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Quick update on our NKLA trade that we entered on Wednesday.

Believe it or not, there's a "tech" stock out there that is ripe for a short trade.

I know, I know.... shocking. I was surprised too.

And it's offering a nice bounce to sell into today, so let's get to it!

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This is the video recording of the July 2020 Conference Call for Members of All Star Options

Well, since we're all stuck at home for the foreseeable future, we might as well spend some money on making "home" the best we can make it. Those long dormant "some day" projects that have been rattling around our brains all seem to be taking...

In the most recent ASC Monthly Conference Call, JC was bullish on Slack Technologies, $WORK. So, it's time to get to work on today's pullback...

Bullish internet stocks continues to be a theme that interests me. Regardless of your political affiliation or taste for conspiracy theories, the effects of the pandemic are still being felt and life doesn't appear to be getting back to "normal" any...

This is the video recording of the June 2020 Conference Call.

If you believe the longer-term uptrend is still in tact, then you have to love opportunities to buy on the dip during market pullbacks.

And the best place to look for these dips is in the strongest sectors that have been leading us higher...

In a recent post on Chinese Internet stocks, the team laid out the bullish case for why many of these names look set up to run. Since publishing this post, many of the names...

This is starting to become a monthly trade.

I like to keep a few delta neutral trades active in the portfolio at all times (if I can). It's a good diversifier and also benefits from sleepy or sideways markets that tend to not help any of my...

Last week, the guys published a bullish piece on Chinese internet stocks. Since then, a bunch of them have already taken off and I don't feel like chasing here. However, one...

In the latest All Star Charts Monthly Conference Call, JC laid out a number of bullish trades. In the week or so since that call, a number of...

Don't fight the tape. The markets are moving higher, whether we agree with it or not.

That said, we want to be long the strongest stocks. This is trendfollowing 101.

Last week, Steve Strazza put up...

Ok, I have to be honest here. I'm not incredibly bullish at these prices. As much as I try to divorce myself from the news cycle and the fundamentals, its hard to think NOW is the time to get long.

That said, only price pays, and charts and...

Add Industrials to this list of sectors (like financials) that are badly underperforming in the current market environment. This chart says it all:

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In a recent blog post, JC highlighted some bullish stocks that he can simply no longer ignore. Regardless of whether or not we feel the upside may be close to exhausting itself...

For the past week or so, it's been a feeling to me that markets are setting up for some sideways chop with any directional bias being to the downside from here.

Meanwhile, options volatilities still remain elevated across the board (though...

So now that all the "FANG" stocks have reported earnings and their price performance has essentially dragged equities indexes higher over the past month, now what?

JC came out with a piece this weekend that...

This is the video recording of the April 2020 Conference Call for Members of All Star Options

It would seem that the "new" economy we live in -- one where we order everything online for fear of walking into stores -- would benefit the companies that provide the infrastructure and transportation to make that happen. Fundamentally, that makes...

The guys at ASC are out with a piece this week highlighting the weakness under the hood in some of the biggest sectors in the US Stock Market. Read it here.

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You know who wins in volatile markets? The companies that collect fees on every trade -- that's who. Seems like a no-brainer, right?

And that concludes my deep dive into fundamental analysis.

Now let's take a look at a great technical...

Since I've got a little positive delta building in my portfolio and I'm leaning towards the market feeling a bit overextended here, I'm adding a little negative delta in an index to help balance the risks in my portfolio a bit.

And of course,...

Options premiums are still pretty elevated across the landscape and the default mode for me when looking for trades to put on is still to prefer selling premium to express any directional bets.

However, JC put some bullish metals ideas in my...