Benzinga's Option Alert Recap From March 9


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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Here's a recap of the options alerts from Thursday, March 9, 2017. All time stamps are in Eastern Time.

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  • 5:49:10pm: ETP Energy Tr Part Mar 45.0 Puts Sweep: 778 @ ASK $8.595: 1432 traded vs 1945 OI: Earnings 5/3 After Close (est) $36.54 Ref
  • 5:30:08pm: ECA Encana Jul 11.0 Calls Sweep: 900 @ ASK $1.00: 24k traded vs 28k OI: Earnings 5/3 Before Open (est) $10.47 Ref
  • 5:22:37pm: CPE Callon Pet Mar 12.0 Calls Sweep: 516 @ ASK $0.10: 1979 traded vs 180 OI: Earnings 5/3 After Close (est) $11.26 Ref
  • 5:19:06pm: LUV Southwest Mar 10th 56.5 Puts Sweep: 577 @ ASK $0.45: 887 traded vs 562 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open (est) $56.51 Ref
  • 5:00:41pm: SBUX Starbucks Jan18 50.0 Puts: 5000 @ ASK $2.28: 5100 traded vs 16k OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $55.06 Ref
  • 4:58:57pm: MU Micron Mar 31st 22.0 Calls Sweep: 8000 @ ASK $3.35: 8000 traded vs 153 OI: Earnings 3/23 After Close $24.92 Ref
  • 3:25:43pm: TPX Tempur Sealy Apr 55.0 Calls: 640 @ ASK $0.45: 646 traded vs 495 OI: Earnings 4/27 Before Open (est) $44.96 Ref
  • 2:47:32pm: TRN Trinity Ind Apr 25.0 Calls: 875 @ ASK $1.95: 1750 traded vs 179 OI: Earnings 4/20 After Close (est) $26.01 Ref
  • 2:45:16pm: STX Seagate Mar 46.0 Puts Sweep: 1045 @ ASK $0.65: 2046 traded vs 1096 OI: Earnings 4/28 After Close (est) $46.60 Ref
  • 2:05:31pm: WFM Whole Foods Apr 30.0 Calls: 11200 @ ASK $0.58: 11k traded vs 416 OI: Earnings 5/3 After Close (est) $29.33 Ref
  • 2:01:11pm: HLF Herbalife Mar 54.0 Calls Sweep: 2223 @ ASK $0.294: 2239 traded vs 116 OI: Earnings 5/4 After Close (est) $51.87 Ref
  • 1:58:45pm: BBRY Blackberry Mar 24th 7.0 Calls: 500 @ ASK $0.07: 500 traded vs 319 OI: Earnings 3/31 Before Open $6.72 Ref
  • 1:54:22pm: MYL Mylan Mar 10th 43.5 Calls Sweep: 500 @ ASK $0.18: 516 traded vs 213 OI: Earnings 5/2 Before Open (est) $43.19 Ref
  • 1:32:03pm: EPD Enterprise Prod Part June $29 Call; 5000 @Bid @ $0.33
  • 1:27:59pm: QCOM Qualcomm Mar 56.5 Puts: 11000 @ ASK $0.24: 11k traded vs 855 OI: Earnings 4/19 After Close $57.91 Ref
  • 1:22:01pm: MYL Mylan Mar 44.0 Calls Sweep: 501 @ ASK $0.348: 509 traded vs 677 OI: Earnings 5/2 Before Open (est) $43.09 Ref
  • 12:59:20pm: MDLZ Mondelez Sep17 43.0 Calls Sweep: 1441 @ ASK $3.35: 1441 traded vs 125 OI: Earnings 4/26 Before Open (est) $43.56 Ref
  • 12:58:20pm: JBLU JdetBlue Mar 20.0 Calls Sweep: 1000 @ ASK $0.20: 3286 traded vs 4566 OI: Earnings 4/25 Before Open (est) $19.36 Ref
  • 12:54:01pm: HIG Hartford Mar 50.0 Puts Sweep: 623 @ ASK $1.38: 625 traded vs 222 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $48.72 Ref
  • 12:29:39pm: SBUX Starbucks Mar 10th 55.0 Puts Sweep: 1025 @ ASK $0.33: 1333 traded vs 830 OI: Earnings 4/27 After Close (est) $54.94 Ref
  • 12:09:08pm: AKAM Akamai Mar 65.0 Calls: 590 @ ASK $0.47: 1181 traded vs 1812 OI: Earnings 4/25 After Close (est) $63.91 Ref
  • 11:51:39am: ILG ILG Apr $17 Put; 3167 @Bid @ $0.15
  • 11:41:25am: SIG SIG Mar $60 Put; Mar $60 Put; 3000 at Bid @$0.30
  • 11:34:49am: STM STMicro Oct17 15.0 Calls Sweep: 2418 @ ASK $2.15: 2500 traded vs 1197 OI: Earnings 4/26 Before Open (est) $15.13 Ref
  • 11:33:14am: AIG AIG Mar 65.0 Calls Sweep: 1776 @ ASK $0.36: 2144 traded vs 11k OI: Earnings 5/2 After Close (est) $64.40 Ref

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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.


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