MORNING UPDATE: PriceWatch Alerts for GDX and More... for 2017-01-17 |
| PriceWatch Alerts for GDX, SGMS, NBR, GLD, GPN ,GBX, SLV, SQ, XLF and XLY. Today's optimal covered call on Market Vectors Gold Miners has an assigned return rate of 8.58%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of GDX stock at 22.73 per share and selling one contract of the Market Vectors Gold Miners Jun 2017 21 call for 3.39 for a net debit of $ 19.32 per share. This trade lasts 150 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 20.87%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Scientific Games has an assigned return rate of 9.67%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of SGMS stock at 15.64 per share and selling one contract of the Scientific Games Jul 2017 13 call for 3.79 for a net debit of $ 11.83 per share. This trade lasts 185 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 19.14%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Nabors Industries has an assigned return rate of 7.58%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of NBR stock at 17.28 per share and selling one contract of the Nabors Industries Jun 2017 15 call for 3.35 for a net debit of $ 13.92 per share. This trade lasts 150 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 18.5%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Gold SPDR has an assigned return rate of 2.43%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of GLD stock at 114.2 per share and selling one contract of the Gold SPDR Mar 2017 114 call for 2.92 for a net debit of $ 111.28 per share. This trade lasts 59 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 15.06%. The risk assessment of this trade is 2 keys, (Considerable relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Global Payments has an assigned return rate of 4.98%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of GPN stock at 77.73 per share and selling one contract of the Global Payments May 2017 75 call for 6.29 for a net debit of $ 71.43 per share. This trade lasts 122 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 14.9%. The risk assessment of this trade is 3 keys, (Moderate relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on Greenbrier has an assigned return rate of 5.5%. To enter this trade, buy 100 shares of GBX stock at 49.03 per share and selling one contract of the Greenbrier Jun 2017 45 call for 6.4 for a net debit of $ 42.64 per share. This trade lasts 150 days, giving it an annualized return rate of 13.4%. The risk assessment of this trade is 2 keys, (Considerable relative risk). Today's optimal covered call on iShares Silver Trust has an assigned return rate of 6.58%. 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NOTE: All stocks and options shown are examples only. These are not recommendations to buy or sell any security. STOCKS ON THE MOVE Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST), Tiffany & Co. (TIF) and Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) are moving higher this morning, while Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR), Dollar General Corp. (DG) and Activision Blizzard, Inc. (ATVI) are headed lower. Parkway Inc (PKY), Albemarle Corporation (ALB) and Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) were upgraded by analysts this morning, while Nordstrom, Inc. (JWN), Cimarex Energy Co (XEC) and Liberty Media Group (LMCA) were downgraded. INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Stocks in Asia are mixed. The Hang Seng is up 0.54%, the Shanghai SE Composite Index is up 0.17%, the Mumbai Sensex is down -0.19% the Australia ASX All Ordinaries is down -0.85% and the Nikkei 225 is down -1.48%.Stocks in Europe are down. The FTSE 100 is down -0.62%, the DAX is down -0.43%, the CAC 40 is down -0.35% and the Euronext 100 is down -0.3%. FUTURES & CURRENCIES Energy futures are up today. The price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil is up 0.8 at 53.17 per barrel. Brent crude is up 0.68 at 56.54 per barrel. Natural Gas is up 0.01 at 3.43. Precious metals are up this morning. Gold is up 9.48 at 1212.21 per ounce. Platinum is up 2.34 at 985.09 while silver is up 0.23 at 17. The dollar is down compared to the major currencies today. The greenback is down against the euro, down against the Yen and down against the Pound. PUT/CALL RATIO Yesterday, 818,442 call contracts traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) compared to 518,086 put contracts. The single-session put/call was 0.63 while the 20-day moving average is now at 0.66. TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR Empire Manufacturing Jan 08:30 EARNINGS EXPECTED TODAY: OZRK CMA CSX FULT HBHC INFO IBKR LLTC MS EDU PNFP SNV UAL UNH WAFD |
