I guess you're looking to enter long. JCI and DNA report on 4/18 and 4/10 respectively. JCI's IV 22.71% is in the higher 1 year percentiles, while DNA's IV 27.28% is in lower 1 year percentiles. My reading: both are in long uptrend and intermediate down trend. JCI: looks to be in short term uptrend, maybe up to about ~$72, where I would look to enter short with a bear vertical, in the next 5-10 days. DNA: looks to be at a flex point of a short uptrend; tomorrow (or in 2 days) there may be either a confirmation of a breakout up, or a failure of it. My expectation is for the second scenario, in which case I'd buy the March 90 Put (DWNOR currently 4.4/4.6, iv=27.7, delta=-.74). There is some support around $80.
I'm looking for long entry. I'll wait until these stocks are ready. SNDK is likely to drop tomorrow thus following the pattern of AET (check 01/18 - 01/23 for AET). JCI - looking for a retracement on the intraday. DNA is looking good. I'll wait until entry is signalled on the intraday!
In spite of INTC's upgrade today I shorted SMH with a 3-5 day horizon: bto SMHOH (Mar 40 Put). We'll see.
Not that good. For whatever reason oX didn't execute my stop loss today at $38.5. I'm still bearish on SMH, so tomorrow morning I'll probably exit manually, and be looking for a new short entry point
I will really love to see SNDK drop some more before I shoot for Call options. I believe SNDK is headed to $72.... DNA is at crossroads with the possibility for uptrend. I expect the stock to gain some $$ tomorrow, will watch for establishment of strong bullish move. JCI - I'm glad that this stock dropped a little today. I'm watching it for long entry. There are several other stocks on my radar.
the options essentially has no premium. I'm basically just trading the underlying, no sophisticated option analysis, simply playing the stock without as much money on the table..