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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Terminal Tuesday – 2013 Comes to an End
Hard to imagine it being happier for the markets than 2013, with the indexes closing at record highs and investor optimism nearing 80% bullish – as good as... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Market Musings – End of Year Edition
One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall –... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Final Friday of 2013 – No Worries?
That's right, we're finally pulling the plug on those lazy, unemployed leeches that have been draining $300M a week from us job creators (though, obviously, we... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thursday Thoughts For the End of the Year
As you can see from Doug Short's S P chart, we're now up 171% from our 2009 low of 666 but the mission is not yet accomplished at 1,833 – not with 1,850 so clos... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Tesla Calls Active As Shares Hit Highest Since November 6th
Overall options volume is roughly 50% of the stock’s average daily volume as of the time of this writing, with roughly 77,000 contracts in play versus an averag... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Merry Christmas from Philstockworld!
Why it’s almost Christmas Eve, Mr. Scrooge! The Global markets are closed tomorrow and we’re bound to have a very slow day – if you are looking for a Santa... Read more
Posted on 24 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
BlackBerry Options In Focus As Shares Hit Highest In 7 Weeks
Upwards of 100,000 contracts have changed hands on BlackBerry as of 12:30 p.m. EST on Monday, which is around the total options volume the stock sees on... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Merry Monday Markets – Apple Provides More Lift
In last Wednesday's Webcast (Our Top Picks for 2014), I noted that AAPL was once again going to be my pick of the year (it was our top pick for 2013 too)... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Upside Calls Change Hands On HIG
The Jun ’14 $39 strike calls traded more than 7,000 times near the start of the session against open interest of 1,185 contracts, and it looks like most of the... Read more
Posted on 20 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Freaky Friday – Quad Witching Wonders Never Cease
Woman: I'm not a witch! I'm not a witch! Vladimir: ehh… but you are dressed like one. W: They dressed me up like this! All: naah no we didn't… no. W: And this... Read more
Posted on 20 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Put Options Change Hands On U.S. Bancorp
Trading in the regular Jan ’14 $39 strike puts on USB near the start of the session suggests at least one options player is bracing for the price of the... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thrilling Thursday – Santa’s Back in Town, Thanks to the Fed!
The futures are holding yesterday's gains quite well this morning. Oil is almost back at $98 and it's hard to short anything in this FREE MONEY BONANZE but we... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Fed Drops the Green Flag and Bulls Are off to the Races
Well, Fed Chairman Bernanke has proved me wrong by dipping his toe into the dreaded tapering of QE3. In retrospect, I suppose he preferred to take this first... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Bullish Play Constructed In Lennar Corp Calls
Trading in Lennar call options initiated within the first 10 minutes of the trading day suggests one strategist is positioning for the price of Lennar’s shares... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Which Way Wednesday – Waiting for the Fed
In perfect isolation here behind my wall Waiting for the worms to come – Pink Floyd We're going to skip all the socio-economic commentary while we wait for our... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
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