Fintech Focus For September 9, 2020


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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Fintech Movers: Defi is not even close to the ICO hype bubble level yet. Bubbles are usually the result of a euphoric retail crowd running ahead of itself. - Coindesk

  • BSP pushes digital bank framework.
  • Policygenius a fast-growing fintech.
  • Robinhood revamps options offering.
  • Visa, Vipps deal over digital wallets.
  • SmartStream adds derivatives to SI.
  • Asian fintechs upend traditional loans.
  • Übank brings savings tech to the US.
  • EU restarts probe into LSE merger.
  • Bitfinex, Arcane, and Fulgur fund LN.
  • Melio raised $144M for B2B tools kit.
  • Cred joined Visa’s fast track program.
  • Chip preps a crowdfunding campaign.
  • Mettalex intros token incentive effort.
  • SIX brings Accelerator F10 to Spain.

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Watch For This: California Highway Patrol officers issued more than 15,000 tickets from mid-March through Aug. 19 for speeds exceeding 100 mph, more than a 100% increase over the same time period a year ago. That includes a continuing spike from May on. - USNews

  • China’s play on European-area trade.
  • JPM: Clients and staff misused funds.
  • Germany raises pressure on Russia.
  • How to respond or fix data breaches.
  • 8 low-cost user acquisition strategies.
  • Tools for overcoming overconfidence.

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Market Moving Headline: Labor markets will continue to struggle, particularly in areas like bars and restaurants, and in segments that require workers to interact with the public. - Cumberland

  • Major risks that remain amid the virus.
  • SoftBank closing out option exposure.
  • Apple’s 9/15 event to reveal new tech.
  • Airlines are absent from relief proposal.
  • Uber promises 100% electric vehicles.
  • UK equity funds face record outflows.
  • The oil market cycle slips into reverse.
  • GM, Nikola join to build electric trucks.
  • US bars China firms on alleged abuse.
  • Bitcoin options suggest bull positioning.
  • Hedge funds were buying all summer.
  • FAA looks at BA production problems.

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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