27% profits every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his options 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.
In one of the biggest acquisitions of the year, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX) announced it had purchased McMoRan exploration (NYSE: MMR) this morning in a $20 billion deal. The deal sent shares of McMoRan Exploration up over 75%, while Freeport-McMoRan fell over 13%.Equities Trading UP
Plains Exploration & Production (NYSE: PXP) jumped 24.94% to $45.04 following the McMoRan acquisition news this morning.Shares of Cobalt International Energy (NYSE: CIE) were also up, gaining 12.74 percent to $26.81 after the company announced a significant oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico this morning.Teavana Holdings (NYSE: TEA) was also up, rallying 6.81 percent to %15.38 after Starbucks released an update saying it still expected to buy the company this year.Equities Trading DOWN
TIBCO Software (NASDAQ: TIBX) was among the morning's top losers, falling 21.24 percent to $19.47 following a downgrade to Neutral at Bank of America.Frontier Communications (NASDAQ: FTR) started down sharply at the open, but quickly recovered its losses, remaining down 1.81 percent at $4.61 after Jim Cramer recommended a sell on the company Tuesday evening.Shares of Select Comfort (NASDAQ: SCSS) were also down, dropping 8.38 percent to $25.35, possibly linked to the Mattress Firm drop yesterday on poor guidance.Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.03 percent to $88.53, while gold traded down 0.24 percent to $1,690.30.Silver traded up 0.04 percent Wednesday to $32.77.Euro zone
European markets rose this morning as reports from the service sector indicated less contraction than expected for November.In other news, the UK's Osborne said that the UK economy is forecasted to grow 1.2% in 2013, while increasing the bank levy rate to 0.130% next year.Economics
In economic news Wednesday morning, unit labor costs came in at -1.9 percent, below the projected -0.9% and the prior report of -0.1%.Non-farm productivity was also reported, coming in at 2.9 percent, above the projected 2.7 percent and the previous figure of 1.9 percent.
27% profits every 20 days?
This is what Nic Chahine averages with his options 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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