Dan Deming

On Bloomberg Markets, Dan Deming of KKM Financial suggested that traders should consider an options strategy in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), ahead of earnings results. The company is going to report earnings on Thursday and Deming wants to sell the July 74.50 call and buy the August 74.50...

Speaking on Bloomberg Markets, Dan Deming of KKM Financial suggested that traders should consider a bearish options trade in Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLE). The stock has been performing poorly recently and Deming thinks that there is more room on the downside. He added that the stock...

Speaking on Bloomberg Markets, Dan Deming of KKM Financial suggested a bullish options strategy in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (ETF) (NYSE: EEM). He explained that the stock has been performing well recently due to weakness in the U.S. dollar and expansion in the emerging market countries....

Dan Deming of KKM Financial spoke on Bloomberg Markets about an options trading strategy in iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (NYSE: IWM). The small-cap stocks have under performed the rest of the market on Wednesday and Deming thinks they could trade even lower. He wants to sell the August 142 call...

Speaking on Bloomberg Markets, Dan Deming of KKM Financial suggested an options strategy in Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) ahead of earnings report, which is scheduled on Thursday. Deming noticed that implied volatility in weekly calls is elevated and he wants to sell the April 61.50 call and...

Speaking on Bloomberg Markets, Dan Deming of KKM Financial suggested that investors should consider buying protection in the current market environment. He is watching the CBOE skew index, which measures the demand for downside puts versus upside calls and he noticed that it reached a record high...

The Volatility Index, also known as the "fear index," briefly traded below the 10 mark on Wednesday for less than one minute immediately following the Federal Reserve's announcement that interest rates will be maintained at current levels. Regardless of the very brief time it traded below 10, it...

Dan Deming of KKM Financial suggested on Bloomberg Markets that investors should consider an options trading strategy in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). He wants to sell the February 65 call and buy the March 65 call for a net debit of $0.16. In order to make money with the trade,...

Dan Deming of KKM Financial spoke on Bloomberg Markets about a bearish options strategy in iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (NYSE: IWM). He thinks that the stock could drop to $130 if it breaks its $135 support and he wants to buy the March 135/131 put spread to profit from a potential decline...

Dan Deming said on Bloomberg Markets that Technology SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLK) could move higher, going into the first quarter. He wants to use a risk reversal options strategy to make a bullish bet. Deming wants to sell the March 46 put and buy the March 48 call for a debit of $0.60. If...