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 ( 7284 )
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Which Way Wednesday – Waiting on the Fed – Once Again
It might if you were reading Philstockworld on September 18th, the day of the previous Fed meeting when, despite all expectations being for a "taper" that day,... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
BP Options Active After Q3 Earnings Report
Options traders looking for shares in BP to continue to climb this week picked up Nov 01 ’13 $46 strike calls. As of the time of this writing, more than 3,100 o... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Testy Tuesday – Waiting on the Fed at the Top of Our Range
That's why we are long-term BULLISH but short-term BEARISH. As noted by TraderStewie, this is a movie we've seen before, with the S P making a power-move to... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
What the Market Wants: Investors Remain Patient but Caution is Still in Order
The market ended last week up about 1% with Large-cap Growth leading the way, up 1.15%. Worst was the cap/style that has led for over a year, Small-cap Growth,... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Upside Calls Active On UPS As Stock Hits Fresh Highs
Traders prepared to benefit from continued gains in the price of the underlying shares in the near term purchased calls on UPS this morning, buying around 775 o... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
ETF Periscope: Sentiment on Main Street at Odds with Jubilation on Wall Street
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work.” — Mark TwainIf you go by Wall Street’s scorecard, the economy seems to be... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
ETF Periscope: Sentiment on Main Street at Odds with Jubilation on Main Street
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work.” — Mark TwainIf you go by Wall Street’s scorecard, the economy seems to be... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Monday Musing – Our AAPL Trade Idea is Up $6Bn – Should We Let It Ride into...
That's the gain on my Sept 18th trade idea for Apple, Inc. to utilize some of the cash they have sitting on the sidelines: How about they (AAPL) sell 2.5M 2016... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
PhilStockWorld September Trade Review – The Wild Ride Continues (Part 2)
We made a good bottom call in late August and, in Part 1 of our Trade Review, we had 46 trade ideas in two weeks (the last week of Aug and the first week of... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Zynga Weekly Calls Active
Trading traffic in weekly calls on the maker of Farmville and other games suggests some options players are positioning for the price of the underling to... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Dark Horse: Tesla is Grossly Overvalued Right Here, Right Now
I can see in your eyesThat you’re tired of the talkYou’re tired of the liesEvery time you let a day pass you byA part of you diesYeahTake a chance, win or... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Friday’s Fantastic Finish – S&P; 1,750 Edition
We're just a bit off Tuesday's spike high of 1,759 and we closed that day at 1,754 – up 1,088 points (163%) from our March, 2009 low of 666 (the mark of the... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Ford Calls In Focus As Shares Hit Fresh 52-Week High
Some options traders appear to be positioning for shares in Ford Motor Co. to extend gains in the near term, snapping up cheap out of the money call options... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Thrilling Thursday – Riding the Cobra
As you can see from our Big Chart, we are once again possibly forming those "spitting cobra" patterns I warned you about back on May 31st, with the S P at 1,654... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: Avoid Individual Stock Meltdowns While the Market Melts up
As I and most other observers expected, stocks took the go-signal from Congress and burst through all prior resistance levels with barely any hesitation. And wh... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Sector Detector: How to Avoid Stock Meltdowns While the Market Melts up
As I and most other observers expected, stocks took the go-signal from Congress and burst through all prior resistance levels with barely any hesitation. And wh... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Vistaprint Puts Active Ahead Of Q1 Earnings
The most actively traded options contracts on Vistaprint today are the Nov $50 strike puts, with around 2,200 puts in play against open interest of 98 contracts. Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Wednesday Worries – NFLX Takes Traders on a Wild Ride
NFLX punshished the shorts in the morning but then proceeded to destroy anyone foolish enough to buy them over that $325 mark the rest of the day. Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
Trading Picks Up In Dreamworks Calls Prior To Q3 Earnings Next Week
Trading in the Nov $30 calls suggests at least one strategist may be positioning for the price of the underlying to hit fresh 52-week highs after the company’s... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS -
$3Bn Tuesday – Our Oil Strategy Caught Over $3.9Bn in Gains in One Month!
Come on, you have to give me that one! Back on August 28th we went against SocGen's call for $150 oil, which spiked the NYMEX contracts to $112. Read more
Posted on 22 October 2013 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS