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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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• S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) decreased 1.01% to $321.73.

• Nasdaq ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) fell 0.82% to $257.64.

• Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (NYSE:DIA) decreased 1.11% to $262.50.

• FTSE/Xinhua China 25 ETF (NYSE:FXI) fell 1.14% to $41.71.

• FTSE Europe ETF (NYSE:VGK) decreased 2.50% to $52.68.

Commodities

• United States Oil ETF (NYSE:USO) decreased 2.06% to $28.97.

• Gold ETF (NYSE:GLD) fell 0.94% to $183.41.

Bonds

• 20+ Yr Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) increased 0.66% to $171.12.

Industries

• Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) fell 0.52% to $47.60.

• Energy (NYSE:XLE) fell 2.28% to $36.84.

• Technology (NYSE:XLK) decreased 0.95% to $106.15.

• Financial (NYSE:XLF) fell 2% to $23.98.

Stocks Higher

• PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ:PYPL) rose 4.37% to $192.68.

• United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) increased 10.52% to $136.85.


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• Kandi Technologies Gr (NASDAQ:KNDI) rose 35.62% to $12.64.

Stocks Lower

• Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) fell 3.23% to $24.46.

• BBVA (NYSE:BBVA) fell 10.16% to $3.10.

• Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SPPI) fell 19.59% to $3.12.

Top News

• Deutsche Bank Maintains Hold on Norfolk Southern, Raises Price Target to $190 https://www.benzinga.com/node/16851596

• Raymond James Maintains Outperform on Amedisys, Raises Price Target to $255 https://www.benzinga.com/node/16851597

• Deutsche Bank Maintains Hold on Trane Technologies, Raises Price Target to $111 https://www.benzinga.com/node/16851554

• Deutsche Bank Maintains Hold on Cognizant Tech Solns, Raises Price Target to $68 https://www.benzinga.com/node/16851647

• Deutsche Bank Maintains Buy on Owens-Corning, Raises Price Target to $70 https://www.benzinga.com/node/16851574

Upcoming Earnings

• Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is expected to release earnings for Q3. In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $2.18 and revenue of $53,809,000,000. Analysts expect the revenue to be around $52,250,000,000 and the earnings per share at $2.04.

• Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) will release earnings today for Q2. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $5.22 and revenue of $63,404,000,000. Analysts predict the revenue to be around $81,530,000,000 and the EPS to be at $1.46.

• Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is expected to release earnings for Q2. In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $1.99 and revenue of $16,886,000,000. Analysts expect the revenue to be around $17,400,000,000 and the earnings per share at $1.39.

• Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) is expected to release earnings for Q2. In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $14.21 and revenue of $38,944,000,000. Analysts expect the revenue to be around $37,360,000,000 and the earnings per share at $8.34.

• Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is expected to release earnings for Q2. In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $14.21 and revenue of $38,944,000,000. Analysts expect the revenue to be around $37,370,000,000 and the earnings per share at $8.21.

Earnings Recap

• AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) reported earnings today for Q2, higher than consensus estimates. They reported an earnings per share of $0.96, and sales of 6,275,000,000. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $0.73 and revenue of $5,823,000,000.

• Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) released earnings for Q4, higher than analyst estimates. They reported an EPS of $1.16, and revenue of 17,698,000,000.In the same quarter last year, they reported an earnings per share of $1.1 and revenue of $17,094,000,000.

• United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) reported earnings today for Q2, better than consensus estimates. They reported an earnings per share of $2.13, and sales of 20,459,000,000. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $1.96 and revenue of $18,048,000,000.

• Ambev (NYSE:ABEV) reported earnings today for Q2, in line with consensus estimates. They reported an earnings per share of $0.01, and sales of 2,164,000,000. Last year, for the same quarter, they reported an EPS of $0.05 and revenue of $3,279,000,000.


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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