American Eagle Up 5% After Beating Earnings Estimates


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.


Shares of American Eagle (NYSE: AEO) are up 5% after the company beat earnings estimates.The company today announced earnings for the fourth quarter ended January 28, 2012 of $0.26 per diluted share. Adjusted earnings for the fourth quarter ended January 28, 2012 were $0.35 per diluted share, which excludes store impairment charges and executive transition costs of $0.07 and $0.02 per diluted share, respectively. This compares to earnings of $0.44 per diluted share last year.The company also announced earnings for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2012 of $0.77 per diluted share. Adjusted earnings for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2012 were $0.86 per diluted share, which excludes store impairment charges and executive transition costs of $0.07 and $0.02 per diluted share, respectively. Adjusted income from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2011 was $1.02 per diluted share, which excluded a realized loss from the sale of investment securities of $0.12 per diluted share. Please see the following tables for a complete reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP earnings per diluted share from continuing operations for all periods.

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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