July 2014 Core Commentary Posted at: July 11th - 2:50 PM Monthly Option Alert Alert Message Buckle up folks! We are about to enter the best Core month of the year. I hope everyone had a chance to read the July Pre-Trade Analysis, https://options-intelligence.com/2014/07/11/july-2014-core-strategy-pre-trade-analysis/ The U.S. is again caught up in several situations around the world which always has the chance to trump our strategy. We will be going in at the close today and this is based 90% on past July performance. Some of the charts do not look as health as other but overall it should be a good week. The first 3 days of the week we have financial earnings reports and by midweek EBAY, IBM, and GE will all report. According to the Trader’s Almanac the DOW is up 7 of the last 10 years on Monday. I do suggest booking profits as early as possible with modest gains as we always tell folks. The plays will be out by 3:30pm et and they are to be bought in the final few minutes of the market day. Our whole staff will be on vacation next week but rest assured your questions will be answered promptly. 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.