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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U.S. stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade. Data on initial jobless claims for the latest week will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 17 points to 18,184.00, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index futures slipped 2.25 points to 2,151.00. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index fell 3.50 points to 4,869.75.
Oil prices traded mixed as Brent crude futures gained 0.12 percent to trade at $51.92 per barrel, while US WTI crude futures also fell 0.18 percent to trade at $49.74 a barrel. The Energy Information Administration’s weekly report on natural gas stocks is schedule for release at 10:30 a.m. ET.
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European markets were mostly lower today, with the Spanish Ibex Index falling 0.19 percent, STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.31 percent and German DAX 30 index dropping 0.29 percent. The UK's FTSE index was trading higher by 0.02 percent, while French CAC 40 Index fell 0.32 percent.
In Asian markets, Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.47 percent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gained 0.69 percent, China’s Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.21 percent and India’s BSE Sensex fell 0.41 percent.
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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals shares fell 42.96 percent to $40.10 in pre-market trading.
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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.