Blogs

187-Instacart PreIPO Review-Macro-Stocks-Options

IPOs are back in the market, so we spent some time discussing the ARM offering and then dug deeper into Instacart's S1 document. As always, also spent time on looking at macro economic factors and ot...

186-BVP Cloud 100-Cost Basis-Macro-Stocks-Options

In this session we will cover the mostly obscure topic of "cost basis reduction". Most retail investors are unaware of this, even though unknowingly they have been beneficiary of this concept through ...

185-Macro-13F Filings-China story-Stocks-Options

Its the time of the quarter when the "smart money" files 13F document with SEC and that provides us peek into what their position was as end of June 30, 2023 Will review who bought/sold what We wil...

184-Earnings Palooza-100% Downside Protection-Macro-Stocks-Options

This week was very busy with earnings from Mega tech companies like Apple and Amazon. As usual, started with macro discussion and then had a deep dive into an option strategy that provides 100% down...

183-Chinese Stocks on Fire-Tech Earnings-Stocks-Options

It was a busy week with FOMC meeting and earnings from big tech companies like Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft. Also, we discussed on why some of the Chinese stocks are on fire lately, specifically in ...

182-GoEast-Power of Option Selling-Macro-Earnings-Stocks-Options

Lot of unique topics in this session. We discuss how and when the leveraged instruments should be used by retail investors. Cut through the noise and decide the utility of leveraged instruments. Then...

181-CPI-Nasdaq Rebalance-Crypto-Dividend Plays-Stocks

A few big things happened this week and we will discuss those in today's session. CPI numbers were out this week and it had pleasant surprise for the market participants. Nasdaq announced a special r...

180-Adjusting Option Trades-Macro-Stocks-Crypto

Welcome back after the long weekend break for Independence Day. The main part of today's session will be in continuation of the previous session in which we learned how to find the best set up to ente...

179-Option Trade Setup – Macro-Stocks-Crypto

In today's session we will go back to basics - what is the best setup to open an option trade. We will review the checklist that every option trader should run through in his/her mind before opening a...