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 ( 7292 )
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What the Market Wants: Market Conundrum
What can we say after yet another sharp sell-off? Since last Friday’s open, the S&P; 500 has fallen nearly 3%, the Nasdaq has fallen more than 4.3% and the... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Markets – Guiding in for a Crash Landing?
Guidance has gotten uglier, as evidenced by this FactSet chart. These are those annoying Fundamentals I keep whining about while everyone else is trying to... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Rankings Take a Bearish Turn as the Flight to Safety Solidifies
Although the large caps set new highs early on Friday, small caps and NASDAQ have not come close to their prior highs. Friday closed with extreme weakness acros... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Non-Farm Friday – Is America Working?
As you can see from Dave Fry's SPY chart, we're running up on ZERO volume in the Futures and then we sell off all day on very low volume (because there are no... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Free Money Thursday – Chinese Stimulus To the Rescue!
China gave the markets a big boost this morning by announcing an immediate $25Bn program for railway construction and another $50Bn a year for "more stuff. Read more
Posted on 03 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Will We Hold It Wednesday – The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Sure only 86M shares were traded on SPY (see Dave Fry's chart), which is about what's usually traded on a holiday but why should we let that bother us. Read more
Posted on 02 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Large Trade In FXI Options
Big prints in FXI call options caught our eye on Tuesday morning amid a positive start to trading for shares in the iShares China Large-cap ETF. Read more
Posted on 01 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Triple Top Tuesday – 3rd Times a Charm?
This is our 3rd visit this year to 1,880 on the S P and maybe this time will be different and, if so, we'll simply have to deploy some of our cash on some... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What the Market Wants: Where Are Valuations Now?
Today’s market was strong with lots of volume to open the week and close the quarter. The strongest index of the day was the Russell 2000, up 1.8%, followed by... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Bearish Options Trade On EEM
The purchase of approximately 80,600 of the May $41.5 strike calls at a premium of $1.05 per contract was tied to the sale of EEM stock at $41.22. Read more
Posted on 31 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Meaningless Monday Window Dressing – Waiting for Things to Get Real
I've been telling you for years about the various ways the market is rigged and now Michael Lewis has written a whole book about it called Flash Boys, which... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Caution Flag Stays out as Stocks Continue Their Consolidation
As Q1 of 2014 comes to an end, we can see that January was extremely weak, February gained it all back, and March treaded water. Read more
Posted on 31 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Philstockworld February Trade Review – Part III
In the first two parts of our Trade Review alone (Part 1 and Part 2), we had 85 trade ideas for our Members in just two weeks and 74 of them (87%) turned out... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Constellation Brands Put Options In Play Ahead Of Q4 Earnings
The most traded contracts on STZ as of the time of this writing are the April $77.5 and $80 strike puts, with more than 1,300 options in play at each striking... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Fake Rally Friday – WTF Are People So Happy About?
As I walk on through this wicked world, Searching for light in the darkness of insanity, I ask myself, Is all hope lost? Is there only pain, and hatred, and... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Call Butterfly Spread Looks For Run In Sprint Shares To Continue
It looks like one strategist purchased 20,000 calls at both the May $10 and $12 strikes for a combined premium of $0.60 per contract and sold 40,000 of the May... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Faltering Thursday (Again) – Another Week of Market Weakness
The Nasdaq and Russell have gone from Spitting to Vomiting Cobra patterns, with 10% drops certainly looking like they are in the cards as things play out. Read more
Posted on 27 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
USG Corp. Options Active
The most traded options on USG so far today are the 16May’14 $30 strike calls, with around 2,800 contracts in play against open interest of 301 positions. Read more
Posted on 26 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Wednesday’s Worry – Will Alibaba Destroy the World?
As TS Elliot noted: "Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the act falls the shadow." Whether or not Elliot was referring to "shadow... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sonic Corp. Calls Active As Shares Hit Highest Since ’07
Trades initiated in Sonic options on Monday prior to the company’s Q2 earnings release suggests some trader may be able to sink their teeth into overnight... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS