Phil's Stock World
Philstockworld.com (www.philstockworld.com) is the fastest growing stock and option newsletter on the Web. "High Finance for Real People - Fun and Profits" is our motto and our Basic and Premium Chat Sessions offer readers a chance to speak to Phil live during the trading day as well as authors like Optrader, Sabrient, Income Trader and Trend Trader - who send out Alerts during the market sessions and discuss trade ideas live with Members.
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Philip R. Davis is a founder of Phil's Stock World (www.philstockworld.com), a stock and options trading site that teaches the art of options trading to newcomers and devises advanced strategies for expert traders. Mr. Davis is a serial entrepreneur, having founded software company Accu-Title, a real estate title insurance software solution, and is also the President of the Delphi Consulting Corp., an M&A; consulting firm that helps large and small companies obtain funding and close deals. He was also the founder of Accu-Search, a property data corporation that was sold to DataTrace in 2004 and Personality Plus, a precursor to eHarmony.com. Phil was a former editor of a UMass/Amherst humor magazine and it shows in his writing -- which is filled with colorful commentary along with very specific ideas on stock option purchases (Phil rarely holds actual stocks).
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Phil's Stock World
http://www.philstockworld.com/
Commentary on the stock market, options, the economy and a little politics. We teach subscribers how to use options to earn consistent returns on their investments, how to hedge, and how to be the "house" by selling the appropriate options against their positons. We share our many resources and will help you find a trading style that works for you!
LATEST ARTICLES ( 4737 )
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Upside Calls In Play On Big Lots
The Jan ’14 $32.5 strike calls have traded more than 6,500 times against open interest of just 813 contracts. Time and sales data suggests much of the volume wa... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Turnaround Tuesday – Back to Bull Already? Members Only!
Super-fast drops followed by rocket pops. On the whole, we haven't really gone anywhere since Thanksgiving but, like any good roller-coaster that drops you off... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What the Market Wants: Possible Start to Santa Claus Rally
Backed by positive economic announcements from the Empire Manufacturing Index and Industrial Production, along with much improved growth from Europe, the... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Twitter Shares In ‘Retweet’ On Analyst Downgrades
Trading in far out of the money TWTR call options expiring next week suggests some traders are positioning for the price of Twitter’s shares to move... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Manic Monday – Bouncy Pre-Fed Edition
The great and powerful Bernanke will fix everything by handing out bits of paper to make everyone feel better about themselves (economically speaking) on... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
PhilStockWorld October Trade Review (Part 2)
As the market bottomed at the end of September, we had 59 trade ideas in two weeks and only 8 of them were misses for a very nice 86% success rate. Read more
Posted on 15 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Build a Berkshire Workshop – Members Only
"Build a better mousetrap, and the World will beat a path to your door." Of course we know that's not entirely true – even if you build a better mousetrap, if... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
PSW 2013 Holiday Shopping Survey
Last year we were able to accurately predict improving retail sales from our observations – we have a lot of very sharp people with a wealth of experience to... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Options Change Hands On Quiksilver As Stock Rallies
Trading in February expiry put options this morning suggests one or more traders may be positioning for shares in Quiksilver to remain above the $8.00 level... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Failing Friday – Not Even a Weak Bounce?
The NYSE and the Russell, our erstwhile leaders, are now leading us down, having fallen over 2.5% from their Thanksgiving highs and, more importantly, finding n... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Puts Change Hands On E-House China Holdings Ltd. As Shares Rise
Options volume on the stock is more than three times the average daily level, with overall volume above 5,100 contracts versus the average reading of around... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thursday Thump – Is It a Bottom Or a Pause?
I love it when a plan comes together. I'm not going to say "I told you so" – I think my 9am tweet on Tuesday already made that abundantly clear. Read more
Posted on 12 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Random Observations, as Consolidation in Stocks Continues
The stock market’s technical consolidation continues, and in fact anyone who missed last week’s entry point for the widely-anticipated year-end rally is... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sears Puts Active As Stock Touches Lowest Since Sept. 5th
Upwards of 22,000 of the Jan ’14 $39 puts have traded thus far in the session, with the bulk of the volume in one print of around 16,380 contracts that appear t... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Which Way Wednesday – Budget Deal Saves the Day
We don't have all the details yet but it seems like unemployment benefits won't be extended and that means about 1.5M people will no longer be considered... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Icahn Enterprises Options In Focus As Shares Slip
The sizable move in the price of the underlying sparked heavier than usual options activity on the stock today, with overall volume approaching 5,000 contracts... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Technical Tuesday – Nasdaq Making New Highs, Will The Other Indexes Join?
The S P came within inches of making a new all-time high and the Nasdaq made their new 13-year high while the Dow, NYSE and Nasdaq also reach for the skies in... Read more
Posted on 10 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What the Market Wants: Caution Or End of
Today, with very little market moving news, the S P 500 closed at 1808.4, yet another new closing daily high. The index did touch the 1811 area on at least thre... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What the Market Wants: Caution Or End of Year Window Dressing?
Today, with very little market moving news, the S P 500 closed at 1808.4, yet another new closing daily high. The index did touch the 1811 area on at least thre... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Options Volume Pops on OSI Systems as Shares Drop
This article will become free after 48 hours (see below for free content). To read the rest of this article now, along with Phil's live intra-day comments,... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS