MORNING UPDATE: PriceWatch Alerts for SFY and More... for 2019-08-08 |
| PriceWatch Alerts for SFY, USB, EW, AN, HLT, MDT, NKE, HD, TMO and KNX. Today's optimal covered call on Synchrony Financial has an assigned return rate of 3.15%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of SYF stock at 34.4 per share and selling one contract of the Synchrony Financial Sep 2019 34 call for 1.45 for a net debit of $32.95 per share. This trade lasts 43 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 26.78%. The risk assessment of this trade is 2 keys, (Considerable relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on US Bancorp has an assigned return rate of 3.08%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of USB stock at 52.61 per share and selling one contract of the US Bancorp Sep 2019 52.5 call for 1.67 for a net debit of $50.93 per share. This trade lasts 43 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 26.16%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Edwards Lifesciences has an assigned return rate of 3.05%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of EW stock at 213.08 per share and selling one contract of the Edwards Lifesciences Sep 2019 210 call for 9.30 for a net debit of $203.77 per share. This trade lasts 43 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 25.90%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on AutoNation has an assigned return rate of 3.02%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of AN stock at 47.72 per share and selling one contract of the AutoNation Sep 2019 47 call for 2.09 for a net debit of $45.62 per share. This trade lasts 43 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 25.67%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Hilton Inc has an assigned return rate of 3.00%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of HLT stock at 93.4 per share and selling one contract of the Hilton Inc Sep 2019 92.5 call for 3.59 for a net debit of $89.80 per share. 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(DG) were upgraded by analysts this morning, while Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK), Centurylink Inc (CTL) and Match Group Inc (MTCH) were downgraded. INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Stocks in Asia are up. The Mumbai Sensex is up 1.74%, the Shanghai SE Composite Index is up 0.93%, the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is up 0.82% the Hang Seng is up 0.48% and the Nikkei 225 is up 0.37%. In Europe stocks are up. The CAC 40 is up 1.2%, the Euro Stoxx 50 is up 1.03%, the DAX is up 0.78% and the FTSE 100 is up 0.25%. FUTURES & CURRENCIES Energy futures are up today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is up 0.96 at 52.05 per barrel. Brent crude is up 0.66 at 56.89 per barrel. Natural Gas is up 0.03 at 2.11. Precious metals are down this morning. Gold is down -10.2 at 1509.4 per ounce. Platinum is down -4.8 at 859.92 while silver is down -0.17 at 17.03. The dollar is mixed compared to the major currencies today. The greenback is up against the euro, down against the Yen and up against the Pound. PUT/CALL RATIO Yesterday, 883,268 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 685,729 put contracts. The single-session put/call was 0.78 while the 20-day moving average is now at 0.68. TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR Initial Claims 08/03 08:30 Continuing Claims 07/27 Wholesale Inventories Jun 10:00 EIA Natural Gas Inventories 08/03 10:30 EARNINGS EXPECTED TODAY: UBER KDP KHC ATVI CBS BAP LNG MGA CAH DXC AZUL SYMC VIAB WPM TTD PNW DBX NWSA |
