On December 6th, JC highlighted the Health Care Sector breaking out and the stocks he likes best for purchase.

If you want to play along, I've got an options trade in one of those stocks that profits on a run into new highs.

Believe it or not, there isn't a bull market EVERYwhere. Of course, if you give yourself a steady diet of SHOUT!TV! then this is not a surprise to you because everything is bearish (on TV).

As we begin the last leg of 2019 into the holidays, trading often gets a little uneventful (last year being a MAJOR exception). Feels to me a great time to be putting some delta-neutral income trades on. 

I'm not saying I'm bullish on Disney because my family recently signed up to send them money every month for Disney+, but it certainly has me thinking about the tremendous new source of cashflow to be streaming into their coffers. That's got to be bullish, right?

Of course, at All Star Charts, all we ever follow around here is price so none of the above really matters, it just makes a nice story. But lo and behold, the $DIS chart sure is setting up for a continuation of what already is a pretty significant run:

The markets may be down today, but we're as bullish today as we've been all year and we love buying dips on bullish names. Today is no different.

One of the names we've been wanting to get into is offering a tasty pullback today, so we're pulling the trigger.

As November draws to a close, it's time to review positions with December options that remain open (haven't already hit profit targets or been stopped out).

Most trades I put on for All Star Options tend to have a minimum duration of 30 days (short premium plays) and often as long as 6-8 months (for long premium plays). As options approach expiration, greeks like theta and gamma start to become my enemy and whipsaw my P/L. Therefore, as options and spreads get into the expiration month, my best practice is to put each position on notice -- it's time to take action. 

Everyone's favorite and/or most-hated social media stock is setting up for what might be an epic run.

In the most recent All Star Charts Monthly Conference Call, JC laid out how Facebook $FB could easily make a run towards all-time highs, targeting 240.

It's been an epic trip to India and Japan for the All Star Charts team, so sorry for the decreased frequency of trade ideas during the past week. We're on a plane now headed back to the U.S. and JC and I were chatting between in-flight meals (10 hour flight from Tokyo!) about some opportunities we're seeing out our windows from 30,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.

One such area that has our attention is the US Healthcare Providers space. Earlier in the week, our boy Bruni published a piece featuring a bunch of stocks to watch here.

The one stock that most caught my eye was one setting up for a hundred-dollar-roll and all-time highs.

There might not be a bull market everywhere. It seems interest rates are taking a breather here and deciding their next move. And while they consolidate, options markets are currently pricing in some elevated premiums that are pretty tempting to sell if you're a believer in options volatility mean reversion (I am!).

Andrew Thrasher is the person I turn to whenever I have questions about Volatility and the $VIX. I know he tracks the data much more closely that I do and he does a good job of simplifying what may seem like complicated concepts. With the current market environment pricing in very low volatility moving forward, one can argue there is too much "complacency" towards stocks. Historically, corrections are sparked from this sort of setup. Who better to bring on to the podcast for this special Volatility Episode than Andrew Thrasher, winner of the 2017 Dow Award for his paper on Forecasting a Volatility Tsunami. In this conversation we talk about the current volatility regime, the VIX curve looking out into early 2020 and how he incorporates breadth data to supplement his volatility analysis. I really enjoyed this conversation and it seems like the perfect time to talk about Volatility!

I know. I know. China.

Anyone else tired of the headlines? Or are you like me and don't even pay attention?

Once again, all we do is follow price and let supply and demand lead us to opportunities. Leave the headlines to Johnny Piker.

So with that out of the way, lets take a look at an opportunity in the Chinese Internet sector.

A subscriber recently sent me this question:

Sean, what is your strategy for handling the impact of Theta on an open position? Is there a bailout point where the time decay outweighs the potential upside?

The answer is YES. Theta, as well as Gamma often become my enemy as we near expiration. Here's how I approach it...

JC recently published a piece highlighting the action in the Financials space:

Today we’re looking at Financials pushing up against their historic 2007 highs for the 3rd time.

The way I learned it was that the more times a level is tested the higher the likelihood that it breaks through. I don’t know if this is going to be it, or if it will take a 4th or a 5th test. But I do think there is a blog post coming soon where we’re looking at Financials at all-time price highs.

Meanwhile, on a total return basis, Financials are already making new all-time highs this week.

Looking at these charts, it is hard not to be enthusiastic about the potential for a major breakout in this sector: