High On Drugs

face=”Arial, Helvetica”>Micron Technologies
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, on the href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/stocks/indicators/up/pull.cfm”>Pullbacks
From Highs List, may present an opportunity for covered
calls. You can buy the stock for 90 13/16, and you can sell
the August 105 calls for 4. This represents approximately a
20% return (more than 100% annualized, based on 50 days
until expiration) should the stock be called away.

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Although
much of the action could be attributed to Eli Lilly
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,
you can’t ignore the fact that major drugs
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broke to new highs on Thursday. Look for buying
opportunities in calls and call spreads here.

Telecom
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seemed to find support around the 30%
retracement level of its recent run-up from lows. Look for
buying opportunities in calls and call spreads here, but
wait for additional follow-through to the upside, or focus
on the strongest issues.

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On
the short side, banks
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, mentioned recently,
still look vulnerable. Continue to look for a buying
opportunity here in puts and put spreads.

Going
forward: Unless the semis
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rally soon, they
could be in trouble.

Best
of luck with your trading on Friday!

P.S. Reminder:
Protective stops on every trade!