PowerOptions WeBlog

As you may have heard, Weekly Options have been released for several common stocks as we have previously discussed. Some new stocks have been added, and some other changes have been made.
On June 25th, 2010, Weekly Options were made available for 4 common stocks: Apple (AAPL), Bank of America (BAC), British Petroleum (BP) [...]

Insuring Investments
Investors often have insurance for their house, car, life and business, but many don’t have insurance for their stock investments and that is a real shame. One way to insure stock investments is by purchasing put options. An investor can insure an individual stock or a portfolio of stocks using put options. [...]

“Flash Crash” of May 6, 2010…
The market event that occurred on May 6, 2010 is now known as the “Flash Crash”. “Flash Crash” accurately describes the situation, as the market crashed for just a flash, as seen below:

Over before you know it…
For those not watching the market closely and not having stop orders, the [...]

On Friday, February 26, 2010 an article in the “Making Money - Investors Corner” section of Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) written by Paul Whitfield, caught my attention. The article was about breakaway gaps as a bullish form of action. Whitfield illustrated several examples where stocks with price surges of 10% in a day [...]

GDP…
The U.S. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) was announced as 5.7% for the fourth quarter of 2009 and the stock market immediately celebrated the good news by jumping up and then back down.

We’ve been getting quite lot of questions related to PowerOptionsApplied lately, so we’re going to address some of them.

Simple Tech’s stock price and its stock option volumes have been very erratic over the last several months. Simple Tech’s stock price took a significant hit in the middle of September and also around the first of November, but since the middle of December it’s stock price been on the upswing.

There’s been a lot of banter lately about health insurance and this article is NOT about health insurance, at least not the kind related to doctors, hospitals, Congress, etc.
Individual or Group?
We will examine whether it is better to insure stocks individually or as a group. In an article published several years ago, we explained [...]

Fuel System’s (FSYS) stock option volume was up yesterday while its stock was down almost 10%.
If you’re looking to purchase a car or convert a car to operate on natural gas, then Fuel Systems is for you. Fuel Systems provides components for alternative energy in the transportation segment. Fuel Systems IMPCO subsidiary provides [...]

Nobel Drilling’s (NE) stock options volume is significantly up today and its stock price is down about 6%.
Noble Drilling is in the business of providing drilling services for the oil and gas industry. Noble has over 60 offshore drilling rigs including semi-submersibles, drillships, jackups and submersibles.