SPDR S&P OIL & GAS EXPLOR & PRODUCT

https://www.tradingview.com/chart/OsBXckpZ/ Recent buzz has been growing that XOP could rally so I have been watching it. Almost pulled the trigger at 2:55 - end of option session local time but did not have my head wrapped around it. I do not mind trading quickly but it is easy to make clostly mistakes (how do I know that?) so I try to have it completely clear ...

We need the price to go above the red resistance and then it can target $38. Once $38 level is cleared if ever, we can think about $43 to $46 level.

XOP is also offering up a decent ROC for September expiration. $31 strike is 2.1% ROC over 51 days. Sept 15 $31 put for $.66.

sell 2 31put buy 1 32put

Just waves based on price action.

Closed a trade last week and had no position in XOP. Today we had a -2% move down and around 9% in the last month IV rank is not great, but right now not many ETF's have over 20 Implided volatility rank. So I decided to sell a straddle with no upside risk (Big Lizard). The trade: Sold the 33 Call Sold the 33 Put Bought the 35 Call Total credit $2.16

Possible inverse head and shoulders pattern on the daily although the neckline shows weakness as the continuation of the downtrend is possible. The pattern is forming near a past demand region of 34-35 may break the downtrend since Sept 2016. RSI has been increasing since March with a dip below 34.50 bought on May 4th and 5th. Something to watch for a reversal. ...

With XOP hanging around horizontal support here and with OPEC output cut extension talks and jawboning on the near-term horizon, it only makes sense to talk about petro plays with a bullish assumption, particularly due to XOP implied volatility rank (in the 74th percentile over the past six months) with background implied volatility at 34. Here are ...

EARNINGS HPQ, LOW, BBY, and GME are all up for earnings announcements. Out of these, BBY and GME appear to be the best candidates for premium selling, given their implied volatility rank and background implied volatility metrics, although virtually every liquid underlying with an earnings announcement bears watching; implied volatility can pop at the last ...

With summer somewhat upon us and with my wife making various plans (she's basically the family "travel agent"/"arranger"), I'm looking to wind down "higher attention span" setups and get into lower key/lower maintenance setups here so that I'm not driving her nuts on the road. "Hey, I just need to pull off here for a few and look at a few trades ... " gets pretty ...

With an IVR of 32, I Sold the 37/34 Strangle for $1.52. Our break evens are at $38.52 and $32.48. 58% probability of profit

The SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Fund has been in a defined bearish trend for all of 2017. Due to this bearish movement, the 100 day moving average (DMA) is about to cross below the 150 DMA. This actual event has occurred 6 times in the history of the fund and has resulted in a minimal drop of 1.541%. It has a median drop of 6.918% and maximum drop ...

XOP seem to be running into consistent resistance at the 38$ level... Last attempt up stalled around the $36 area. This trade idea is for June monthlies Option Trade. Sell the 38$ Call, and if you want buy the 41$ call to make it a $300 risk play. The premium you will get should be around $30 per contract... a decent 10% ROI.. for less than two months.

Sold the 36/37 Call credit spread and sold the 34 Put eliminating the risk to the upside. In total received $1.06. 72% probability of profit.

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... for a .03 db. At its outset, you short put is basically completely "financing" the cost of your long put (but for the $3 it cost to put the trade on). Your goal is to roll the short option forward for duration, collecting credits along the way and to exit the setup for a debit that is less than what you collected in credits (as you would do with any credit ...

Down trend since $42, Volume increasing, Positive Divergence. Support between 32 ~ 35 area.