Apple Earnings and the Fate of the Markets

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Stocks sell off led down by the monsters of tech. The next key to the market is AAPL earnings. Watch this video newsletter update for trade ideas around APPL’s earnings and what to expect from the rest of the market…

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With Tech Rocked Here’s The Trade For You

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Stocks rocked by the tech sector. In this crucial weekend video newsletter update let’s analyze some trading opportunities next week that may be right for you. Make sure you’re on the right side of the market by watching this video…

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Earnings & Expected Moves Set The Stage For Friday

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”560×315″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Amazon AMZN reported earnings after the close as did Intel, Chipotle, Starbucks, Mastercard and others. In tonight’s video we take a look at how the expected moves – in all these cases so far – contained the post-market volatility.  We then note our reference levels for Friday’s trades into these names and more….

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Locking in Profits and Building New Trades

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”560×315″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] Last night we put on a few trades around FB earnings and tonight we look at how those trades are working out very nicely for us. In tonight’s video let’s look at how you can lock in profits. If you missed this opportunity there are plenty more in this video…

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How To Trade FB Earnings

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”560×315″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] With a large reversal in the Nasdaq futures today here are the trades that suit a vulnerable market. In tonight’s video newsletter let’s look at 2 FB trades…

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How To Trade The Titans of Tech

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”560×315″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] With NFLX and MSFT earnings behind us, we study today’s gap up earnings surprise in GOOGL and then plan this week’s earnings plan for FB, AMZN, TWTR, and then AAPL. Earning plays can be risky and it can be easier to trade after an earnings announcement for many traders….

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The Right Trades For A High Skew Environment

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”640×360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] In this crucial weekend video newsletter update we analyze trades you may want to take in this current market environment. Don’t miss this in depth analysis that can potentially make or save your account next week…

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Your Trade Plan for Key Stocks

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”560×315″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] In this video, we start with XLY and then XRT and then focus on specific price levels and breakout-or-range trades setting up right now in TGT, JWN, BBY, KORS, ROST, AEO, and of course COST. We focus on planning a future breakout or alternatively playing this range at the highs for your next swing trade…..

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Trade Ideas For MSFT’s Earnings

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”560×315″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player]   In this video newsletter update we target MSFT’s earnings announcement. Watch this video newsletter for the type of trade you may want to take in MSFT that could generate 4 to 6 times the investment…

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Disaster Planning When Your Trading Plan Goes Wrong

[video_player type=”embed” style=”1″ dimensions=”560×315″ width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″ ipad_color=”black”][/video_player] In tonight’s video we discuss how important it is to avoid “Deer in Headlights” when something unexpected happens to your trade.  We show examples from the gap-down in Netflix (NFLX), the failed sell-swing turned big rally in /NQ and /ES along with the ‘failure to bounce into breakdown’ today in /GC….  

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Don Kaufman Don Kaufman

TheoTrade co-founder, former CBOE market maker and thinkorswim Chief Derivatives Instructor.

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