💡Trade Ideas — $APA, $KSS, $LOW, $MOH, $USO

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4 min readFeb 25, 2018

February 25, 2017

Need some trading ideas to get the week started? This is my weekly issue for February 26 — March 2 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.

The goal of this weekly post is to develop a watchlist for the coming week. If you like my weekly trade ideas please clap below!

Mann Watchlist

$APA $COST $KSS $LOW $MOH $MRVL $TGT UPS $USO $W

Market

The stock market volatile last week after the prior week was a bounce. Most analysts are estimating the bull market will stay intact.

What follows are trends overall going into next week. The Performance and Overextended scans are pointing to a bullish week.

Earnings Calendar

Large cap earnings releases are thinning out this week. Be sure to review next week’s possibilities below.

Earnings 3/5/18 to 3/9/18

3/6 $TGT*

3/7 $ANF $BKCC $COST* $DLTR

3/8 $AOE $MRVL* $PAY

*Mann watchlist

Reporting this week include Market Focus, New Home Sales, Durable Goods Orders, Retail Inventories, Wholesale Inventories, Redbook, Consumer Confidence, Farm Prices, MBA Mortgage Applications, GDP, Pending Home Sales Index, Motor Vehicle Sales, Jobless Claims, Personal Income and Outlays, Construction Spending, and Consumer Sentiment.

Financial News

Friday, 2/23/18, trading was bullish as the last week ended near a flat close.

Gold bulls are rampant as a key 1,400 level nears.

Warren Buffett’s annual letter was released and many other articles covering his tips.

Trade Ideas

$ APH— Apache Corp.

Suggestion — Buy $36 3/16/18 Calls. Last $1.37x$1.45.

$KSS — Kohl’s Corp.

Suggestion — Buy $66.50 3/16/18 Calls. Last $2.90x$3.20.

$LOW — Lowe’s Companies

Suggestion — Buy $97.50 3/16/18 Calls. Last $2.94x$3.05.

$MOH — Molina Healthcare Inc.

Suggestion — Buy $75 3/16/18 Calls. Last $1.05x$1.25.

$USO — US Oil Fund ETF

Suggestion — Buy $12.50 3/2/18 Calls. Last $.33x$.34.

Toohightoolow Tickers

What follows are stocks to watch that are either very oversold (too low) or overbought (too high). Be sure to look for technical crossovers to identify trend turning points.

Calls

$AEM $APA* $BIIB $GT $GWPH $KHC $MMP $MOH* $NAV $PEP* $SLCA $UPS* $VZ $W*

Puts

$DIN $HUBS $QUAD $SEDG $ZBRA

*Mann watchlist

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

$EWZ $OIL $QQQ $RSX $USO $XLB

Puts

$GDX $SLV $TLT $VXX

Hold

$DIA $EEM $EFA $EWJ $FXI $GLD $IBB $IWM $SPY $UNG $XLE $XLF $XLU

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.

Earnings calendar provided by EarningsWhisper.com (thank you!). Charts source TDAmeritrade Trader app or MissingStep apps, with analysis by author.