What We Learned From Our Qualcomm Trade
On November 5, one of the stocks on my watchlist hit my Profit Trigger: semiconductor maker Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM). The company reported earnings for the third quarter that topped analysts’ expectations by 22%. Its share price shot up 10%. Many investors thought...
Did You Miss out on TSLA? You Didn’t Need To
We all know 2020 was wild for the stock market. We started the year with a quick 30% plunge … followed by a record setting rally. But one stock stood out head and shoulders above the rest — Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA). Shares plunged 60% during the pandemic. They fell...
New Year, New Gains
Editor’s Note: Yesterday, we sent around an update on our Qualcomm trade, letting you know to close it out. We want to congratulate our readers on a double-digit gain on their first Weekly Options Corner trade! If you missed the alert, you can view it here. We hope...
Trade Alert: Congratulations on Your Double-Digit Gain From Qualcomm
Our opportunity on Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) has been a wild ride. We’ve been up 50%, down 50% … and now we are sitting on modest 13% gain a week before it is set to expire. If you’ve stuck with us and made this trade, congrats! With us so close to...
The 2020 Pandemic Is Fueling 2021 Growth
Back in March, if someone told you the stock market would finish the year with a double-digit gain, you’d have thought they were crazy. The world’s economy was shutting down. The stock market was crashing. And there was no end in sight. But Americans pushed through...
How My Readers Performed During a Wild 2020
Editor’s Note: Happy New Year to all of our readers! We hope you are having a wonderful day. As we start this new year, we thought this would be a perfect time to recap what 2020 was like for Chad’s subscribers. We’re thankful for all the readers who’ve trusted Chad...
No. 1 Secret for Using Options Trading for Income
Some people make stocks complicated. But we don’t need to. At the end of the day, any stock can only do three things. It can go up. It can go down. Or it can go sideways. Most traders only focus on the first two. We all love it when our stocks go up, but we get...
We’re Getting Ready to Move on Our QCOM Trade
Editor’s Note: We’ve covered how to buy and sell options, how to select option symbols and how to get your broker’s permission for trades in the Weekly Options Corner so far, plus a lot more. If you’re new to the Weekly Options Corner, or if you just want to recap...
Don’t Make This Mistake With Your Options Trades
Pro tip: Never use stop-losses on options. Just don’t do it. It’s not a pet peeve of mine, just bad practice. A stop-loss is an order you can place with your broker ahead of time, letting them know the price you wish to sell at if it falls to that level. Once it falls...
1 Thing You Can Bet on in 2021 — It Will Be Unprecedented
In less than a month, we can finally put 2020 behind us. But it doesn’t mean we are at the end of unprecedented times. This year was dominated by the coronavirus. The pandemic impacted our daily lives and disrupted the global economy. And the stock market was...
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