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.
- The company reported first quarter EPS of $0.40, or $340 million, versus the estimated $0.35. EPS were down 37 percent from the same quarter last year.
- Revenue came in at $1.68 billion versus the estimated $1.49 billion.
- PotashCorp reported cash provided by operating activities of $539 million.
- The company repurchased 11.7 million shares during the first quarter at an average price of $34.00 per share.
- Gross margin for the quarter came in at $565 million compared with the $867 million generated during the same quarter from last year.
- First quarter sales volume reached 1.6 million tonnes versus the 1.5 million tonnes sold in the 1Q13.
- The company's capital-related cash expenditures totaled $224 million for the quarter compared to $496 million during the same period last year.
- In the press release, PotashCorp reported "In nitrogen, first-quarter ammonia production in the US reached its highest level in more than a decade as additional capacity came online and producers responded to strong agricultural and industrial demand. While ammonia prices trailed the historically high levels of 2013 - a period characterized by especially strong demand and supply challenges in key producing regions - they moved up sharply as the quarter came to a close."
- Full-year 2014 guidance was adjusted to $1.50 to $1.80 per share.
- The company set the second quarter at $0.40 to $0.45 per share.
- PotashCorp maintained the view that global potash shipments could be within 55 and 57 million tonnes. Total shipments to North America for the full year could reach 9 to 9.5 million tonnes.
- The company increased the annual estimate for potash gross margin to $1.1- $1.3 billion and sales volume of 8.3-8.7 million tonnes.
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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