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.
Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.12 percent to 16,134.38 while the NASDAQ gained 0.15 percent to 4,250.19. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.08 percent to 1,837.15.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Tuesday morning, the healthcare sector proved to be a source of strength for the market. Healthcare stocks surged 0.62% in today's trading.
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Leading the sector was strength from Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX) and Chindex International (NASDAQ: CHDX) on acquisition news. In trading on Tuesday, non-cyclical consumer goods & services shares were relative laggards, down on the day by 0.2%.
Top decliners in the sector included Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE: FDP), off 6.7%, and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO), down 4%. Shares of Fresh Del Monte tumbled after the company reported weak quarterly earnings.
Top Headline
Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) reported a drop in its fourth-quarter net profit. Coca-Cola's quarterly profit declined to $1.71 billion, or $0.38 per share, versus a year-ago profit of $1.87 billion, or $0.41 per share. Its adjusted -profit came in at $0.46 per share. Its revenue slipped to $11.04 billion versus $11.46 billion. However, analysts were projecting earnings of $0.46 per share on revenue of $11.31 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX) shot up 30.07 percent to $92.86 after Actavis (NYSE: ACT) announced its plans to buy Forest Labs for $25 billion. Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgraded Forest Labs from Equal-Weight to Overweight.
Shares of BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) got a boost, shooting up 3.01 percent to $9.25 on report of Loeb 10 million share stake. FBR Capital upgraded BlackBerry from Underperform to Market Perform.
Actavis plc (NYSE: ACT) was also up, gaining 7.93 percent to $207.10 on deal for Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX).
Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of Dresser-Rand Group (NYSE: DRC) were down 9.49 percent to $53.13 after the company announced its plans to suspend operations at its pig manure treatment facilities in Spain due to a proposed Spanish regulation. Natixis downgraded the stock from Neutral to Reduce.
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The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) shares tumbled 3.57 percent to $37.54 after the company reported a drop in its fourth-quarter net profit.
Waste Management (NYSE: WM) was down, falling 3.50 percent to $42.14 after the company reported weaker-than-expected Q4 results.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 1.01 percent to $101.36, while gold traded up 1.38 percent to $1,318.10.
Silver traded up 5.81 percent Tuesday to $21.58, while copper rose 0.78 percent to $3.28.
Eurozone
European shares were mostly lower today.
The Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.88 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index declined 0.02 percent.
Meanwhile, the German DAX slipped 0.06 percent and the French CAC 40 tumbled 0.27 percent while U.K. shares rose 0.34 percent.
Economics
The Empire State manufacturing index fell to 4.48 in February, versus a prior reading of 12.51. However, economists were expecting a reading of 8.50.
The NAHB housing market index declined to 46.00 in February, from a prior reading of 56.00. However, economists were projecting a reading of 56.00.
The Treasury is set to auction 3-and 6-month bills.
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.