK), and Arco Platform Limited (NASDAQ:ARCE)
  • Cree, Inc (NASDAQ:CREE) annual shareholder meeting, The TJX Companies, Inc (NYSE:TJX) extraordinary shareholder meeting
  • Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) analyst/investor day

Tuesday
Economic

  • API U.S. crude oil inventories at 4:30 p.m.

Notable Earnings Releases

  • Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) Q3 premarket
  • McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) Q3 premarket
  • Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) Q3 premarket
  • Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) Q3 after hours

FDA/Biotech

  • Selecta Biosciences, Inc (NASDAQ:SELB) presenting Phase 2 data on SEL-212 at ACR (American College of Rheumatology) Meeting

M&A

  • Shareholders of both Conagra Brands, Inc (NYSE:CAG) and Pinnacle Foods Inc (NYSE:PF) to vote on their proposed merger around 9 a.m.

Investor Events

  • New Age Beverages Corporation (NASDAQ:NBEV) annual shareholder meeting
  • IPO lockup expiration for nLight, Inc (NASDAQ:LASR)

Wednesday
Economics

  • EIA crude oil inventories 10:30 a.m.
  • Fed Beige Book released 2 p.m.

Notable Earnings Releases


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  • AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) Q3 premarket
  • United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) Q3 premarket
  • The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) Q3 premarket
  • Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) Q3 after hours
  • Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) Q3 after hours
  • Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Q1 after hours
  • Visa Inc (NYSE:V) Q4 after hours

IPOs

  • Alberton Acquisition (ALACU)
  • Alzheon (ALZH)

Investor Events

  • IPO lockup expirations for Goosehead Insurance, Inc (NASDAQ:GSHD), Smartsheet Inc (NYSE:SMAR), and DocuSign, Inc (NASDAQ:DOCU)
  • Consumer Reports issues its 2018 Most Reliable Cars list; some will look to see if Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) can retain the No. 1 spot, and if any American OEM can move into the top seven this year

Thursday
Economic

  • U.S. initial jobless claims 8:30 a.m.
  • EIA natural gas inventories 10:30 a.m.

Notable Earnings Releases

  • Twitter, Inc (NYSE:TWTR) Q3 premarket
  • World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc (NYSE:WWE) Q3 premarket
  • Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Q3 premarket
  • Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) Q3 after hours
  • Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Q3 after hours
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc (NYSE:CMG) Q3 after hours
  • Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) Q3 after hours
  • Mattel, Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) Q3 after hours
  • Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) Q3 after hours

IPOs

  • YETI Holdings (YETI)

Friday
Economic

  • Baker Hughes oil rig counts 1 p.m.

Notable Earnings Releases

  • The Goodyear Tire & Rubber (NASDAQ:GT) Q3 premarket
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) Q3 premarket

IPOs

  • Gamida Cell Ltd (GMDA)
  • StoneCo Ltd (STNE)

Investor Events

  • Korea Fund, Inc (NYSE:KF) public portfolio manager call 10:30 a.m.
  • Unilever (NYSE:UL) extraordinary shareholder meeting

Saturday
FDA/Biotech

  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JAZZ) has an FDA PDUFA decision date for a Xyrem sNDA (supplemental new drug application)

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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