💡Trade Ideas — $ADBE, $NFLX, $HPQ, $SQ, $UA

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4 min readJan 22, 2018

January 21, 2017

Need some trading ideas to get the week started? This is my weekly issue for January 22— January 26 with various financial and trading summaries to generate ideas.

FYI — Headings with underlines indicate a link is available for further research. Calls (predicted trend up) and Puts (predicted trend down) are options underlying a stock or ETF.

Market

The US market continued its record setting pace upward.

The financial, services, and technology sectors were up, while basic materials and utilities were down.

What follows are trends overall going into next week.

Earnings Calendar

Earnings season is well under way with many opportunities. Be sure to review next week’s possibilities below as well.

Earnings 1/29 to 2/2/18

$D $LMT $OSTK $S $UA

$AOS $AMD $JNPR $MCD $PFE

$ANTM $BA $FB $PB $T

$AMGN $AMZN $$BABA $GOOGL $MA $UPS $V

$CVX $EL $MRK $XOM

Economic Calendar

Reports this week include mortgage applications, housing starts, comfort index and durable goods.

Financial News

Federal government is in shutdown furlough as a spending bill is negotiated.

New US tax law has mixed predictions for the economy and company investments.

Crypto currencies continue to shed their gains this year.

Oil prices are expected to dip below the $60 mark as supply increases.

Trade Ideas

$ADBE — Adobe Systems Inc.

Suggestion — Buy $195.00 2/16/18 Puts; last $4.00x$4.20

$NFLX — Netflix Inc.

Suggestion — Buy $222.50 1/26/18 Calls; last $7.45x$7.55

$HPQ — Hewlett Packard Conpany

Suggestion — $23.00 2/16/18 Puts; last $.22x$.27

$SQ — Square, Inc.

Suggestion — Buy $42.00 2/16/18 Puts; last $1.82x$1.88

$UA — Under Armour Inc.

Suggestion — Buy $13.00 2/2/18 Calls; last $.35x$.70

Toohightoolow Tickers

Here are stocks to watch that are either very oversold (too low) or overbought (too high).

Calls (too low)

$DUK $DTE $ED $PNW $SLG $VTR

Puts (too high)

$ADBE $AOS $ASML $BA $BBT $FDX $GOOG $GPC $HPQ $KSS $LOW $MA $PH $PYPL $SLB $SQ $UPS $V

Favorite ETFs

ETFs are a bundle of assets with a particular theme. What follows are ETFs with nice option volume with estimated trend for the week.

Calls

$DIA $EEM $EFA $EWJ $EWZ $FXI $IBB $IWM $QQQ $RSX $SPY $XLB $XLB $XRT

Puts

$GDX $GLD $OIL $SLV $TZA $UNG $USO $XLE

Hold

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Disclaimer

This is not an investment advisory, and should not be used to make investment decisions. Information in Thomas Mann’s posts are opinionated and should be considered for information purposes only. No stock exchange anywhere has approved or disapproved of the information contained herein. There is no express or implied solicitation to buy or sell securities. The charts provided here are not meant for investment purposes and only serve as technical examples. Don’t consider buying or selling any stock without conducting your own due diligence.