Archive for June, 2011

• Crude Oil is Down Big, Let’s Shop for Oil Companies
  Posted by Greg Harmon on June 16th, 2011 at 7:43 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits With West Texas Intermediate Crude (WTIC) off nearly 17% from its highs in late April, it makes me think about my wife. […]

• Using the Silver/Gold Ratio as a Tell for the Broad Market
  Posted by Greg Harmon on June 16th, 2011 at 8:05 am, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits There has been a lot written about the ratio of Silver to Gold. Whether it is too high or too low. What […]

• Research in Motion Earnings Play
  Posted by Greg Harmon on June 15th, 2011 at 6:21 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits Research in Motion (ticker: $RIMM) releases earnings Thursday after the bell. This gives a unique opportunity to play the earnings using options. […]

• Pier 1 Imports Earnings Play with Options
  Posted by Greg Harmon on June 15th, 2011 at 12:02 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits Pier 1 Imports (ticker: $PIR) reports earnings before the bell Thursday morning. Coming into this event the price action has been in […]

• The Spread Between Brent and WTI is going to $100
  Posted by Greg Harmon on June 15th, 2011 at 8:06 am, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits I cannot tell you how many times I have heard a question about how to play the spread between Brent Crude and […]

• Put A Sock In It, JC Penney Was Going to Pop Anyway
  Posted by Greg Harmon on June 14th, 2011 at 6:12 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits Tuesday JC Penney (ticker: $JCP) hired Apple executive Ron Johnson as its new CEO and the stock jumped over 17% on the […]

• Anatomy of the Trade: lululemon athletica Earnings Trade using Options
  Posted by Greg Harmon on June 14th, 2011 at 1:16 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits As lululemon athletica approached their earnings release on the morning of June 10 the stock had been falling and then bounced. It […]

• Choosing Costco over Target
  Posted by Greg Harmon on June 14th, 2011 at 8:13 am, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits This is a choice that many make day to day. Should I choose the bare bones, big box, big quantity model at […]

• Teen Retailers Looking to Turn First
  Posted by Greg Harmon on June 13th, 2011 at 7:35 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits As they reported earnings and same store sales over the last few weeks the stock price of the teen retailers Abercrombie and […]

• Tracking Stocks Above the 200 Day Moving Average
  Posted by Greg Harmon on June 13th, 2011 at 5:59 pm, Comments: 0

  Share on StockTwits Revised and updated from an original post June 7th. There are plenty of bullish traders putting some money behind a bottom at […]