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
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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: Key Week for the Quarter
This week could be very telling in what to expect from the markets in the first quarter and the rest of 2014 as a number of important companies report Q4 and... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What Apple Options Suggest Ahead Of Earnings
Chart – PD AAPL Jan 31 '14 Expiry Options Looking out to the Mar 21 ’14 expiry options, the PD indicates a wider range of approximately +/- 23% around the... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Market Momentum – Reversing Or Just Bouncing?
As noted in our Weekend Trade Reviews, we saw this dip coming from a mile away and, from the outset, we were never expecting more than 10% at most. Read more
Posted on 27 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Will Investors Embrace Weakness as an Entry Point?
There is no sugar-coating what happened to stocks on Friday. All around the world, stocks really took it on the chin as the usual support mechanisms that bulls... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
PSW January Trade Review (Part 2)
This is where the Nasdaq was on Friday's (12/20) close (see also, Part 1). Bullish sentiment was at record highs and the media frenzy could be summed up by my... Read more
Posted on 26 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
PSW January Trade Review (Part 1)
Who could have ever seen this coming (other than us, of course)? The markets have given up, in a single week, all that they've gained since Thanksgiving, when... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Kansas City Southern Shares Slump After Earnings
Traders who snapped up puts on the stock near the open when the price of the underlying was near the worst levels of the session have seen the value of those... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Faltering Friday – Fundamentals Finally Matter
We had a nice $1,000 per contract gain on the oil Futures (/CL) this morning, as I said to our Members at 4:15am in the Chat Room: "The Dollar has found a... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
January Portfolio Review
Short-Term Portfolio: Our Short-term Portfolio spent no cash with put sales and credit spreads and currently has about a $2,035 net credit, of which $1,420 is... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thursday Fake-Out – Weak Dollar Props up Weak Markets
They just don't appreciate that you get tired They're so hard to satisfy, You can tranquilize your mind So go running for the shelter of a mother's little helpe... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Abbott Labs Puts Active After Q4 Earnings
Options changing hands on Abbott Labs in the early going suggests some traders are positioning for the price of the underlying to potentially extend losses... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Which Way Wednesday – Earnings Edition
As you can see from Dave Fry's SPY chart, we had a wild ride yesterday with volume on the sell side and then the bots taking us back up to finsh the day back... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What the Market Wants Will Return Next Week
David Brown is on a speaking tour on behalf of the Baker’s Dozen Unit Investment Trust (UIT). Publication of “What the Market Wants” will resume next week. Read more
Posted on 21 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Traders Take A Shine To SLV Call Spreads
Volume in SLV options today is heavily concentrated in the January 2015 expiry calls, with the $30/$40 call spread trading a total of 75,000 times. It looks lik... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Tricky Tuesday – China Stimulus Saves Us Again
Gotta get used to waiting You know how the ice is It's thin where you're skating (This is no social crisis) Just another tricky day for you, fellah – The Who I'... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Investors Seek Catalyst for Bullish Breakout Amongst Earnings...
Stocks continue to trade in a sideways technical consolidation just below their highs. With the start of earnings season underway, investors appear to be lookin... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Happy Martin Luther King Day!
It's Martin Luther King day so the markets are closed. I was just reading his "I Have a Dream" speech and it really is amazing when you think of the great socia... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Hillshire Brands Draws Heavy Call Activity
Shares in Hillshire Brands are bucking the trend, with the stock up roughly 1.1% on the day at $34.89, amid a down day for U.S. stocks. Read more
Posted on 17 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Friday Review – Our 5 Inflation Fighting Picks
I sent out an early morning Alert to our Members that covered the important news and suggested some Futures plays and we reviewed our brand new, 2014 Long-Term... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Hewlett-Packard Draws Call Spread As Shares March Higher
The stock rose almost 90% during 2013, starting the year at $14.79 and closing it out at $27.98. Activity in August expiry options today suggests one trader is... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2014 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS