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.
Toward the end of trading Friday, the Dow traded up 0.18% to 28673.17 while the NASDAQ fell 0.12% to 9,011.29. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.04% to 3,241.33.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Consumer staples shares climbed 0.4% on Friday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), up 11%, and Village Farms International Inc (NASDAQ:VFF), up 7%.
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In trading on Friday, financial shares fell 0.2%.
Top Headline
Flexion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:FLXN) said the FDA approved its sNDA for a label expansion for Zilretta in osteoarthritis knee pain.
"ZILRETTA is an invaluable non-opioid option for managing chronic OA knee pain, and it is encouraging to see a new product label that better informs clinical decision making," Dr. John Richmond, a clinician, said in a statement.
Originally, the FDA had set a PDUFA action date of Oct. 14, which was extended by three months.
Equities Trading UP
Iterum Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ:ITRM) shares shot up 135% to $5.77 after the company reported the completion of enrollment in Phase 3 trial of oral sulopenem in uncomplicated urinary tract infection.
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Shares of Castle Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSTL) got a boost, shooting up 20% to $34.40. Canaccord Genuity maintained Castle Biosciences with a Buy and raised the price target from $34 to $35.
Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:PT) shares were also up, gaining 70% to $2.18 after the company announced an agreement deal with China Unicom to offer next-generation handset financing services to its broad base of subscribers.
Equities Trading DOWN
LAIX Inc. (NASDAQ:LAIX) shares tumbled 16% to $4.8127.
Shares of Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTPH) were down 16% to $3.04 after climbing 50% on Thursday.
China Finance Online Co. (NASDAQ:JRJC) was down, falling 8% to $0.91 following Q3 results. China Finance Online reported a Q3 loss of $0.09 per share, versus a year-ago loss of $0.26 per share. Its sales slipped to $8.051 million from $8.614 million.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.1% to $61.66, while gold traded up 0.2% to $1,517.80.
Silver traded down 0.4% Friday to $17.925, while copper fell 0.8% to $2.8275.
Euro zone
European shares closed mostly higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.21%, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.4%, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index declined 0.59%. Meanwhile, the German DAX gained 0.27%, and the French CAC 40 rose 0.13% while UK shares rose 0.17%.
Economics
Domestic supplies of natural gas dropped 161 billion cubic feet for the week ended December 20, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported. However, analysts projected a decline of 150 to 153 billion cubic feet.
U.S. crude supplies dropped 5.4 million barrels for the week ended December 20, the Energy Information Administration reported. However, analysts expected a fall of 3 million barrels. Gasoline supplies rose 2 million barrels, while distillate supplies fell 200,000 barrels
The total number of active U.S. oil rigs slipped by 8 to 677 rigs this week, Baker Hughes Inc reported.
Data on farm prices for November will be released at 3:00 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.