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chinnyonwu:
Looks like we will be breaking All time High sooner than i expected... When we eventually do and BTC starts mooning crazily, I expect The price of Altcoins to reduce very significantly as traders will be selling off their Alts for BTC..
Be ready then to grab some cheap coins.
I Will be waiting to make more mega profits then.
#$10kByChristmas. #IWC

Well done bros. Bitcoin is killing it. Me I just buy and hold the thing outright. I dey fear margin trading which us basically trading with borrowed money, but if trade goes your way, it's well worth it. I've already said bitcoin will hit $20k sitting 2years, it's to hold it and smile to the bank. This life is funny, to think I bought a ton of bitcoins when they were around $800-$900 back in 2013 only to sell them for around $200 in 2014 after the Chinese caused a massive scare. I was scared because i kept hearing it will go down to zero and all that. Should've stuck with my intuition. But that's life, that's why I now base most of my entry and exit points based on intuition for the most part.

GE, has been a major laggard in the DOW. Today they reported lackluster earnings and cut their dividend by 50%. Stock sold off over 7%, had already bought a few put options a week ago, it gained 80% today and 50% profit to date.

I'm also currently shorting Wayfair (W), these guys sell really nice furniture online only. Amazon has voiced interest in stepping up competition in this space and with that the stock sold off a bit, it has recovered a little though, but I'm holding just one put option for now in anticipation of drops further.

chinnyonwu:
Hello y'all...
Why don't you guys really look into crypto trading? Its much more exciting and you cN ride the volatility very much. Ive learnt so much in less than 2 months of trading.
My favorite trading technique has been being on the lookout foe divergences..
I will be posting some of my crypto trades here.
Hope thats cool

Anything that fetches legit money is always welcome. BTC has become very volatile again. Once CME fully integrate bitcoin trading next month, I might look into trading it like options.

LadunaI:
Yes! Financial market are essentially the "same" . The same fundamental law is guiding stock, commodity and other liquid tradeable asset class. Its only their volatilities that seems to define their peculiarity( to a particular set). Like different elements of atomic numbers, but intrinsically they all but submit to same law of cyclicality, which can be seen even nature.

With most of your trades you've been posted here; if the nitty gritty of it has been well understood in term of that natural law, then trading other assets will be child's play for you. Lol

There is whole lot of information out there on fx. If you would like detail info, you can pick any security, and let discuss it in details.

I am nearly tempted to apply same law to your SNAP chart trade to see whether is obeying same law or just mere coincidence with bad earning reports, which triggers its south move.

Are u a full time trader/investor?

That's interesting, funny how everything is interconnected somehow. I need to really take time to learn the technical side, seems too confusing at times.

I'm not a full time investor o, I work and trade at my spare time. My portfolio won't that big enough to trade full time, plus it's very risky doing that, I mean what happens if you constantly lose, me to find job sharp sharp.

Snapchat (SNAP) reported a poor earnings two days ago and the stock sold off as much as 21% after hours. Right before earnings I bought a few put contracts in anticipation that the stock will report a bad quarter and get punished by investors. This was truly a speculative trade that came about a few minutes before the market closed that day. The trade makes money when SNAP sells off. Up 76% or $856.

LadunaI:
Such is an amazing opportunities fx provide, for those that have the knowledge wherewithal to exploit it.

Is been very educative reading your post and stock picks.

My man do you trade forex? Maybe you can also shed some light on it. Nothing wrong in trading different asset class.

Costco' s (COST) stock price has been volatile maonly because of amazon fears despite the company reporting good earnings.
Costco is a bulk discount chain where you can buy a years worth of goods like ketchup or toilet paper for cheap. It is like the middle class status symbol. You pay a yearly membership fee to shop in bulk quantities. Most people actually buy way more than they need and end up throwing them away, but that's the beauty of America.

Anyway, I think for now the fears of Amazon affecting Costco's market share are over done. I think in the short term, Costco may survive but in the long run, they too may be amazonable. I bought some november $165 calls, the stock price is $166.35 Which is currently in-the-money. Gain of $1160 or 223%; won't be too aggressive here, will mostly likely close this trade at these levels.

Jideams:
YerYer,

That was my impression of Forex before i started trading stocks. Actually, then, i would not allow my enemy to trade forex due to its volatility and factors affecting it. the only issue with forex is you have to be a technical person. It is purely technical analysis at the fundamental changes like wildfire. Regarding liquidity and volatility, No market is as liquid and volatile as forex. Stock trades about 100 Billion dollars every day while forex trade 5 trillion dollars every day. You can do the maths yourself.

Really, I have been dummy trading for the last two months trading planning my strategy and I only trade high time frames like 4hrs and daily so there is no need to sit by my PC.

I do my analysis a day before and then trade before the opening bell. If I have the opportunity to trade interday, I only by or trade on 4hr basis.

I plan to go live this month and will update this thread if you guys want to have a look. If anyone is interested I could update my trades and we could see how it works.

Damn that's some serious cheese. $1trillion daily, I can't even wrap my mind around it. Pls do update your trades when u finally go live.

Oil has been driving higher for a few weeks now and that's welcomed development. So far all the OPEC participants are adhering to the planned production cuts which is pushing oil higher. Honestly investing in oil over the past couple years has been a painfully losing battle, just when you think it's reached a bottom, it drops even further. Anyway, yesterday I decided to buy 26 call contracts of the Nov 17th spyder ETF (XLE) which tracks the energy sector. It's up over 79% today or $1600 in profit. Also attached a screenshot of the order placed yesterday. I'm not much of a chart guy, but this chart looks bullish to me. I may sell half and let the rest ride.

Also looking to buy a few Alibaba calls before earnings today, if I can get in cheap I will buy, if not I won't chase anything.

One of my current options strategy is to short companies who are 'amazonable.' Obviously brick and mortar retail is a wreck and now Amazon has secured licensing in several states to sell prescription drugs on it's website. As a result, pharmaceutical stocks have been crashing. They figured they cannot compete with Amazon because Amazon disrupts sectors by slicing profit margins to 1%.

I generally hate shorting any stock especially in this bull market, but I did short CVS pharmacy. I make money the lower the stock price falls. Currently up 209% or $700. I might consider closing the trade soon because CVS just announced it will buy anthem, a health insurance company to diversify and remain competitive. It's quite scary how big Amazon has become, no sector is safe.

So Amazon, Google and Microsoft reported blow out quaters and their stocks are surging strongly. Just today alone, Amazon has added over $62 billion in market cap! If that isn't a monstrous move, then I don't know what is. Bezos is once again the richest man in the world. My Amazon holding is up 56% or over $6k in profit. These guys are killing it in the cloud space, they are the biggest cloud providers in the world with a myriad of big reputable companies as customers including Netflix. As they make inroads into Brazil and other international markets, they will add more prime members and steal more market share from other retailers. I tip off my hat to the visioneers who run Amazon.

Google AKA Alphabet also reported an impressive quarter earnings. I was surprised to find out that the average YouTube user watched 60 minutes of video daily. That's actually higher than TV viewership! And they are yet to fully monetize YouTube. Google is also killing it in cloud computing as it signs up more customers but they are still a distant 3rd to Amazon's AWS and Microsoft's Azure. I'm up about 50% or almost $6k in profit.

Microsoft also reported a better than expected earnings. They are equally killing it in the cloud space as the 2nd largest provider only behind Amazon. Just when people thought the personal computer space was dead, these guys keep proving everyone wrong with spectacular PC sales. Their new generation Intel powered surface lines are killing it, they are sleek, powerful and sexy. Quite more aesthetically appealing than apple macbooks, if you ask me. Up 60% or $900.

It's nice to see 90's tech companies still killing it and making new All Time Highs even after the dotcom crash.

In the spirit of fairness, I do need to report a current options trade that's losing money. The worst thing anyone can do is rush into trading options because they've seen others make spectacular gains, anyone who begins this way will not last. Even if you start out trading options and right of the bat start making really lucrative gains, you may not last long because you will develop a false sense of confidence and will be tempted to place higher stakes. Besides having a basic grasp of charting and carrying out a thorough analysis of a company's business and earnings, you must develop a good intuition and depend on your intuition to predict the direction of a trade. Intuition isn't a supernatural power but it develops overtime through the accumulation of knowledge. Like my friend Jideams once said to me, it's either you pay someone to teach you or you make costly mistakes and learn from your experience. I always want to know why certain trades fail and I learn from it. I bought 5 contracts of the October $162.5 calls in IBM and needless to say it's lost 99% of it's value while I've lost 362 bucks. This is one old tech company that hasn't figured out how to make money. One mistake I made though was placing a very low limit buy order hoping I will buy it cheap and watch it bounce higher, but I've realized that's not always a wise strategy with options because when it drops that much, it usually means the thesis has broken and the trend has reversed. The trade is executed at the set limit price but the value continues to drop and in a twinkle of an eye, you are down 100%.

Jideams:
Thanks YerYer,

I will look into it, really busy with Forex now as I plan to go live trading forex month end. I will call for help once I need one

How do you guys trade forex? Doesn't it take all your day looking at charts and making fast trades? Also, are the moves volatile enough to make any money? Maybe shed some light on it.

I'm currently shorting the British pound via this ETF, FXB. Bought 3 put contracts.

Two call options executed last week, JP Morgan (JPM) and Apple (AAPL). JPM's order filled on Friday, really wasn't expecting it because it was set at very low price. JPM reported positive earnings, stock is up 2% today which resulted in a 141% rise in the October 27th $96.5 call option. Apple received an upgrade today shooting the stock up over 1% and about 80% in the call option.

Jideams:
Yeyer,

You seem to have gotten a good grip of options. Can you recommend a good material to read for it. Realy skeptical with the timing as one could lose all. What is your take on this?

My brother, we are learning everyday. I usually watch CNBC's show Options Action which airs on Fridays. I also follow a youtube channel called "explosive options" as well as Reddit groups like Wallstreetbets (WSB) Though I must warn you not to follow all the trade suggestions on WSB, many if them are suggested by a bunch of millennials who make daring bets because they believe You Only Live Ones and they are all going to strike it big and buy yachts. I review every recommendations and set buy or sell limits at huge bargains, sometimes as much as 50% below asking price and 50% above selling price. If it executes, fine, if not, I don't even look back or have regrets. Some other times I just take random chance on companies I feel are are tending higher and their options are really cheap. Volatility has been relatively low lately which makes options very cheap.

For a refresher course or if you are new to options, I suggest browsing through courses on udemy.com, they even have courses on how to play the earning season and others about important drug calendar dates and all that stuff.

There would be times when commentators on CNBC will announce unusual option activity in a stock, like say someone or some firm would buy millions of dollars worth of options on a given company, I will check out the stock chart and any recent news, if I feel convinced I might initiate a trade but at a bargain and hope the order fills.

beamtopola:
And I believed, you see the future before you predicted.

Two words: Russian interference.

Square (SQ) just received another upgrade today and the stock rallied over 2% today while the option price is up over 20%. Currently up 300% or $3,750. Moved up my sell limit orders and will let this one run it's course.

Keeping an eye on our beloved BlackBerry (BBRY) the former smartphone king that fell out of favor to Apple's revolutionary iPhone. They've really cut their loss over the years and are a major players in software and security. The stock is well over $11 which is a very rich valuation at this point. Will watch it and buy any significant dip in the stock price.

Sometimes when your options trade run up say 50% or 100% or even 1100%, I must admit it is tempting to wonder what would happen if I invested half of my networth but that would be foolish. Prudent investors make consistent small wins rather than one big risky trade that can wipe them out completely.

Square (SQ) call option from last time is up 212% yielding me $2650. With the expiration date on October 20th, I will let this one ride while moving my sell limit orders higher so in case of anything I can still retain most of my gains.

I've learnt to be very patient when it comes to options, I dont chase anything no matter how tempting it is, I always set limit orders far much lower than current price, if it's never executed, I don't feel bad at all, I missed that train. I also ease into a trade, buy a few and if it drops a bit I buy some more. I scour for cheap cheap options with potential, won't see me trade Amazon or Tesla options - too expensive.

Jideams:
Hi Guys,

Did anyone successfully open a trading account from Nigeria as I still have guys asking me questions regarding it. In addition, do we have anyone on the floor into cryptocurrency?

I'm into crypto, what's up?

kingzleey:
Please who is udemy, I want to learn how to trade too!

Oh its an online platform with bunch of classes on an variety of subjects. Just visit udemy.com or download their app.

zamirikpo:
If u day trade , u need to analyse chat patterns, news and even earnings report.

The wrong analysis means u loose money.

But with a group of traders, information is scrutinized before taking any position. Not that u cant trade alone but it's easier when u have the 3rd eye looking at angles u didn't see.

Ah that makes sense, 2 heads are better than one. I wish my chart analysis was something to write home about

So I've need dipping into options but in manageable amounts knowing how risky it is. Couple weeks ago I bought 10 call contracts of Square (SQ) the mobile payment platform. They are thriving despite intense competition from banks, venmo and Apple pay. These guys are so Good, even the newly formed payment system by banks which they called zelle is finding it difficult to really compete. Up 92% with a net profit of $1150 So far, will let it ride but set limit sell orders between $1.92 & $2

Jideams:
Hi Guys,

I have just been contacted by Yeryer, Good to see you guys are really doing well, really impressed. I will touch base with you guys and let you know what I have Running thanks.

Welcome back bro

zamirikpo:
Yeah....it's quite straight forward . I chose suretrader because u could open the account with as low as $500 And u are given a margin ×6. Meaning if u opened ur account with $1000, U would have a buying power of up to $6000(though there r rules guiding the use of margin).

to open the account , go to there website @ suretrader.com.
It's pretty straight forward. U have to scan in relevant documents especially I.D.

The thing with trading is that it requires a community of healthy traders to succeed. It's not a one man business.

If anyone needs any help with opening an account I'll be glad to assist. But before opening an account u must study really really hard.

Thanks for the detailed explanation, at least now whoever's untreated has everything they need. But how does trading require a community of traders?

zamirikpo:
Hello guys.....am happy to be back here again. Trading the us stocks last year killed me. Lost some serious money last year so I decided to go on a long break.

But I think I am ready to try again. Just checked my sureTrader account and it's still functional. I day trade and I need fellow day traders to come on board this platform and let's help ourselves out.

And yes u can trade from Nigeria. I am based in asaba,Delta state. All u need is a strong internet connection a good laptop and a lot of study .

I forgot to add discipline because that was what killed me. Made a lot of money but lost it all. Out of carelessness.

Where r day traders PLS let's meet here.

Welcome back bro. We win some and lose some, but over a long period of time your will probabaly do better than with most other investments. I fear day trading, but if you can shed more light on it, I would like to give it a shot. Also many people have been asking how to buy US stocks from Nigeria, if you can provide detailed requirements, fees and hurdles to help others get started, that will be wonderful.

Jejebaba:
We haven't heard from Jide this year. Can somebody help to check on him please.

Yeah, he's the founding father of this thread and needs to come take charge of his ship! Will hit him up on whatsapp.

Not to take anything away from them but mom and sister are both FNPs which is a master's degree program, they aren't all doctors. Both sons are still in med school and one is just a first year med school student, wait make them finish na. Still a well learned family.

This small cap pharmaceutical company AcelRx pharmaceuticals (ACRX) keeps churning new 52 week highs. The stock is up another 19% today on little or no news. I suspect insider buying, someone knows something the public doesn't know yet. Sold half my holdings last week for a decent profit, will let the relatively small stake remaining to ride this one out. The stock is trading at $5.48 right now but 3 years ago it was trading for $13! I'm up 128% will definitely update as I go.

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Take a look at this sexy company that manufactures healthcare products, Abott laboratories (ABT). The Food and Drug Administration just approved it's freestyle blood glucose monitoring device which allows diabetics to check their blood glucose without finger sticks! Now if you have diabetes, you no longer have to deal with those pesky painful needle sticks and believe me most people will take that option any time any day. The stock is up over 4% today and I'm up 17%, this stock definitely have more legs to run at least until others develop the same thing.

3 days ago when tech sold off, all my Facebook (FB) shares sold off once it hit my sell limit of $162, wish i had set it lower cuz that was the intra day low of the day and it has since risen over 4%, but no regrets here, it made me over 7k in profit, will look out for another opportunity to get back in.

Also sold half my holdings in ACRX, the stock rallied over 30% in two days in barely any news. Only makes sense to take part of the easy money and run.

AXTI keeps forging ahead on barely any news, up 33% with a profit of over 2k, not sure what I will do with it, but I believe it still has more legs to run.