Let’s Talk About Gamma

BY LICIA LESLIE  October 4, 2023  Hi Shoppers,   I wrote about an option’s delta the other day.   Today, let’s talk about gamma.   First, here’s the definition of gamma:   The rate of change on an option’s delta as the stock moves.   The delta tells us how much the option price should […]

Know Your Options Synthetics

BY LICIA LESLIE  September 29, 2023  Hi Shoppers, I am pretty sure you are familiar with the term “delta” related to options. This is just a little refresher. Theoretically, all things being equal, an option’s delta is how much the option’s price moves as the stock moves. A 50-delta call moves up $.50 as the […]

A Lesson on Delta

BY LICIA LESLIE  September 29, 2023  Hi Shoppers,   I am pretty sure you are familiar with the term “delta” related to options.   This is just a little refresher.   Theoretically, all things being equal, an option’s delta is how much the option’s price moves as the stock moves.   A 50-delta call moves […]

MSFT is at Support, Here’s the Next Stop

BY LICIA LESLIE  September 21, 2023  Hi Shoppers, Check out the chart in Microsoft (Ticker: MSFT): It is sitting precariously at a pretty significant support level. If it closes under $315, look out below. The next stop will be $304. If MSFT manages to bounce here, it will go back to $330. By the looks […]

A Doji in TSM, Perhaps?

BY LICIA LESLIE  September 20, 2023  Hi Shoppers,   Taiwan Semiconductor (Ticker: TSM) has bounced off my support level yesterday:     It also created the tiniest little doji.   Sometimes the smallest doji can be the most powerful.   Remember the doji signals a change in the trend, in this case, the downtrend.   […]

SQ is on the Move

BY LICIA LESLIE  September 15, 2023  Hi Shoppers, JP Morgan Chase (Ticker: JPM)  has had a nice pop which we were able to take advantage of in my Option Shopper trading program. We paid $1.14 for the Sep22 148 calls on Wednesday and sold them yesterday for an average of $2.17. That’s over a 90% […]

JPM Room to Run

BY LICIA LESLIE  September 15, 2023  Hi Shoppers, JP Morgan Chase (Ticker: JPM)  has had a nice pop which we were able to take advantage of in my Option Shopper trading program. We paid $1.14 for the Sep22 148 calls on Wednesday and sold them yesterday for an average of $2.17. That’s over a 90% […]

DAL Bounce

BY LICIA LESLIE  September 13, 2023    Hi Shoppers,   Look how Delta Air Lines (Ticker: DAL) has traded to the bottom of my pitchfork:     The question is where does it go from here?   It is quite possible that yesterday’s candle is a teeny tiny inverted hammer signaling a change in this […]

A GM Hammer

BY LICIA LESLIE  September 10, 2023  Hi Shoppers, Check out the hammer in General Motors (Ticker: GM): We have confirmation on Friday, also. GM will run into some resistance at those previous highs just under $34, but beyond that it has room to run to that convergence of the 50 and 200 day moving averages […]

AMZN Looking Bullish

BY LICIA LESLIE September 8, 2023 Hi Shopper,   Check out the large bullish candle created in Amazon (Ticker: AMZN) yesterday:     Also, look how it has held that 50-day moving average support.   It has bounced off of it five times now.   That makes for a great stop-loss level.   I think […]