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Market Commentary & Analysis
 Market Wrap
11:09:05 AM EDT | 07/04/2009
Payroll Surprise Extends Dow Losses To Three Weeks
By Jim Brown | A sharp increase in job losses shocked investors who were counting on a whisper number much better than analysts expected. Those hoping for an improvement to a loss of only 225,000 jobs were surprised by a much larger loss of 467,000 jobs in June.
 New Option Plays
07:19:26 PM EDT | 07/04/2009
Auto parts, Wholesale, Insurance, Miners, Telecom & Lumber
By James Brown | Trading ideas are plentiful following last week's failed rally.
 In Play Updates and Reviews
11:07:16 PM EDT | 07/03/2009
The Market is Losing its Grip
By James Brown | Has the path of least resistance reversed to down? We're trimming a few plays from the newsletter.
 Index Wrap
08:42:44 PM EDT | 06/20/2009
Losing Momentum
By Leigh Stevens | The breakout came to the downside and I anticipate further selling pressures ahead. While the most common breakout after a sideways move in an uptrend is to the upside, the odds for this drops significantly when the major indexes are also registering overbought readings.
 New Plays
07:50:16 PM EDT | 07/04/2009
Metals, Industrial, & Construction.
By James Brown | The trend has turned bearish and the oversold bounce is rolling over. The next move should be a new relative low.
In Play Updates and Reviews
10:51:04 PM EDT | 07/03/2009
Bearish Plays Looking Stronger
By James Brown | Last week's market decline definitely helped the bearish side of our play list.
 Couch Potato Trader Updates
04:22:50 PM EDT | 07/04/2009
SPY Iron Condor is profitable
By Gregory Clay | The unemployment numbers reported this week appeared to surprise investors. Many analysts had surmised that the slowing rate of unfavorable economic data foretold an imminent economic recovery.
 OIN Covered Call System Newsletter
00:39:21 AM EDT | 06/29/2009
New Covered-Call Candidates
By Ray Cummins | This week's portfolios include short and long term plays with various levels of risk and reward.
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 Intraday Market Update
02:30:04 PM EDT | 07/02/2009
Jobs Number Misses, Stocks Tank Ahead of the Holiday
By James Brown | The official non-farm payrolls (jobs) report for June was released this morning. We've been warning readers in the markets wraps that if the number misses expectations stocks will sell-off.
 Trader's Corner
11:51:04 PM EDT | 07/02/2009
Let the CBOE Do the Work for You
By Linda Piazza | In 2000, the CBOE began work on indices that tracked the performance of certain options strategies such as the buy-write and collaring strategies. If you're interested in studying such strategies, let the CBOE do the work for you in these indices that track performance over long periods of time.
Options 101
00:00:07 AM EDT | 07/03/2009
Snapshot Options
By Linda Piazza | A trading friend's question about the merits of a one-lot in-the-money option position versus a three-lot out-of-the-money position prompted this article. Which would be better for creating a position that was short a certain number of deltas? That depends.
 Leaps Trader Commentary
05:09:27 PM EDT | 07/04/2009
Running On Fumes
By James Brown | The stock market's rally off the March 2009 lows is running on fumes. After weeks of digesting news that was just "less bad" investors want something with a little more meat.
 New Plays
06:39:41 PM EDT | 06/27/2009
Offshore Supplies
By James Brown | We want to use the correction in this oil services stock as an entry point to buy LEAPS.
 Play Updates
03:40:20 PM EDT | 07/04/2009
Stormy Seas
By James Brown | The summer doldrums could change to rough seas with storm clouds on the horizon.
Portfolio
07:38:55 PM EDT | 06/27/2009
Portfolio Update
By James Brown | Window dressing could lift stocks through Tuesday but after the quarter ends volume will probably vanish as investors focus on their 4th of July holiday plans. Overall stocks are churning sideways as the market waits for second quarter earnings.
Watch
07:10:46 PM EDT | 06/27/2009
Snack Time
By James Brown | The watch list is a little smaller this week after so many candidates were triggered and added to the play list.
Leaps Trader Intra-Week Update
09:11:24 PM EDT | 06/23/2009
Commodity Weakness Triggers Plays
By James Brown | Monday's rally in the U.S. dollar sparked another round of profit taking for commodity-related stocks.
 Option Writers Newsletter
01:50:46 PM EDT | 06/23/2009
New Recommendation for July
By Robert Ogilvie | This agriculture stocks rallied with the rest of the commodity stocks as a result of money pouring back into the market.
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