US Stock Futures Tumble Ahead Of Wholesale Inventories Data


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.


Pre-open moversUS stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade. The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for February will be released at 9:00 a.m. ET, while wholesale inventories data for January will be released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 123 points to 17,847.00, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index futures fell 15 points to 2,062.70. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index declined 31.75 points to 4,381.75.

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A Peek Into Global Markets European markets were lower today, with the Spanish Ibex Index falling 1.23%, STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.18% and German DAX 30 index dropping 0.66%. French CAC 40 Index slipped 0.60% and London's FTSE 100 Index fell 0.61%.In Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 0.67%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped 0.94%, China's Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.49% and India's BSE Sensex fell 0.47%.Broker RecommendationAnalysts at Janney Capital upgraded Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) from Neutral to Buy and raised the price target from $37.00 to $48.00. Urban Outfitters shares rose 1.59% to close at $39.51 yesterday.Breaking news
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  • Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has acquired privately-held Fifth Element, a leader in forestry enterprise and mobile software solutions for logistics and harvest operations. To read the full news, click here.
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  • Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) reported upbeat earnings for the fourth quarter on Monday. To read the full news, click here.

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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