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Best Short Term Trade: May 8th, 2002
Our analysis of volume over the past week has
resulted in the following trades using SPX Options by our
conservative long-term trader.
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Security |
Return |
| Call 1 (SPX June) |
-58% |
| Call 2 (SPX June) |
+437% |

Even though not all the above trades were
profitable, we still came out on top with a profit of
379%
Why deal in Options?
Options offer the potential of a high short-term
return. Compared to futures, options are less risky, and don't require as much
capital to trade. Those who trade options should reduce the risk by only trading
options that are at least two or three months away from expiration, or as
liquidity permits.
Why buy Call Options?
MarketVolume has recently seen volume signals that
indicate we are in a support corridor, and since we bought June QQQQ options, we
don't need to worry as much about short-term fluctuations as with futures, or a
May call option.
We would like to make it clear to our members
what the motivation was to make the above trades; therefore, we have created
what we call a 'Table of Motivation', in which we try to make it clear the
motivation that was behind each of the above trades.
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Trade |
Motivation |
MV's Commentary on
Members Home Page during the trade |
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B1 Call |
Bought Call one based on the large
increase in the VMA (Volume Moving Average) that occurred as the index
was decreasing. |
Based on the fact that the overall trend
of the market has been down lately, coupled with unprecedented volume
across most of the major US indexes, we believe that the market is in
the lower levels of it's support corridor. |
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S1 Call |
Unfortunately, the volume from which the
purchase was based on was not enough to bring the market up. Was
caught with a stop-loss on this call. |
There is a bit of uncertainty as to the
future short-term direction, as a lot of volume has been on the
upside. |
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B2 Call |
After the index finished declining,
volume increased steadily to critical levels and remained there. Due
to this, and the fact that the index was trading in a narrow range
after a big decline, found that the best option would be to buy at
this point. |
Volume is still at critical levels, and
the longer the market keeps this up, the bigger a direction change we
will see. The NASDAQ 100 index has been giving us signals that it may
continue going down until it's September 24th, support level. If this
does happen, expect to see volume rise even further, and afterwards,
expect a very dramatic reversal. |
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B3 Call |
Volume once again increased as the index
was moving down at the end of the day. Based on this fact, and the
fact that volume was high all day, decided to buy another call option
thinking that the market is going to go up on the very short-term. |
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S2 Call |
As the market increased quite
dramatically, decided to close only one open position, as there is
room for the market to move higher. |
Based on the severity of today's move
up, and the fact that volume for the past week has been at constant
high levels, we are persuaded to say that the market has in fact hit
it's support level, and is now in the process of reversing. This
reversal point cannot yet be 100% confirmed. |
To see
any of our past best trades, simply select from
the list below.
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Date |
Indicator |
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December 30, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100 |
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December 19,
2002 |
S&P 500 (SPX) |
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December 10, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100 |
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November 27, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100 |
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November 20,
2002 |
NASDAQ 100
(NDX) |
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November 13, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100 |
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November 6,
2002 |
S&P 500 (SPX) |
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November 1, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100 |
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October 25,
2002 |
S&P 500 (SPX) |
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September 25, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100 |
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September 18, 2002 |
S&P 500 |
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September 6,
2002 |
S&P 500 (SPX) |
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August 21
2002 |
NASDAQ 100
(NDX) |
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August 14
2002 |
S&P 500 (SPX) |
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August 7,
2002 |
S&P 500 (SPX) |
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July 31, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100
(NDX) |
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July 24, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100
(NDX) |
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July 17, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100
(QQQQ) |
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July 10, 2002 |
S&P 500 (SPX) |
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June 26, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100
(QQQQ) |
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June 14, 2002 |
S&P 500 |
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June 12, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100
(QQQQ) |
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June 5, 2002 |
S&P 500 (SPX) |
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May 31, 2002 |
S&P 500 |
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May 29, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100
(QQQQ) |
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May 22, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100
(QQQQ) |
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May 17, 2002 |
S&P 500 |
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May 15, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100
(QQQQ) |
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May 8, 2002 |
S&P 500 (SPX) |
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May 3, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100 |
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May 1, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100
(QQQQ) |
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April 28, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100 |
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April 22, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100 |
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April 3, 2002 |
S&P 500 |
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February 25, 2002 |
S&P 500 |
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February 8, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100 |
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January 30, 2002 |
NASDAQ 100 |
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