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.
Wrapping up the trading session Monday, the Dow traded down 0.25 percent to 17,057.38 while the NASDAQ declined 0.52 percent to 4,426.81. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.22 percent to 1,973.95.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Utilities shares fell by just 0.08 percent in Monday’s trading. Top gainers in the sector included Korea Electric Power (NYSE: KEP), up 3 percent, and Huaneng Power International (NYSE: HNP), up 1.9 percent.
In trading on Monday, cyclical consumer goods & services shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.62 percent. Top decliners in the sector included Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE: SIX), down 5.37 percent, and Citi Trends (NASDAQ: CTRN), off 5.7 percent.
Top Headline
Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) reported a gain in its second-quarter earnings.
The Houston, Texas-based company’s quarterly income from continuing operations rose to $776 million, or $0.91 per share, up from $642 million, or $0.69 per share in the year-ago period.
Its total revenue surged to $8.1 billion, from $7.3 billion. Its operating income surged to $1.2 billion from $984 million in the year-ago quarter. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.91 per share on revenue of $7.88 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD) shares shot up9.15 percent to $20.28 after the company announced its plans to acquire Severstal Columbus LLC from OAO Severstal.
Shares of EMC (NYSE: EMC) got a boost, shooting up 4.79 percent to $28.27. Elliott Management plans to spin-off EMC's VMware, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) shares were also up, lost 0.17 percent to $70.81 after the company reported upbeat Q2 revenue and raised its share repurchase program to $6 billion versus $5 billion.
Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of EZCORP (NASDAQ: EZPW) were down 11.87 percent to $9.80 after the company named CFO Mark Kuchenrither as interim CEO and President.
Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE: SIX) shares tumbled 5.37 percent to $38.80 on downbeat Q2 revenue. The company posted a quarterly profit of $85.3 million, or $0.67 per share, versus a year-ago profit of $47.4 million, or $0.47 per share.
BB&T (NYSE: BBT) was down, falling 3.73 percent to $37.45 after the company reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter earnings.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 0.36 percent to $102.32, while gold traded up 0.37 percent to $1,314.20.
Silver traded up 0.62 percent Monday to $21.01, while copper rose 0.49 percent to $3.20.
Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.50 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index dropped 0.43 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index dipped 1.48 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX declined 1.11 percent and the French CAC 40 tumbled 0.71 percent while UK shares fell 0.31 percent.
Economics
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index fell to 0.12 in June versus 0.16 in May.
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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