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In a previous article, we analyzed Jim Cramer’s bullish stock trading tips for shorting opportunities. Based on the analysis in the article a possible shorting opportunity has been discovered. On 7/17/2006 Jim Cramer recommended Safeway (SWY), the day immediately following his recommendation the price of SWY went higher and 10 market days later is still […]

We’ve all wondered what might happen if we could turn the clock back and do something differently. Perhaps a friendship or romance would have been saved or enhanced. Maybe the result of a sporting event could have been changed. Possibly an investment might have paid off handsomely for you.
While we can’t do much for your […]

In a previous article, we analyzed Jim Cramer’s bullish stock trading tips for shorting opportunities. Based on the analysis in the article a possible shorting opportunity has been discovered. On 7/14/06 Jim Cramer recommended International Game Technology (IGT), the day immediately following his recommendation the price of IGT went higher and 10 market days later […]

In a previous article, we analyzed Jim Cramer’s bullish stock trading tips for shorting opportunities. Based on the analysis in the article a possible shorting opportunity has been discovered. On 7/13/06 Jim Cramer recommended Electronic Arts (ERTS), the day immediately following his recommendation the price of ERTS went higher and 10 market days later is […]

Notice in these examples…the Bull Put Credit Spreads and Bull Call Debit Spreads are using the same strike prices; as are the Bear Call Credit Spreads and Bear Put Debit Spreads. This is because these combinations are “parity trades”.
BULL PUT CREDIT SPREADS EXAMPLE:

Stock XYZ is trading at $40.
Your sentiment is Bullish.
You would sell the 35 […]

So is Jim Cramer the man from Mad Money mad? Should we give him a Booyah or just simply a big Boo? We analyzed Jim Cramer’s bullish recommendations since July 20, 2005 and the results are a big Boo! The average return for Jim Cramer’s bullish stock market tips during this time period is a […]

In a previous article, we analyzed Jim Cramer’s bullish stock trading tips for shorting opportunities. Based on the analysis in the article a possible shorting opportunity has been discovered. On 7/12/06 Jim Cramer recommended GameStop (GME), the day immediately following his recommendation the price of GME went higher and 10 market days later is still […]

In a previous article, we analyzed Jim Cramer’s bullish stock trading tips for shorting opportunities. Based on the analysis in the article a possible shorting opportunity has been discovered. On 7/10/06 Jim Cramer recommended Apple (AAPL), the day immediately following his recommendation the price of AAPL went higher and 10 market days later is still […]

Dodging the Bullet
Options expiration Friday can be a hectic day for options trading. Almost every options trader considers some management techniques. Do you close your credit spread for a ten-cent liquidation value in the morning, or do you wait until the afternoon to wrangle an extra nickel out of the position, risking a change in […]

Once again, it’s time to analyze the stock research analysts*. Finding perfect data is probably impossible, as we analyzed several sets of data and found all of them to have flaws. The primary issue causing most of the flaws in the data related to incorrect handling of stock-splits.
We recalculated the performance of the stock research […]