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.
Cyclical consumer goods & services stocks gained 1.05 percent Wednesday, with JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK) leading advancers after the company reported Q4 results. Meanwhile, top gainers in energy sector included Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE: ANF), with shares up 9.4 percent, and Carter's (NYSE: CRI), with shares up 9.3 percent. In trading on Wednesday, telecommunications services shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.35 percent. Among the sector stocks,DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) was down more than 26.2 percent, while United States Cellular (NYSE: USM) tumbled around 8.6 percent. Top Headline
Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW) reported a 6.3% gain in its fiscal fourth-quarter profit and announced an additional $5 billion stock buyback program. For the new fiscal year, the company projects earnings of $2.60 per share, versus analysts' estimates of $2.64 per share. It also projects total sales to rise 5% for the same period. Lowe's posted a quarterly profit of $306 million, or $0.29 per share, versus a year-ago profit of $288 million, or $0.26 per share. Excluding special items, it earned $0.31 per share. Its net sales climbed 5.6% to $11.66 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.31 per share on sales of $11.67 billion.Equities Trading UP
SunEdison (NYSE: SUNE) gained 8.92 percent to $18.50 after the company's analyst day impressed the street. Shares of ExamWorks Group (NYSE: EXAM) got a boost, shooting up 17.06 percent to $35.81 after the company reported upbeat Q4 results and issued a strong revenue outlook. Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE: ANF) was also up, gaining 11.34 percent to $40.00 after the company reported stronger-than-expected Q4 earnings. Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of UTi Worldwide (NASDAQ: UTIW) were down 26.61 percent to $11.21 as the company issued a preliminary loss of $0.33 to $0.38 per share on sales of $1.05 to $1.1 billion for the fourth quarter. First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) shares tumbled 9.56 percent to $52.49 after the company reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results.Clean Harbors (NYSE: CLH) was also down, falling 14.72 percent to $46.00 after the company missed on the top and bottom lines while lowering its guidance for the fiscal year 2013.Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.73 percent to $102.57, while gold traded down 1.04 percent to $1,328.80. Silver traded down 2.87 percent Wednesday to $ 21.23, while copper fell 1.04 percent to $3.19.Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.18 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index fell 0.37 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX slipped 0.39 percent and the French CAC 40 dropped 0.40 percent while U.K. shares declined 0.46 percent.Economics
The MBA reported that its index of mortgage application activity declined 8.5% in the week ended February 21. Sales of new homes climbed 9.6% in January to an annual rate of 468,000 in January. However, economists were projecting a sales rate of 400,000 in the month. Crude stockpiles climbed 100,000 barrels for the week ended February 21, the US Energy Information Administration reported. However, analysts were expecting a gain of 1.5 million barrels.
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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