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 Friday, the Dow traded down 0.08% to 26231.12 while the NASDAQ fell 0.33% to 7964.86. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.21% to 2916.88.
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Real estate shares rose 0.3% on Friday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included CIM Commercial Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCT), up 1%, and Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI), up 2%.
In trading on Friday, consumer discretionary shares fell 0.7%.
Top Headline
Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE:FL) reported worse-than-expected second-quarter results.
The company reported second-quarter earnings of 66 cents per share, which missed the analyst consensus estimate of 67 cents. Foot Locker reported quarterly sales of $1.774 billion, which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.82 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:FFHL) shares shot up 158% to $5.09 after the company reported Q2 EPS and sales results up from last year..
Shares of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPTT) got a boost, shooting up 26% to $2.0309 after the company announced the successful North Sea deployment of the PB3 PowerBuoy for its customer, Premier Oil.
China Green Agriculture, Inc. (NYSE:CGA) shares were also up, gaining 9% to $5.99 after Shaanxi Baoyu Science and Technology Investment reported a 19.5% stake in the company.
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Equities Trading DOWN
Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ:BREW) shares tumbled 18% to $10.69 after the company confirmed it will receive $20 million incentive payment from Anheuser-Busch in lieu of qualifying offer.
Shares of Adtalem Global Education Inc. (NYSE:ATGE) were down 12% to $44.74 after reporting Q4 results.
Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE:FL) was down, falling 11% to $37.29 after the company reported worse-than-expected second-quarter results.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 1.1% to $54.73, while gold traded down 0.1% to $1,507.90.
Silver traded up 0.1% Friday to $17.045, while copper fell 0.7% to $2.5385.
Euro zone
European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.5%, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.6%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index climbed 0.2%. Meanwhile, the German DAX rose 0.4% and the French CAC 40 rose 0.4% while UK shares rose 0.2%.
Economics
U.S. new home sales declined 12.8% to an annual rate of 635,000 in July.
The Baker Hughes North American rig count report for the latest week is schedule for release at 1:00 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.