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.
U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones gaining around 100 points on Thursday.
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.38% to 33,429.66 while the NASDAQ rose 0.88% to 11,958.77. The S&P 500, also rose, gaining, 0.61% to 4,080.56.
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Leading and Lagging SectorS
- Communication services shares rose by 3.9% on Thursday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), up 15%, and DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE:DHX), up 4%.
- In trading on Thursday, health care shares dipped by 0.3%.
Top Headline
Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) reported better-than-expected Q1 earnings.
The company reported first-quarter earnings per share of $2.20, beating the consensus estimate of $2.02. Revenue climbed 3% year-over-year to $28.65 billion compared to the Street estimate of $27.65 billion. Among the user metrics, Meta's daily active users rose 4% to 2.04 billion.
Equities Trading UP
- Atomera Incorporated (NASDAQ:ATOM) shares shot up 27% to $6.63 after the company posted results for its first quarter. The company announced the execution of a commercial license agreement with STMicroelectronics (ST) that enables the latter to install Atomera's Mears Silicon Technology into its facilities.
- Shares of U Power Limited (NASDAQ:UCAR) got a boost, shooting 22% to $4.98 after declining around 27% on Wednesday.
- Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ:HELE) shares were also up, gaining 21% to $98.60 after the company announced better-than-expected Q4 results.
Equities Trading DOWN
- 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FDMT) shares dropped 34% to $13.58. 4DMT presented interim data from intravitreal 4D-150 Phase 1/2 PRISM clinical trial in patients with wet AMD at ARVO 2023.
- Shares of Impinj, Inc. (NASDAQ:PI) were down 30% to $94.22 after the company reported mixed Q1 results and issued weak guidance.
- Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AZPN) was down, falling 28% to $168.00 after the company posted downbeat Q3 results and issued weak FY23 forecast.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.2% to $74.42 while gold traded down 0.5% at $1,985.90.
Silver traded down 1% to $24.625 on Thursday while copper fell 1.1% to $3.8195.
Euro zone
European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.3%, London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.1% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 0.2% The German DAX rose 0.2%, French CAC 40 rose 0.4% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index fell 0.1%.
The industry confidence indicator in the eurozone fell to -2.6 in April versus a revised reading of -0.5 in the previous month, while economic sentiment indicator edged higher to 99.3 from 99.2. The consumer confidence indicator in the Eurozone rose 1.6 points to -17.5 in April.
Consumer confidence in Italy rose to 105.5 in April, recording the highest level since Feb. 2022, while manufacturing confidence in Italy slipped to 103 in April. Spain's jobless rate increased to 13.26% in the first quarter from 12.87% in the prior three-month period, while retail sales in Spain climbed by 9.5% year-over-year in March.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed higher on Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 rising 0.15%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gaining 0.42% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index climbing 0.67%. India’s S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.6%.
The index of leading economic indicators in Japan rose to 98.0 in February versus from preliminary reading of 97.7, while index of coincident economic slipped to 98.6 in February versus a flash reading of 99.2.
Economics
- U.S. initial jobless claims dropped by 16 thousand to 230 thousand in the week ending April 22, versus market estimates of 249 thousand.
- The U.S. economy expanded by an annualized 1.1% in the first quarter versus a 2.6% growth in the prior quarter and missing market estimates of a 2% growth.
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COVID-19 Update
The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 106,611,510 cases with around 1,159,660 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,924,810 cases and 531,420 deaths, while France reported over 39,967,810 COVID-19 cases with 166,420 deaths. In total, there were at least 686,800,980 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,861,780 deaths.
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.