Party like it’s 1999, Intel style

BY ANDREW GIOVINAZZI

November 17, 2023

 

Yo Pit Crazies,

 

If you missed Frank’s massive Federal Gov’t takeover extravaganza last night, you can view it here from the safety or your desktop.

 

As you know, or might not know, my Easy Trade Button class just buys strangles and calendars.  What you might not know is how I do it. 

 

A graph like the Intel Corp (Ticker: INTC) one below sure is a good example. 

 

Do I buy the biggest candle in 6 months today?

 

Or do I wait for a pullback?

 

INTC 6 month charts with implied and realized vol on the bottom

If you were trading the Easy Trade Button system, you could figure it out

 

Bull markets are excellent strangle setups

 

The bull can be a day, a week or a month

 

You can see from the charts above that the red line, or 30 day IV dove to 6 month lows.

 

Why is the subject for another post but the important thing is options are cheap and INTC is moving. 

 

Who cares if INTC makes chips, dips or yoga mats.  

 

The pricing and the move is all that matters trading options. 

 

Remember we are not investors when buying short term options.  We are trading them.  

 

Don’t get caught up in what a name should be doing, just place the trade to make money for what the name is doing. 

 

Right now tech is rallying so lean long with cheap protection for bad surprises.  

 

Funny enough, that is what the market is giving me in INTC right now and I will take it. 

Sign up for the Easy Trade Button and learn to work from a list of names, the OP 66, and learn the practice of trading.

 

To Your Trading Success,

AG

Andrew Giovinazzi

30-Year Trading Pro

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Andrew Giovinazzi

Andrew Giovinazzi

Former CBOE floor trader and CIO at Karman Line Capital. Author of ‘The Option Traders Hedge Fund’ with over 30 years of options trading experience.

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