Saturday, October 14, 2017

UVXY play


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人類自然的生理思想就是當某個股指到了很高或很低時,理論上很快就會或者應該會回頭調整。賭徒的心態就是“連開了20局大,下一局開小的概率高,我double bet小”。賭博的心態害死了不少人。但是股市是投資的地方,投資需要的是fundamental+probability。
UVXY的fundamental components有三個
1. 當前VIX值
2. upcoming VIX future值
3. VIX future expiration day
當VIX future值減去當前VIX值大於0.5時,不管是否感覺得市場很快就大回調,VIX很快就回升,我都會用ITM covered CALL。就是買一手market price的股票再short一個strike比market price低的ITM call。例如買一百股UVXY@18,sell a monthly call strike 16@3.50。為什麼我要買它在18,但是enter a contract去賣它在16?
這裏了解一下VIX和VIX future的關係。
VIX就是當前市場的情緒。簡單的就是今天或明天的市場情緒。
VIX future是市場將來的情緒。就是一個月或幾個月後的情緒。
如果我要賭VIX的,那麼今天的VIX是10的話,我壓籌碼在9.8或是10.2。9.8和10.2對比10只是咫尺之遙之。明天開盅的賭局,我的籌碼離今天的結果越近,勝算越高。如果今天VIX是10,我把籌碼壓到12或者8的勝算就低了。所以對於明天開盅的賭局,我要將籌碼壓在靠近今天的結果的位置。但是賭檯的規矩是籌碼壓在離今天的結果越近的地方就越貴。越遠的地方,進場注碼越低。那怎麼辦?我不賭明天開的賭局吧,我賭下個月開的賭局。
我賭下個月的VIX賭局(VIX future)。把籌碼壓到12的地方。希望一個月後VIX會飆升高過12獲利。 好了,現在時間有一個月,我慢慢等。過了兩天,VIX漲到10.2了,haha有點開心,但是還沒贏錢。過了一個星期,VIX掉到9.5了,crap,離我贏錢的地方更遠了,唯有把我的籌碼移到11.5的位置,保持兩個點的距離。過了兩個星期,VIX回到9.7了,shit,雖然有所回升,但時間只剩下兩週了,我只有又把我的籌碼移到11.3的位置來增加贏率。過了三個星期,VIX又掉到9.5了,OMG,時間只剩下一個星期了,9.5的VIX離我11.3的位置還有很遠,中獎機會不大了,我要把我的籌碼移到10.5的位置了,現在是一個點但距離了。還有兩天就開盅了,VIX掉到9.4了,TNND,我本來賭future的,現在變成賭後天開的局了,只有把籌碼移到10的位置等開盤。
由上可見,賭future賭局的人當開盅日慢慢接近,而他們賭future的位置就越來越接近今天的開盤位置。當future的開盅日還有很多時間時,賭徒們的籌碼位置放的很遠,開盅日接近時,他們就將縮減籌碼的距離位置。時間越少,他們移動籌碼的速度越快。雖然過程裡有時距離會減少,但是因為離開盅的時間少了,賭徒們唯有將他們的籌碼向目標進一步接近。
UVXY正是keep track這些賭徒的籌碼位置移動和速度。當VIX低過VIX furture的值而時間越來越少時,VIX future的值就下降得越快。 就算VIX偶然出現波動爬升一個小的幅度,但因為離future的位置還是低很多時,賭future的賭徒們在快沒有時間時唯一的option就是將他們的籌碼移動到更接近VIX的地方來增加勝算。於是就造成VIX升高了0.5,但是VIX future反而下降了0.2的現象。
這個就是用賭場和賭徒的運作來抽象了解UVXY的fundamental運作。當然股市並非exactly這樣運作,但原理大致相同。VIX會不會在VIX future到期前突然由9.4變成15呢?理論上jackpot不是沒可能,但是我去Casino是永遠不去bet jackpot位置的。
好了,了解完fundamental的運作,現在說probability。知道了VIX和VIX future,expiration day的關係,我已經知道了當VIX值低過VIX future值時,VIX future隨著expiration day的接近與VIX現值接近的原理。fundamental告訴我這種狀態下VIX future在settlement day前會繼續decline。UVXY track VIX future的movement。很明顯,如果我玩PUT的就buy put,如果我玩call的就sell call。probability和expectation是most likely go down,maybe go up。
如果我sell call的話,那麼我就有個風險就是萬一VIX突然飆升,那麼VIX future也隨著飆升。unprotect的話就要虧錢了。去protect我的風險,我either sell call vertical或者covered call。call verticat和covered call各有pros/cons。
如果我選擇用covered call。我有三個選擇。
1. sell OTM covered call: 買一手UVXY, 賣一個OTM的call
2. sell ATM covered call: 買一手UVXY,賣一個ATM的call
3. sell ITM covered call: 買一手UVXY,賣一個ITM的call
如何選擇那個option?回到UVXY的fundamental原理,VIX值低過VIX future值時,VIX future值在expiration前繼續decline。如果沒有jackpot的話,UVXY是會繼續decline。用ATM/OTM covered call 比用ITM covered call的風險高而且效率低。原因就是option world裡的delta rate和option的intransic/extrinsic value的關係。
這裡我忽略ATM,只是對比OTM和ITM的區別。
如果我買一手UVXY@18,賣一個20的OTM call option@2.00。  如果UVXY升above 20,我股票賺200,option賺200,總賺400.  如果UVXY掉到16,那麼我的股票虧損200,OTM option賺200塊,結果是even。我的break even line是UVXY@16.  如果UVXY掉到15,我股票虧300,option賺200,虧損100. 
如果我買一手UVXY@18,賣一個16的ITM call option@3.5,如果UVXY go above 18,就要用16塊的價錢出售手上用本來18塊買進的UVXY,虧200。因為我的UVXY是18塊買進,無論股價升到什麼價位我都要用16塊賣出虧200,但是好處就是不管怎樣都是虧200.   另一方面是option賺了350,350-200總賺150.   如果UVXY掉到16,那麼我的股票虧損200,ITM option賺350,結果是150 profit。如果UVXY掉到15,我股票虧300,option賺350,賺50. 如過UVXY掉到14.5,我break even。
對比兩個,OTM covered call option的upside可以有400的盈利,而ITM option只是有150的盈利。用OTM的upside的盈利回報高,ITM的upside盈利少。  在downside,OTM option的話如果UVXY掉到15,我就開始虧損。 ITM option的話,UVXY掉到15我還是盈利。downside用OTM的虧損大,ITM的虧損相對小。
為什麼我prefer用ITM covered call呢?因為根據fundamental的原理,downside的概率遠高過upside。我bet upside等於bet jackpot。  again,我去Casino是從來不bet jackpot的slot。  我的assumption是downside。我的target是total 150的profit。UVXY anywhere above 16我就guarantee有150的profit。14.5以上我都有small profit。  我bet的是UVXY的decline rate不夠時間快。UVXY decline有多快我不知道也無法預知,但是時間我卻是exactly知道它跑多快的。  如果我估計錯誤的話,UVXY跑到一半突然掉頭跑上25了。oh great,那正是我想要到,因為我的target就是那max profit的150塊。我估計錯誤但是達成目標。 如果我估計UVXY的decline速度錯誤,UVXY掉到14,我用ITM option的loss只是50, 但是如果我用OTM option的話我的loss就是200。
投資和賭博意義上一樣,但是想法不一樣。賭徒的想法是bet在小概率大回報的地方希望幸運之神降臨。他們會覺得upside有400的回報率而選擇bet在upside。  而投資卻是用fundamental的原理,向fundamental顯示的方向想和精密計算P/L。將籌碼bet在大概率,most likely有回報的地方。就算錯了,suffer的loss也少。  所以UVXY我會prefer去bet downside unless VIX值高過VIX future值。
以上是個人經驗,並非任何投資建議。切勿模仿,風險自負。

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Deep Dive into Selling Puts


DividendMeter has an excellent google sheet

http://dividendmeter.com/watch-list/

Covered Call Index
https://www.fullyinformed.com/covered-calls-strategies-index/

Selling Deep ITM put
https://seekingalpha.com/article/1947111-selling-puts-of-high-dividend-stocks-for-maximum-yield

Hellosuckers
http://hellosuckers.net/why-selling-puts-against-dividend-paying-stocks-is-a-win-win-strategy/



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A good advice from 于 2017-02-26 04:47:28  wenxuecity 大千股坛

中长线持股:充分利用OPTIONS 不断降低成本 以期最大利润两个前提:

(1)所操作的股 是自己精心挑选的中长线牛股
(2)大盘走势的合作 (要么上涨 要么RANGE震荡)
举例:
EXEL:是我选定的一个中长线股,长持一半,基本不动 (除非大盘 BIO转熊 特别熊,那种时候 很可能需要出来避避风头)另外一半 高抛低吸操作。
02/17 OE日,我出了半仓@23.10。上周四、周五两日她DIP时 我前后卖了50个03/17 21的PUTS,均价@1.50,20天后,要么expired,白赚$7500。要么 相当于买回半仓@19.5,基本上无需操作,就有+15%以上的利润(差价)。当然 也可以roll-over to next month。
INCY:每个月 在她DIP时 我都会卖半仓的ITM PUTS。
AMD ACAD TSRO:有周OPTIONS,更方便,几乎每周 我都会卖半仓的ITM PUTS 或者 OTM CALLS。AMD:唯一的非BIO 万绿丛中一点红。嘿嘿。
如此,我今年持有的9个中长线股之YTD 高于35%。特别是INCY EXEL TSRO:这两三年来 几乎就是我的money machine。懒懒的我 懒得细算。呵呵。

Sunday, September 24, 2017

Collar

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可樂期權 - 我最愛的避險工具
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除了玩短線之外,我其實也有長線的倉。但是長線的倉每年都會有好幾次的高波幅機會。例如earning和新產品發布會。以前每當長倉跨越這些binary event的時候就只有pray。沒有什麼辦法。或者拋個硬幣,頭像就hold,字就退倉。去年年尾接觸了期權這玩意後,長倉的風險就小多了。
期權裡面有很多組合,像condo,iron condor,butterfly,ratio,strangle。。。。其中有一個叫做可樂(Collar)。
Collar一般不做獨立的組合。而是配合long/short的stock position成為一個Collar with stock的組合。Collar的原理如下:
持有100股的XYZ stock @ market price $100
賣(short)一個$102 strike的Call contrac (OTM)for $2.00
買(long)一個$98 strike的Put contract for (OTM)$2.00
於是long put和short call像夾心餅一樣將那100股股票夾在中間。Call/Put的expiration day是同一天。一般是earning後那天或後面那個星期。拿著這個position過earning的話就會有兩個基本的trade plan。
1. earning後XYZ狂升到$110。於是98那個long put幾乎清零,102那個short call變成$8.5。這時我有兩個選擇。
1A. 用$8.5 ($850) buy back那個short call。因為我的股票漲了$1000,buy back short call還賺$150。但是一般我不會這樣做,因為要take那個stock fall back的風險。
1B. 用$8.5 ($850) buy back那個short call,再sell一個$104strike的call到下一個月(roll)for $8.5($850)。roll的好處就是可以進一步lock in profit同時又減少stock fall back的風險。As long as stock不fall back below我的call strike就好了。
2. earning後XYZ跌到$90. 那個102的short call幾乎清零。那麼我可以exercise我的98 long PUT,用$98的價錢把股票賣給不知道哪個運氣不好的傢伙好了。等股價跌穩了再買回繼續long。
所以Collar結合long stock時可以有效的避險。當binary event過後,如果stock是jump up就變covered call and roll繼續profit。如果sink down就limited loss逃跑。用以上的example的話,就算XYZ earning後由100跌到20,我的max loss也是200塊。Collar option的基本原理就這樣。但是為了更進一步減少可能的loss,我自己就把普通的collar改良了一下。以下是我的改良版。
持有100股的XYZ stock @ market price $100
賣(short)一個earning day後一個月的$105 strike的Call contrac (OTM)for $4.00
買(long)一個earning day後一天或後一週的$100 strike的Put contract (ATM)for $4.00
這個結構和一般的collar的結構相若。分別就是call/put的expiration day不同,strike的level也不同。earning後也有兩個trade plan。
1. earning後XYZ狂升到$110。於是100那個long put幾乎清零,105那個short call變成$6.5。因為我的short strike已經是105而且short call還有一個月的時間til expire,我就hold這個covered call position到expiration再roll。因為我的stock已經賬面上漲了1000,而short call有$650的debt,所以賬面已經有350的profit。對比上一個example只有150的profit,而且我不用等下個月roll up時才達到105的strike。
2. earning後XYZ跌到$90. 那100的long put變成$10.2, 那105的short call變成$0.50. 那麼我有三個option。
2A. exercise我的100 long PUT,用$100的原價把股票賣給不知道哪個運氣不好的傢伙。buy back那個short call。等股價跌穩再買進。
2B. 賣掉我的long put,hold stock and short call成為covered call。
2C. exercise我的100 long PUT,用$100的原價把股票賣給不知道哪個運氣不好的傢伙。leave naked short 105 call until expiration。
如果我選擇2A的話,因為我tade in時的option buy/sell premium互相抵消,等於沒花錢。用2A close position的話,我整個trade的loss是$50塊的short call buy back。Compare普通的collar有200塊的loss。
如果我覺得股票觸底回彈就選擇2B,但這個要擔股價繼續下沉的風險。一般我不會考慮。就算要也會engage另一個Collar來protect down side。
如果我覺得XYZ短期不會回彈而選擇2C的話,因為不花那50塊的buy back,我整個trade就是even。as long as XYZ不在一個月內由90跑回105以上就可以拍拍屁股走人。
因為這個改良的Collar的CALL/PUT的expiration day不一樣,有前有後,我叫它做Calendar Collar。這裡在那個short call上take advantage的有兩樣東西。
1. Delta。 因為我strike upper, 當股價向下跌時,105 call strike的Delta比102 call strike的Delta的decay幅度更大。
2. Volitility contraction。當重要的binary event過後,option的volitility就會大幅減退。volitility減退等於decay增加。離stock price越遠的OTM option的decay越大。
這兩個東西對於OTM的option來說是致命性打擊。Option trader必須充分利用這兩個對付short option的利器來增加profit。
有些人覺得期權虧錢更多更快,但是我個人覺得option是stock trading的必不可少的工具。當然工具像刀一樣,可以救人也可以殺人。重要的是使用適當。
我trade option只有短短的九個月。說錯了大家別見怪。


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将国内出售房子获得的人民币转出镜外只要材料齐全,遵照要求,办起来并不难。
首先,你要到当地的国税局申请境外汇款审核。各个营业厅要求并不一致,但是大多数需要递交以下材料:房产转户历史(最原始的房产购买合同和房产证复印件,购买发票,转户时的手续复印件,转到你名下的房产证复印件,出售合同,完整税务凭证,本人护照,.....)。总之提供的资料可以显示这个房子是怎么到你的手里,你又卖给谁了。
注意,通常卖房时,合同中房价一栏有两部分,其中很少的一部分是房价,另一部分是家具和设备的折价,为了减少纳税,第二部分会荒唐到高于房子价格很多的地步,这是买方,卖方,税务,房产交易中心合伙避税。而能够转出的钱只是根据第一部分,如果房产是三个人的,也只能汇出第一部分的三分之一。举个例子,一个售价1000 万的房子是兄弟二人拥有,卖房时第一部分房价是400 万,第二部分是600 万,那么你只能汇出400 万的一半,200 万。
各个国税局营业厅操作程序不同,有的只需申请者交验所需要的文件,有的则需要到网上申请,填写表格,并 download 到USB,将其递交验收。后者你要去至少两次,第一次download 所需表格,第二次,递交填写好的表格和需要的其他材料。批准后,他们会开给你一张批准函,拿此件到有外汇业务的银行办理。国税局和银行都是立等可取的服务。不要期待国税局小姐作风专业,态度和蔼。大陆的衙门不是好进的,衙门内的人,就是个清洁工也是脾气冲天。
请注意,国税局是指国家税务管理局,专门处理国家税务事宜,还有地税局,指的是地方税务,处理地方税务事项。货币转换,并汇出境外,要去国家税务管理局。
国税局在验证你递交的文件后开具外汇兑换证明。然后,将这个证明交给银行,银行立即办理。
简便一点的办法是把这些文件直接拿到中信银行进行办理,可以省去税务局这个环节。因为中信银行有这个业务。
忠告,不要采取由国人以每次五万美元(中国公民每年可以兑换外汇五万美元)汇入你美国账户的方法,它会给你带来无穷的麻烦,你要应付IRS的审查。也会在每次进海关时遭盘查。你也可以在有外汇业务的银行开一个账户,申请一个银联卡,在这边直接使用(不是无限额的)。这个账户要有网银(网上操作),这样你就可以在美国上网直接操作转账事宜。

Weight Loss Tricks



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如此饮食,治好了我十年的高血压
我已经停止降压药一年多了,血压稳定在120/85 左右,应该算是痊愈了。这一切应该是饮食调理的结果。我现在的饮食如下:一天吃两顿饭,第一餐在早晨11点左右,第二餐在晚上6点左右。吃的东西不太计较,但要营养齐全,素菜,各种谷类,蛋白质,油脂都要有,不偏食。每顿都吃饱,但不能过饱。少食盐和糖。
如果你要尝试这一方法,下面的详细情况可能对你有帮助。
我十多年前四十岁左右得高血压,开始很焦虑,血压就更高。跑步锻炼,没有效果。后来求医吃药,试了多种新的贵的,效果不佳。打电话问老父亲,利血平控制了他的高血压几十年。家传秘方,几块钱一瓶,可以吃几个月。每天吃一片,加上每周几次锻炼,血压也还稳定。只是有时工作繁忙,生活没有规律时候,血压就会波动。
去年早些时候,读了几本关于肥胖的书。我当时不能说是胖,有点偏重,BMI在25 左右。但根据以往的经验知道,如果BMI到27,我的血压就很难控制。其中有一本是关于节食的,讲了许多禁食的好处,比如增进免疫和记忆。我决定试一试,禁食的方法有很多。 去年八月的一天决定禁食三天。在接近四十个小时的时候,胃酸得不能睡觉,不得不吃了东西。效果依然显著,减了8磅。意外的是站立时头晕,血压太低了,不得不停了降压药。后来改为短时间禁食,每天16个小时,如上面说的在8 小时内吃完两顿饭。中间也可以吃点零食。禁食的16个小时除了水,不进任何食物。现在我的BMI在23左右,每周要锻炼几次,每次要有出汗。
在禁食的时候,虽然饮水也不是很多,但排尿并不减少。这其中的道理如一本书所说,人体的胰岛素是帮助储存水的,禁食时,胰岛素降低了,水也就排出来了,血压自然下降。所以一日三餐或更多餐,会让胰岛素一直保持在高的水平,积水,增肥。
详细可以读以下的书:
  1. The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss. By Jason Fung
  2. The Miracle of Fasting: Proven Throughout History for Physical, Mental, & Spiritual Rejuvenation. By  Patricia Bragg.

Sunday, April 2, 2017

stockbee

http://stockbee.biz/blog/2007/04/?page=2

PEAD Trading Methods

http://stockbee.blogspot.com/2010/01/earnings-season-and-cinderella-strategy.html

https://lasertrader.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/using-pead-post-earnings-announcement-drift-to-give-you-an-edge/

http://mysimplequant.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-i-plan-to-use-stockbees-breakout.html

Chartpattern Trading Rules

DAN'S 10 GOLDEN STOCK RULES AND TRADING TIPS

  1. Make sure the stock has a well formed base or pattern such as one described on this web site and can be found on the tab "Understanding Chart Patterns" on the home page, before considering purchase. Dan highlights stocks with these patterns in his newsletter.
  2. Consider the stock as it moves over the trend line of that base or pattern and make sure that volume is above recent trend shortly after this "breakout" occurs. Never pay up by more than 5% above the trend line. You should also get to know your stocks' thirty day moving average volume, which you can find on most stock quote pages such as eSignal's quote page.
  3. Be very quick to sell your stock should it return back under the trend line or breakout point. Usually stops should be set about $1 below the breakout point. The more expensive the stock, the more leeway you can give it, but never have more than a $2 stop loss. Some people employ a 5% stop loss rule. This may mean selling a stock that just tried to breakout and fails in 20 minutes or 3 hours from the time it just broke out above your purchase price.
  4. Sell 20 to 30% of your position as the stock moves up 15 to 20% from its breakout point.
  5. Hold your strongest stocks the longest and sell stocks that stop moving up or are acting sluggish quickly. Remember stocks are only good when they are moving up.
  6. Identify and follow strong groups of stocks and try to keep your selections in these groups
  7. After the market has moved for a substantial period of time, your stocks will become vulnerable to a sell off, which can happen so fast and hard you won't believe it. Learn to set new higher trend lines and learn reversal patterns to help your exit of stocks. Some of you may benefit from reading a book on Candlesticks or reading Encyclopedia of Chart Patterns, by Bulkowski. These books can be purchased from our Recommended Reading page.
  8. Remember it takes volume to move stocks, so start getting to know your stock's volume behavior and the how it reacts to spikes in volume. You can see these spikes on any chart. Volume is the key to your stock's movement and success or failure.
  9. Many stocks are mentioned in the newsletter with buy points. However just because it's mentioned with a buy point does not mean it's an outright buy when a buy point is touched. One must first see the action in the stock and combine it with its volume for the day at the time that buy point is hit and take keen notice of the overall market environment before considering purchase. Are stocks moving briskly or are they acting sluggish or even worse, are we in a hefty sell off?
  10. Never go on margin until you have mastered the market, charts and your emotions. Margin can wipe you out.

Saturday, April 1, 2017

StockBee's Read newpaper and make money

Read newspaper and make money

James Cramer has a popular book called Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich. Some people claim to make occasional money watching him. But if you want to make big money and systematicaly find growth stocks that make dramatic moves of 100% plus in a year, you may find Investor Business Daily a better bet.

Like in religion, once you get convinced and adopt a trading philosophy, you can find many ways of achieving your trading nirvana. In trading my primary religion is growth. Growth in price or growth in earnings. Now one of the publication which exclusively focuses on growth stocks is Investors Business Daily. It is not really a newspaper, it is more like an evangelical publication aimed at followers of growth religion.

All most all my big ideas where I risk 5% to 10% on single idea or pyramid aggressively in to , I find using systematic study of IBD. There is a method to madness in everything in IBD. It exclusively focuses on high growth stocks. It very clearly highlights certain growth stock which in their judgement they feel are likely to make major moves. It constantly changes focus based on sector moves and market moves. If it feels a trend or stock or sector has big potential it will do a saturation coverage of the stock.

Now I am sure there are many IBD subscribers and they read it regularly. In my experience many of the subscribers do not really get in to depth or look for the big ideas in it. Many don't know how the EPS , RPS ratings, the accumulation distribution and other ratings are calculated. I attended a IBD meetup couple of times where 99% of the talk was about cup with handle, flat bases and chart patterns.

Everyday I read IBD in detail and then research few key ideas in greater detail using other sources, from these in a year I find a dozen ideas or so where I have conviction to put lot of capital to work and really pyramid in to them or press my bets on them.

Here are couple of things I look for in IBD:

Page 1 story. When IBD puts a company on page 1, I always dig deep. The page 1 main focus stories have generated lot of big ideas for me.

2 The big picture: Everyday I make a list of stocks under the Leaders up in volume and Leaders down in volume. If you study the list carefully, IBD only highlights certain stocks in it. Often the commentary on that page gives you a hint about sector change or impending stock top or estimates coming down.

New America. This one is obvious place to look for ideas. Similarly the company in the news feature is very helpful for understanding certain upcoming trends.

Funds top new buys: I always look at unknown companies in this list or those with high Comp ratings. Most of the time you will find some of these stocks breakout in month or two if they appear in this list for several funds.

Largest positions of funds in Big cap index and Largest positions of funds in value index. This is an excellent list of around 20 stocks each. Last year I found Las Vegas Sands and Mastercards , two big plays for me , in this list. I always focus on new addition to the list and young companies which have recently IPOed. If they make it to this list, the rally usually has legs. Now in recent month I noticed two new stocks Saks and CBG in it. Both worth keeping an eye on.
The other good use of this list is for short selling , when stocks get dropped from it or something goes wrong on stocks in this list, tey make good shorts.

Stocks on the move and Timesaver table. This is obvious one.

IBD's top supply demand companies. This is again very good source of big ideas. The stocks in this list are selected based on recent stock turnover as % of its float. All major winners like GROW, NVEC, AXR and so on were in this list and they rallied 100% plus post appearing in the list. This list is one of the best source of ideas I have found for stock likely to make significant move.

Industry Group: My today's earlier post gives details of this

IBD top 200 composite stocks. If you trade only these 200 stocks, you can beat the market.
10 NYSE stocks in the news and NASDAQ stocks in the news: This is one of the best place for short term and long term trades. The first 2 stocks in the list invariably pop due to IBD effect. The first 2 stocks which will normally have a commentary on the side, are the ones according to IBD patterns philosophy near buy points(C&W, Flat bases, double bottom at top of range etc. ). So these stocks are highlighted before they breakout.

Now besides that the weekend 85- 85 and IBD 100 list is useful. Within that the black bordered stocks usually pop next week due to IBD effect.

Due to the nature of newspaper, most of the time one forgets what you read in it a week ago. So everyday I create a page or two summary and file it and keep referring back to it again and again. I scratch out ideas which do not work or have events which change fundamental assumption. The surviving ideas have legs. Plus the notes help in developing market and sector understanding over a period of time. All this takes me 45 minutes in the morning. But it has made lot of money for me. For example recently IBD highlighted the solar energy stocks after Germany changed it utilities law and after several solar companies announced earnings. Since then one after another solar companies like TSL, FSLR, ASTI, WFR etc popped. Some of them made 100% plus moves in few months. Similarly the medical device makers like HRT, CYNO, ROCM, have had saturation coverage for many months. Recently after the correction started IBD changed focus on fresh set of sectors. Now all this information is available ahead of time before most of these stocks breakout. What more do you want. Plus you know William O'Neil is very successful trader, so you are essentially getting a perspective on market from successful growth trader along with news and views.

Obviously this involves some effort, but few big ideas in a year is all you need to make a resoundingly profitable year. If you are motivated to make big money, reading a newspaper in microscopic details may not be a bad idea..

A book list of growth investing

Growth Investing Books

 There are predominantly two investing styles followed by investors:
  1. Value
  2. Growth
Growth investors invest in companies that are growing at above average growth rate. They are more focused on sales and earnings growth and willing to pay higher premium for such stocks.

Growth stock investors are high expectation investors as against value investors who are low expectation investor. The basic assumption behind growth investing is that the market will continue to reward a company growing faster than other companies. the key to success in growth investing is to identify early stage growth company and ride it till it is growing and abandon it before the growth slows down. Often growth investors are called patsies playing the greater fool game.
These are all books related to growth investing from my personal collection. Some of these I have reviewed before, but I will do a fresh review of some of the major books from this list. 

Peter Lynch 

One Up On Wall Street : How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market

Beating the Street


Learn to Earn: A Beginner's Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business


William O'Neil

HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN STOCKS: A WINNING SYSTEM IN GOOD TIMES OR BAD 


How To Make Money In Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times or Bad, 3rd Edition

The Successful Investor: What 80 Million People Need to Know to Invest Profitably and Avoid Big Losses

24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success


Mark Boucher


The Hedge Fund Edge

Jesse Livermore


How to Trade In Stocks

Richard Love


Superperformance stocks: An investment strategy for the individual investor based on the 4-year political cycle

Nicolas Darvas


How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market

Frank Cappiello


Frank Cappiello's New Guide to Finding the Next Superstock

Louis Navellier


The Little Book That Makes You Rich: A Proven Market-Beating Formula for Growth Investing 


Gary Kaultbaum

The Investor's Edge: How to Empower Yourself for a Lifetime of Investment Decisions


Michael Moe

Finding the Next Starbucks: How to Identify and Invest in the Hot Stocks of Tomorrow


Ralph Wanger

Zebra In Lion Country: The Dean Of Small Cap Stocks Explains How To Invest In Small Rapidly Growing Companies



John Boik


Monster Stocks: How They Set Up, Run Up, Top and Make You Money

How Legendary Traders Made Millions

Come rain or shine, everyday the last thing I do in my daily market analysis routine is to run a scan for stocks up 25% plus in a month. I run the scan, boil myself a pot of tea and systematically study each of them. I want to know:

  1.  what makes a stock go up 25% plus in a month. 
  2. How does it start the move
  3. What are the volume patterns during the move
  4. What are the price patterns during the move
  5. What was its momentum ranking before the move started
  6. How did its momentum ranking progress during the move
  7. What kind of pullback did it have
  8. In how many days did it make 25% plus move
  9. What is its float
  10. What was its dollar volume at breakout
  11. What was its p/e, p/s, roi, margin, p/b, peg, debt to equity, 
  12. What was their eps growth
  13. What was their sales growth
  14. What was their IBD ranking
  15. How far are they from 52 week high or low
  16. What was its price trend for last 1, 3, 5 years
  17. What was their sector relative strength
  18. What was their short interest
  19. What was the insider buying trend
  20. What was the trend intensity readings at breakout
  21. How did the trend intensity readings progressed
  22. What was the news on the stock for last one month
  23. How far is this stock from last earnings or upcoming earnings
  24. When did the stock IPO
  25. 25 What is its fund holding trend
and so on. 
 
All this information is publicly available freely. The tools I use to do this analysis are:
  1. Finviz
  2. Moneycentral
  3. Google Finance
  4. Dailygraphs
  5. Investor.com
On most days there are not many stocks meeting this condition so it takes 15 minutes to do it. Once in a while you get 200 plus stocks, then it takes a hour to do this.
 
The objective is clear to develop a model of stocks that make big move in short period of time and try and capture couple of moves in a year. The understanding from the exercise goes in to building better scanning criteria and validating or invalidating commonly touted trading wisdom or beliefs.
 
You will find answer to questions like :
  1. does significant earnings surprise move stock
  2. does nearness to 52 week high matter
  3. should you focus on high priced or low priced stocks
  4. should you focus on high daily average volume stocks or low daily average volume stocks
  5. does IBD eps ratings matter
  6. does float matter
  7. what period relative strength/momentum  is best 
  8. why prior period gains are most critical to picking winners
While it is difficult to generalize things because every phase of market has different kind of stocks making 25% plus moves, there are certain common themes you can find and the common themes in terms of factors that drive a stock to make 25% plus move in a month are:
  1. Prior neglect
  2. Catalyst. Big moves start with some catalyst.
  3. Sector momentum is best predictor of short term probability of a stock making a big move
  4. Price momentum is next most important criteria
  5. Float, low price, low dollar volume prior to breakout are good
Rest of the factor really do not matter. In the short run fundamental factors do not matter. Immediate catalyst and sector momentum is most critical factors on a month time frame. 
 
How can you use this information in day to day trading. Focus on stocks with high sector momentum or sector catalyst (Bluefin Sector+price momentum and Emerging Opportunities scans). Focus on stock with immediate catalyst (Episodic Pivots). All things being equal low priced, low dollar volume and low float stocks tend to make biggest move.
 
But above all almost every move of 25% plus in magnitude in a month starts with a 4% breakout signal. Now how valuable is that information to you if you know how to exploit it....

Extremely simple breakout method Part1

What is a breakout.
It is a impulse move. Or a price increase on high volume in very simple language.
You people are making very complicated scans for it.
Here is a simple breakout scan :
Stock should be up 50 cents
Stock should have volume 10% higher than average 50 day volume.
Volume should be above 50000
A pcf for this would be: 
(C - C1) >.50 AND V>1.1* AVGV50and v>=500
IBD uses a similar approach to find breakout on CANSLIM stock.
The Stocks on the Move stocks are generated using this kind of scan. O'Neil in his book says on breakout day the stock should be up 50 cents and volume should be 40% more than 50 day average.
So the pcf would become:
(C - C1) >.50 AND V>1.4* AVGV50and v>=500

Extremely simple breakout method Part2

Many people object to my use of 4% breakout method by saying it does not take in to consideration average range. A stocks average range might be 5% so a 4% b/o is not significant they argue.
So you want to make simple average range breakout scan.
It is very easy. 
(C - H1) >(AVGH20- AVGL20) and v>v1
In this PCF you can vary the AVGH20- AVGL20 part from 5 days to 63 days depending on what range you want to consider for breakout. 
A range breakout scan like this will produce less frequent signals compared to my 4% breakout scan.

Setting up RSI2 in Telechart


Someone had requested scans for RSI2 and how to set it up in Telechart. 
 
The original post for this is here : Exhaustion Swing Trading Method using RSI2
 
This is a method I discussed in Swing Trading Bootcamp. It has been developed by Larry Connors.
 
I do not trade it , so I do not have expertise on it. 
 
This is for information purpose and those who want to perfect it from here on.
 
Must read the original posts and comments to understand this. 
 
RSI2 Bullish PCF

(50 * (C - XAVGC3.1) / 2 / (.500030519440884 * (ABS(C - C1) + .5 * (ABS(C1 - C2) + .5 * (ABS(C2 - C3) + .5 * (ABS(C3 - C4) + .5 * (ABS(C4 - C5) + .5 * (ABS(C5 - C6) + .5 * (ABS(C6 - C7) + .5 * (ABS(C7 - C8) + .5 * (ABS(C8 - C9) + .5 * (ABS(C9 - C10) + .5 * (ABS(C10 - C11) + .5 * (ABS(C11 - C12) + .5 * (ABS(C12 - C13) + .5 * (ABS(C13 - C14)))))))))))))))) + 50)<=2 and c>=avgc200

RSI2 Bearish PCF

(50 * (C - XAVGC3.1) / 2 / (.500030519440884 * (ABS(C - C1) + .5 * (ABS(C1 - C2) + .5 * (ABS(C2 - C3) + .5 * (ABS(C3 - C4) + .5 * (ABS(C4 - C5) + .5 * (ABS(C5 - C6) + .5 * (ABS(C6 - C7) + .5 * (ABS(C7 - C8) + .5 * (ABS(C8 - C9) + .5 * (ABS(C9 - C10) + .5 * (ABS(C10 - C11) + .5 * (ABS(C11 - C12) + .5 * (ABS(C12 - C13) + .5 * (ABS(C13 - C14)))))))))))))))) + 50)>=98 and c=<avgc200

RSI2 Chart Indicator (add under indicator)


50 * (C - XAVGC3.1) / 2 / (.500030519440884 * (ABS(C - C1) + .5 * (ABS(C1 - C2) + .5 * (ABS(C2 - C3) + .5 * (ABS(C3 - C4) + .5 * (ABS(C4 - C5) + .5 * (ABS(C5 - C6) + .5 * (ABS(C6 - C7) + .5 * (ABS(C7 - C8) + .5 * (ABS(C8 - C9) + .5 * (ABS(C9 - C10) + .5 * (ABS(C10 - C11) + .5 * (ABS(C11 - C12) + .5 * (ABS(C12 - C13) + .5 * (ABS(C13 - C14)))))))))))))))) + 50

Liquidity Volume


MINV3.1 >= 1000

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Overview of Quant Tools

https://www.quantstart.com/articles/Choosing-a-Platform-for-Backtesting-and-Automated-Execution

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Swing Trader 2

http://educsos.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-trading-websites-i-subscribe-to-and.html


Sunday, March 5, 2017

Swing Trader

http://stockbee.blogspot.com/

Good scan for Stockbee

How to find stocks like CALA and enter them before breakout


CALA was a stock I highlighted today morning before market open as good anticipation setup. As you can see the stock is up 28% in a day. Do you want to find stocks like these daily and enter before they breakout?


Here is the entry trade on Tuesday afternoon before breakout on CALA (800 shares bought for  9 USD in 50k account with end of the day stop at 8.80 for a risk of $160 risk)

cala.PNG

I sold my CALA position by end of the day as it gave above normal profit in just one day.

The following scans and steps details the method to find these kind of stocks for those interested in making real money trading. The scans are using Telechart software.

To anticipate a breakout look at stocks currently not undergoing momentum burst.

Stock should be in extremely low momentum phase for anticipation .
It can be a shallow pullback or consolidation in established momentum phase.

To anticipate look for stock with extremely low volatility

A stock with low volatility in last 5 to 10 days is ideal candidate as part of a continuation setup.
Look for series of low range bars in last 5 to 10 days
Look for stocks with bollinger band squeeze.

Avoid Anticipation setups on extended stocks

First or second anticipation setup in established trend is best
Extended trends needs to be avoided for anticipation as failure is high on them

Look for early entry on anticipation candidates

Anticipating a breakout helps you get an early entry and can improve your per trade profits.
It also can lower your risk as your stop is closer.
It can help you profit from even smaller moves.
For that entry without waiting for breakout is best.

Anticipation requires more pre planning and effort than buying a breakout.

You need a process flow to do that.
The process should be efficient and done daily after the market close.
The suggested process flow is a template you can develop your own process.

Only 3 to 5 quality ideas should be tracked

"A" grade pre Momentum Burst setup should be your first priority
Once you have list of anticipation setups narrow them down to 1 to 5 for next day action.
Quality is more important than quantity

In order to find Bullish Anticipation setup use DT and TI 65 lists in Telechart

Double Trouble Scan

US common stocks
c/minl252>=1.8 and minv3.1>=100000
Price % change Today between 1 to -1%

TI65

US Common stocks
avgc7/avgc65>1.05 and minv3.1>100000
Price % change Today between 1 to -1%

MDT Above 1.19

US Common stocks
c/avgc126>1.19 and minv3.1>100000
Price % change Today between 1 to -1%

After running these three scan merge them together as some stocks will be common.

Go through the list to find setups that are setting up for possible b/o

What to look for in good anticipation setup

series of narrow range days in pullback/consolidation
orderly pullback with no 4% b/d during the pullback or consolidation
low volume pullback
low volatility during pullback
linear first leg if looking as continuation setup
Stock should go up smoothly and not in volatile manner
3 to 10 days consolidation/pullback
not up 3 days in a row
This entire process once setup tales just 20 minutes daily. 
You can find 5 to 10 good set ups using this process daily. In good market conditions these setups can make 8 to 20% in just few days. 
So if you are serious about making money swing trading setup these scans and practice finding good setups.
You can find your own stock picks daily once you master this method and perfect it. It will help you develop your own trading skill  and you will not have to depend on anyone. 

Deep Study on VIX

http://optionwings.com/

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Option for income


I found a good blog.

http://www.optionshunting.com/

It follows other "Option for income" bloggers.  It is really cool.

Sunday, February 26, 2017

信步华尔街


信步华尔街 posts has a lot of values.

http://blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/70211/201702/29745.html

Covered Call In Depth

https://www.borntosell.com/ provides a good resource on covered call.

What I learnt from this site is as follows:

1. Basics: If you think the stock will decline, you should be looking at ITM options. If you think the stock will stay about where it is by the time the option expires, then ATM would be a good choice. And if you think the stock will go up then an OTM option will allow you to capture some of that stock appreciation in addition to the option premium you receive

2.  Income oriented:  Should sell deep in the money call.  A good starting point is to S&P 500 stocks that pay dividends. 

https://www.borntosell.com/covered-calls/for-income


http://coveredcallsadvisor.blogspot.com/ is another good resource.  It has the free recommendation.