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Daily Archives: January 13th, 2008

The Long Case For New Oriental Education & Technology Group (EDU), Earnings Watch for the Week of 1/14/2008 and MacWorld.

Submitted by Optiondragon

EDU provides private educational services based on the number of program offerings, total student enrollments, and geographic presence in China. The company also operates various online education programs on its website koolearn.com. Last week APOL did very well on its earnings report and jumped the $10+ points expected after its open […]

Market Forecast for Week of 1/14 (Part II): Sector Watch

XLF (financials)

Almost every weekend, in our Sector Watch, we start by looking at the health of the financial sector. Since some of the biggest problems on the market right now stem from the financial sector, we need to see this sector finding a bottom. XLF ended flat this week. It showed strength […]

Identifying Breakouts: Case Study #1, LVS

As we’ve mentioned before, this year, we are going to do more an more “educational” posts. Optiondragon had just shared his Gap Trading Method. I thought I’d take the time to start a series of posts on “Indentifying Breakouts”. I will write these as individual case studies and use them to demonstrate […]

Optiondragon’s Gap Trading Method- The Mental Kung Fu

Submitted by Optiondragon

Optiondragon GAP Trading Method
(Useful in two styles- Post-event I.V.(implied volatility) implosion gap trade and normal gaps)
Going into earnings season, being prepared for volatility and gap trades can prove lucrative. Practicing and preparing the mind for combat is no different than when trading and analyzing stocks and the markets. Gathering information […]