April 2017 Core Commentary Posted at: April 13th - 2:50 PM Monthly Option Alert Alert Message Welcome everyone. Markets are holding up well today with all the events going on in the world. The DOW and the S&P are both under their 50 day moving average and several charts look terrible. We have a big week for earnings next week with NFLX, IBM, and GS set to report. So, what are we to do? When you look at April we have flipped from calls to puts to achieve our April results so, it is a difficult situation. My “chart eyes” say market is coming down, strategy says call side trades. I will go to the strategy side and go with calls. Stay tuned for the plays to come out at 3:30. Limits & Stops SELF DIRECTED TRADERS: Monthly Option alerts should be traded with NO stop loss targeting 30% - 50% returns. Additional Trades View all recent trades. Monthly Options Instructions All options are buy to open, sell to close. Options follow the following format: Stock + Expiration Date + Option Type + Strike Price. Example QQQ201220C120 = QQQ 2020/12/20 Call $120. Read Monthly Options Guidelines for more information about how to trade our Weekly Options strategy.