Volatility: Here’s How To Use It In Your Options Trading
Volatility
Options and volatility go together–you can’t be a good
options trader without knowing the concept of volatility and especially how it
relates to various option strategies. This week I am highlighting the options
volatility section of TM University. Spend some time with it this weekend and
improve your options trading.
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The New, Improved
TradersWire
If you haven’t been in TradersWire for a while,
swing by next week–you’ll be pleasantly surprised. We’ve made a lot of changes,
including precise buy and sell alerts on stocks and E-minis and Mini-sized Dow
contracts, expanded education and trading tips. And as always, there are some
good traders in the chat room. I’m not ashamed to say that I’ve learned a lot
from some of these traders through the years, and I’m willing to bet you could
learn something, too.
So
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Big Cap
Earnings Announcements for the Week of June 6th
Company |
Symbol |
Date |
| Bob Evans Farms | BOBE | Monday, June 6 |
| Jos. A. Bank Clothiers |
JOSB | Monday, June 6 |
| Quiksilver | ZQK | Monday, June 6 |
| Albertsons | ABT | Tuesday, June 7 |
| Dave & Busters | DAB | Tuesday, June 7 |
| Markek Biosciences |
MATK | Tuesday, June 7 |
| Toys R Us | TOY | Tuesday, June 7 |
| Comtech Telecommunications |
CMTL | Wednesday, June 8 |
| H & R Block | HRB | Wednesday, June 8 |
| National Semiconductor |
NSM | Thursday, June 9 |
| Navistar International |
NAV | Thursday, June 9 |
| Shuffle Master | SHFL | Thursday, June 9 |
| Polo Ralph Lauren |
RL | Friday, Jun 10 |
Scheduled Stock Splits for the Week of
June 6th
Company |
Symbol |
Ratio |
Payable |
Ex-Date |
| CVS Corp | CVS | 2-1 | Jun 6 | Jun 7 |
| Fulton Financial | FULT | 5-4 | Jun 8 | Jun 9 |
| United Technologies | UTX | 2-1 | Jun 10 | Jun 13 |
Upcoming Economic Events for the Week of
June
6th
| Date | ET | Release | For | Consensus | Prior |
| June 7 | 3:00 pm |
Consumer Credit | Apr | $6.8B | $5.5B |
| June 8 | 10:00 am | Wholesale Inventories | Apr | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| June 9 | 8:30 am |
Initial Jobless Claims | 06/04 | NA | 350K |
| June 10 | 8:30 am |
Export Prices (Ex. Ag) | May | NA | 0.5% |
| June 10 | 8:30 am |
Import Prices (Ex. oil) | May | NA | 0.4% |
| June 10 | 8:30 am |
Trade Balance | Apr | -$58B | -$55B |
| June 10 | 2:00 pm | Treasury Budget | May | -$47B | -$62B |
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