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 ( 7284 )
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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 -
ETF Periscope: Santa Claus Rally? Maybe, But Hedge Just In Case
“Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.” -- Aldous HuxleyWall Street made a nice little recovery on Friday,... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Market March – Up, Up, Up
That's what Richard Gere said to Lou Gosset in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and that's what the markets are saying to us as the Fed attempts to force them into ... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Markets Are Exploding Higher – Here’s How To Participate “Safely”
Well, we do know where they SHOULD stop, and that's here. In fact, to be very clear – WE ARE SHORT THE MARKET HERE – many of our Members have gone to cash and... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Big Lots Options Active As Shares Slide After Q3 Earnings
December expiry options changing hands on Big Lots in the early going today indicate some traders are positioning for the price of the underlying to sell down... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Non-Farm Friday, Is America Working?
We'll see how this pans out but it's been a crappy week and we'll yet again be watching our strong and weak bounce lines on the Big Chart, which I laid out for... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Celgene Calls Active As Stock Hits All-Time High
The most traded contracts on CELG by volume are the 13 Dec ’13 $165 strike calls, with around 2,500 calls in play against open interest of 675 contracts. Read more
Posted on 05 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thousand Dollar Thursday – Oil Gives Us the Big Pay-Off
We played oil short on the way up yesterda in our Member Chat and I know that sounds strange but oil was $97.50 in the morning, when we first shorted it and... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Tech Stays Strong as Markets Present a Welcome Entry Point
As the charts last week indicated might happen, the S P 500 has fallen four straight days and failed to hold its breakout above 1800 while the Dow Jones... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Guess Puts Active Ahead Of Q3 Earnings
Around 1,700 of the Dec $29 strike put options have changed hands on GES so far today, more than two times the open interest level at that strike of 780... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
World of Worries Wednesday – Is Bad News Still Good News?
Futures pump-jobs, big volume sell-offs at the open, low volume recoveries into the close and then a massive volume sell-off right at the bell to stick all the... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Visa Call Options Look For Rebound
The Dec 06 ’13 $205 strike calls have traded more than 1,300 times so far today against open interest of 822 contracts. Some of the volume appears to have been... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Tricky Tuesday – Retail Numbers Trickle In
Today the question is also whether or not we should do a little bottom-fishing on this very minor pullback in the markets. To date, bottom fishers have been... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
PhilStockWorld October Trade Review – Sitting on the Top of the World
We had our fabulous Las Vegas Conference last weekend so we're a bit behind this month and we ended the week at record highs. Our September Trade Review (Part 2... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS