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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Thursday morning, the basic materials sector proved to be a source of strength for the market. Basic materials sector gained 0.81% in today's trading. Leading the sector was strength from Kraton Performance Polymers (NYSE: KRA) and Materion (NYSE: MTRN). Utilities sector was the only decliner in the US market today, down on the day by 0.02 percent. Among the sector stocks, Exterran Partners LP (NASDAQ: EXLP) was down more than 3.2 percent, while AES (NYSE: AES) tumbled around 2.5 percent. Top Headline
Best Buy Co (NYSE: BBY) posted a profit in the fourth quarter. Best Buy swung to a quarterly profit of $293 million, or $0.83 per share, versus a year-ago loss of $409 million, or $1.21 per share. Its adjusted operating income from continuing operations came in at $1.24 per share. Its revenue slipped to $14.47 billion versus $14.92 billion. However, analysts were projecting earnings of $1.01 per share on sales of $14.67 billion.Equities Trading UP
J. C. Penney Company (NYSE: JCP) shot up 23.32 percent to $7.35 after the company reported a narrower-than-expected fourth-quarter loss.Shares of Amerisafe (NASDAQ: AMSF) got a boost, shooting up 12.76 percent to $44.44 after the company reported Q4 results and lifted its dividend.Best Buy Co (NYSE: BBY) was also up, gaining 5.69 percent to $27.29 after the company posted a better-than-expected profit in the fourth quarter.Equities Trading DOWN
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Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: INO) were down 8.31 percent to $3.42 as the company announced the pricing of public offering of common stock.Noodles & Company (NASDAQ: NDLS) shares tumbled 8.01 percent to $36.38 after the company reported
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.58 percent to $101.99, while gold traded up 0.40 percent to $1,333.30. Silver traded up 0.36 percent Thursday to $21.37, while copper fell 0.50 percent to $3.20.Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.59 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index fell 0.38 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX slipped 0.68 percent and the French CAC 40 dropped 0.01 percent while U.K. shares gained 0.16 percent.Economics
US initial jobless claims rose 14,000 to 348,000 in the week ended February 22. However, economists were projecting claims to reach 335,000 in the week. Orders for durable goods declined 1.0% in January, versus economists' expectations for a 1.7% drop. US core durable-goods orders rose 1.10% in the month. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index rose to -28.60 for the week ended February 23, versus a prior reading of -30.60. The Kansas City Fed manufacturing index fell to 4.00 in February, versus a prior reading of 5.00. However, economists were expecting a reading of 2.00. Supplies of natural gas declined 95 billion cubic feet for the week ended February 21, the Energy Information Administration reported. However, analysts were expecting a fall of 102 billion cubic feet to 106 billion cubic feet. Data on money supply will be released at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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.