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 Monday, the Dow traded up 0.02 percent to 16,854.35 while the NASDAQ surged 0.17 percent to 4,405.27. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.09 percent to 1,962.79.
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In trading on Monday, technology shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.22 percent. Top gainers in the sector included ChinaCache International Holdings (NASDAQ: CCIH), up 5.7 percent, and ServiceSource International (NASDAQ: SREV), up 6.7 percent.
Basic materials sector was the top decliner in today’s trading. Top losers in the sector included Rayonier (NYSE: RYN), down 27.3 percent, and Endeavour Silver (NYSE: EXK), off 3 percent.
Top Headline
PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) announced its plans to buy Consorcio Comex SA de CV for $2.3 billion.
Mexico-based Comex had sales of around $1 billion in 2013.
Equities Trading UP
MannKind (NASDAQ: MNKD) shares shot up 10.56 percent to $11.06 following the Friday's conditional FDA approval for Afrezzaa.
Shares of ServiceSource International (NASDAQ: SREV) got a boost, shooting up 6.57 percent to $6.00 after Altai Capital reported a 9.9% stake in ServiceSource.
GW Pharmaceuticals plc (NASDAQ: GWPH) shares were also up, gaining 4.25 percent to $100.23 as Piper Jaffray raised the price target on the stock from $97 to $147.
Equities Trading DOWN
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Shares of MBIA (NYSE: MBI) were down 5.13 percent to $10.90 as BTIG Research downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral.
United States Steel (NYSE: X) shares tumbled 1.54 percent to $25.62. Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE: MLM) will replace U.S. Steel in the S&P 500 index after the close of trading on July 1.
Rayonier (NYSE: RYN) was down, falling 27.74 percent to $35.07. Rayonier completed the spin-off of Rayonier Advanced Materials (NYSE:RYAM). Analysts at RBC Capital downgraded Rayonier from Outperform to Sector Perform.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.46 percent to $105.25, while gold traded down 0.36 percent to $1,315.20.
Silver traded down 0.80 percent Monday to $20.97, while copper rose 0.17 percent to $3.17.
Eurozone
European shares were mostly lower today.
The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.04 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index dropped 0.30 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index slipped 0.22 percent.
Meanwhile, the German DAX climbed 0.29 percent and the French CAC 40 tumbled 0.22 percent while UK shares declined 0.11 percent.
Economics
The Chicago PMI dropped to 62.6 in June, versus 65.5 in May. However, economists were expecting a reading of 64.3.
The pending home sales index rose 6.1% to reach 103.9 in May, up from 97.9 in April.
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.