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.
Midway through trading Monday, the Dow traded up 0.66 percent to 18,516.44 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.41 percent to 5,240.31. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.59 percent to 2,181.90.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
On Monday, basic materials shares gained by 0.99 percent. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), and Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: ATI).
In trading on Monday, healthcare shares rose by just 0.3 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: KERX), down 5 percent, and Amarin Corporation plc (ADR) (NASDAQ: AMRN), down 3 percent.
Top Headline
USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) and ABC Supply disclosed that they reached a definitive deal through which the former would divest its L&W Supply Corporation to the latter for $670 million cash.
The transaction is expected to be completed before the current year ends.
Equities Trading UP
Macrocure Ltd (NASDAQ: MCUR) shares shot up 88 percent to $2.27 as the company agreed to be acquried by Leap Therapeutics.
Shares of CTI BioPharma Corp (NASDAQ: CTIC) got a boost, shooting up 15 percent to $0.404 after the company disclosed that its top line results from PERSIST-2 met one of two primary endpoints.
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Lantheus Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LNTH) shares were also up, gaining 13 percent to $9.34. Jefferies reiterated Buy rating on Lantheus and raised the price target from $8 to $12.
Equities Trading DOWN
Caesars Entertainment Corp (NASDAQ: CZR) shares dropped 15 percent to $6.42 after a court ruling leaves the company exposed to $11 billion in legal claims. On Friday, a U.S. judge ruled that Caesars Entertainment Operating Corp (CEOC) con no longer protect parent company Caesars Entertainment Corp from lawsuits concerning CEOC bond debt issued prior to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2015.
Shares of BOS Better OnLine Sol (USA) (NASDAQ: BOSC) were down 16 percent to $2.93. Better Online Solutions posted Q2 earnings of $0.14 per share on revenue of $14.38 million.
Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: CORE) was down, falling around 10 percent to $40.75. Core-Mark reported the expiration of its supply agreement with 1,100 Circle K stores.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 1.72 percent to $46.82 while gold traded up 0.12 percent to $1,327.50.
Silver traded up 0.40 percent Monday to $18.82, while copper fell 0.10 percent to $2.08.
Eurozone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 slipped 0.15 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index declined 0.55 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index dropped 1.12 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX declined 0.41 percent, and the French CAC 40 declined 0.40 percent.
Economics
U.S. consumer spending rose 0.3 percent for July, versus economists' expectations for a 0.3 percent growth. Personal income increased 0.4 percent last month.
The Dallas Fed manufacturing business index dropped to -6.20 in August, versus a prior reading of -1.30. Economists were expecting a reading of -3.90.
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.