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Big Week For Bulls, What’s Next?

Friday, March 16th, 2012

12:55pm (EST)

Tomorrow is St. Patty’s Day and the bulls are trying to add some more green to this week’s gains.  We have a lot to cover so let’s go over the numbers real quick. 

The Dow is up 2 points to 13,255 while the S&P is higher by 2 points to 1,404.  The Nasdaq is also up 2 points to 3,059.  Maybe we should play 222 as a “pick 3” today as hot as we have been.

Here is a quick update for our portfolios.

This week has been one of our best week’s ever for the Daily publication.  We are currently nursing open trades of 428%, 308%, and 118% to go along with the 35 winning trades we have closed for 2012.

We have been able to turn a $10,000 trading account into over $40,000 which is a return of over 300%.  We seriously doubt any other option newsletter can match our results so far this year.    

Not only have we had an incredible week for our Daily newsletter, our Weekly Wrap quietly continues to perform beyond our wildest expectations.  We are on track to close up to 7 double-digit winners by the closing bell as the March options expire today.  Take a look at the profits that could be coming our way if shares hold above the current strike price on the options we have sold.

magicJack VocalTec (CALL, $25.19, up $1.00) +19%

Bank of America (BAC, $9.58, up $0.34) +20%

Vivus (VVUS, $20.34, up $0.20) +38%  

Alcoa (AA, $10.56, up $0.21) +17%

Symantec (SYMC, $18.11, down $0.09) +16%

Solazyme (SZYM, $15.66, down $0.19) +55%

MGM Resorts (MGM, $14.44, down $0.27) +13%

This will bring our 2012 Closed Trades for the Weekly Wrap to 19-0.  If we include last year’s 16-0 mark, we could be 35-0 since started the newsletter a little over a year ago.  Remember, our goal is to bring you solid double-digit profits every month with this publication no matter what the market is doing.  If you can hit 5 winning trades for 20% or more you will double your money.  The aforementioned covered call winners would have done just that for you.

We will give you our full track record this weekend as we are squaring-up a number of positions today.  We did take a few hits on a few aggressive earnings trades but overall we should be 55-10 thru the first 3 months of 2012.  Please note, and this is super important, we do not count half or quarter winning trades 2, 3, and 4 times.  There are many option services that do this.  If we did, our track record would be 85-10. 

Other newsletters will also double down and tell you to buy more of a position if it is down and then they will average their cost down.  However, if the trade is a loser, they will only count it once. 

The bottom line is that most investment newsletters don’t have a track record because they give you so many trades hoping to hit on a few and they don’t trade their own account.  They brag about the winners but won’t mention the losers. 

We have auto-trading partners which verify our results and you can always request our current 2012 Track record by sending us an email if you are not a current subscriber.

Our reputation is built on trust and all of our trades are done in real time and are time dated.  Our auto-trading partners get great fill prices on all of our trades for your account and your order is placed the instant our Trade Alerts go out.  If you are a busy professional and can’t watch the market all day long, let our brokers do the work for you.

The reason we are telling you all of this is because we have been tired of listening to the Wall Street “pros” and talking heads that have gotten this market wrong and when it does crash they will tell you they were right.  However, if and when there is a selloff, don’t get nervous.  Remember, we can make just as much money to the downside as we can the upside.  Just take a look at our 2008 portfolio, especially some of the returns on the Financial stock option trades. 

We have a busy weekend ahead of us but the good news is our portfolio is light for both our Daily and Weekly Wrap which means we are ready to start our next batch of 50 trades.  We will let the charts tell us which way the market is headed instead of trying to guess and wait for a pullback.  The trend has been higher since the August lows and we have outlined clear support levels to watch for if there is a trend change.  Until then, the trend is our friend.

We will be back Sunday night with the Weekly Wrap and we have updated our current trades one last time.  Until then, have a great weekend everyone! 

(Remember, we just ran a special for our Weekly Wrap so if you would like a 3-month trial at a 50% discount, please send us an email.)  

Bulls Back in Driver’s Seat

Friday, March 9th, 2012

12:55pm (EST)

Following a slow start, the market is pushing higher as the bulls zone in our “fluff” targets once again.  Futures held steady going into this morning’s marquee event as the unemployment numbers took center stage.  We weren’t too nervous because the trend has been higher so we were just hoping there was some improvement or things stayed flat.

Nonfarm payrolls totaled 227,000 versus estimates for 204,000 while Private payrolls came in at 233,000 versus a forecast for 220,000.  The Unemployment Rate came in flat at 8.3% while Average Hourly Earnings were up 0.1%.  Hip, hip, hooray! 

We mentioned coming into March that the first two weeks are normally bullish while the back half of the month can be sketchy.  Next Friday is “triple-witching” week which is when the March options expire.  While we can expect heightened volatility, as the market has usually finished mixed over the past decade on this day so anything can happen.

We also talked about Friday/ Monday market closes in our Weekly Wrap so a positive close today and a break above our fluff targets would be bullish.

As we head to press, the Dow is up 40 points to 12,946 while the S&P 500 is advancing 8 points to 1,374.  The Nasdaq is up a double-deuce (22 points) to 2,992. 

We would like to see Dow 12,950; S&P 1,375; Nasdaq 3,000 when the closing bell sounds.

We will be back Sunday night with our Weekly Wrap and many of you have given us rave reviews since joining the publication.  We have also received a lot of requests for our 3-month special that ended in February which was priced at a ridiculously low at $129. 

With March options expiring next Friday we will likely get “called-away” from at least a half-dozen trades so it would be the perfect time to see how this process works for those of you who are new to covered calls.

The publication aims at providing solid monthly double-digit gains and one of our current trades could return as much as 40%!  Vivus (VVUS, $21.00, down $0.25) has surged past our “strike price” as the March 15 calls (VVUS12031700015000, $8.00, down $0.25) we sold will likely get exercised. 

We constantly remind our readers 5 winning trades of 20% or more will double your money and the newsletter is 28-0 since inception.  We could be 34-0 by next Friday.

If you would like one last chance to join this publication, please use this coupon code

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(copy and paste it, please) and go to the subscription page and click on the 3-month Weekly Wrap tab.  Use the code, set up your Members Area password, and you will be in like Flynn.

All of our trades have beautiful charts to show you exactly what to expect and we update the portfolios with Trade Alerts just like we do with the Daily newsletter.  At less than $45 a month, we are practically giving away this publication away but we really want to show new traders how to safely build a portfolio which will allow you the risk to speculate with buying options for even bigger gains with our Daily publication.  One trade will likely pay for your membership.

We do have a NEW TRADE today as we roll over some profits so we have to go as we want to get our subscribers in this name before the good news comes out on Monday.

We also have a few last minute updates for our current trades, including more profits to take in one trade that is up 175%!  Subscribers, check the Members Area for the updates.

We will be back Sunday night with our next edition of the Weekly Wrap so be there or be square.  Until then, have a great weekend everyone!  

Dow 13,000 at the Close?

Friday, February 24th, 2012

1:00pm (EST)

The bulls are going for their second weekly win following a slight pullback in the first full week of February and are looking towards March to continue the rally.  The bears have done their best to try and break the first wave of support but buyers have stepped-in and bought the dip all week.

Although trading has been choppy, the bulls are still pushing resistance and a close above our fluff targets could propel more buying.  We have done some really good chart work over the past few months and the homework has been paying off.

We were able to close two more call option recommendations for our Daily publication which brings our 2012 track record to 27-3.  Remember, we don’t count “half” profits twice like some option publications do and none of them have come close to matching our start for the year.

We also had a big trade go our way for our Weekly Wrap as Vivus (VVUS, $20.17, up $1.44) doubled for the week after getting pre-approval for its obesity drug, Qnexa.  Many of you have written to us over the last few days to thank us for our research as we told you we had a good feeling the FDA advisory panel might give the drug the thumbs-up.

Here is how the trade looked last Sunday in our Weekly Wrap, along with the chart work (quotes from 2/17/12):

Vivus (VVUS, $11.99, up $0.81)  

March 15 calls (VVUS12031700015000, $1.45, up $0.10)

Original Entry Price:  $12.60 (1/12/12)

Lowered Price from Selling Options: $10.85

Exit Target: $15

Return: 11%

Stop Target: None

Action:  Shares will move big-time this week so expect volatility.

Vivus dipped to a low of $10.12 last Thursday on news of its upcoming FDA meeting this week which made some investors nervous.  The 20-year chart shows a run to $15 on good news and a recommendation to the FDA panel and $20+ on approval of its obesity drug, Qnexa, down the road.  However, any negative news could knock shares back below $10 or even $7.50.  It is a 50/50 chance this week on which way the news goes so if you don’t want to stay in the position, you could buy the call option back and sell the stock.  We are going for an approval recommendation so we are going to stay in the trade.

Here is another chart for Vivus from the beginning of the month:

As you can see, we maintained our “Buy” rating on Vivus when others Wall Street pros were waffling and said the drug wouldn’t make it to market.  We said it could be a multi-billion dollar jackpot for the company and that Qnexa wasn’t the only drug Vivus has in its pipeline.

Of course, we don’t do TV or grant interviews so only our subscribers knew the real deal with Vivus and we thought we would show you how our trades look for the Weekly Wrap. 

Our current Vivus covered call trade will return nearly 40% but it will be the fifth time we have recommended the stock for our Weekly Wrap.  The average return for the other four trades was 20%, and our total return since last May was nearly 120%.

We have also combined our winning 2011 recommendations (16-0) and our closed trades for 2012 (12-0) into one spreadsheet to show you how we have turned a $10,000 trading account into nearly $15,000 with these 28 trades.  The return is 46% thus far and we could have another 10 winners in March.  If you are a current subscriber, you can view all of our portfolios in the Members Area.  If you are not yet a subscriber, you can request our track records in PDF format to see for yourself.

We also have auto-trading partners who can process the trades for you as we have decided to add the Weekly Wrap, along with our Daily, so that you will never miss a trade or a Trade Alert.  

Don’t forget we are running one last special for the Weekly Wrap.  After this weekend, that’s it and it will be your last chance to sign-up for an incredible deal.

You can sign up for a one-time 3-month membership to our Weekly Wrap newsletter for only $129.  This is a 50% savings off our regular subscription price and averages out to just $43 a month.  Use promotion code A0FB422004.  Please associate with Weekly Wrap 3 month Subscription (Reg. $261).

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We have a lot to cover in our Members Area including our new trade that was filled at the open.  We will be back Sunday night with our next issue of the Weekly Wrap and Monday morning for the daily.  Until then, have a great weekend, everyone.

More on Vivus (VVUS)…

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

12:50pm (EST)

We wanted to talk a little more about covered calls because we really want you to broaden your horizons when it comes to investing.  It’s no secret how much money buying the right call or put option can make you if you pick the right option on a stock but everyone should have an investment strategy where they have “safe” money and “speculative” money.  The safe money earns you double-digit gains, the speculative money tries to hit the triple-digit gains.

Option traders love fast triple-digit “homerun” gains in a day or two or even a week but many of them overlook the “singles”.  Vivus (VVUS, $20.00, up $10.00) has been a name that not many traders follow but we can bet they are trying to trade the options and stock today.  It is all over the news on how the company won pre-approval of its obesity drug, Qnexa, but we have been doing our homework on this company for years and although we just missed a huge trade for our Daily, here is how we played the stock in our Weekly Wrap all last year and into 2012. 

In May 2011, we recommended Vivus at $7.93 and sold 2 call options for a total of 80 cents which lowered our cost basis to $7.13.  We were called away in August at $9 for an 18% gain.

In September, we recommended shares again at $8.45 and we sold October and November 9 call options for a total of 75 cents to lower the cost to $7.70.  In mid-November, shares were called away at $9 as the stock was at $9.84.  Our return was 17%.

The next week, we recommended shares again at $9.78 and sold the December 10 calls for $1.00 which lowered our cost basis to $8.78.  In mid-December, Vivus was called away at $10 as the stock was at $10.09 on expiration day.  The trade made 14%.

That same day, we recommended buying the stock again at $10.09 and selling the January 11 call option for 90 cents.  This lowered the cost basis to $9.39.  In mid-January, Vivus was at $12.04 so we were called-away once again.  The return was 17%.

Knowing we might get called away in January, we also suggested on January 12, 2012 with the stock at $12.60 to reload the position and to sell the March 15 calls (VVUS120317C00015000, $5.10, up $4.15) which were going for $1.75.  This lowered our cost basis to $10.85 but we will likely have to sell the shares at $15 if they maintain a price above our “strike price” until mid-March.

So here is our point.

If you had $8,000 and started taking these trades, the first trade would have made $1,250.  The second trade $1,300.  The third trade would have made you $1,220.  The fourth trade would have made $1,610 and our current trade will make $4,150 if shares are called away at $15 in mid-March.  

The total profits would add up to be $9,530.  The return on the $8,000 investment would be 120%.  So yes, we may have left a little on the table but by writing covered calls, we lowered our risk.  If shares would have fallen to $5 on a negative vote, you still would have banked $5,380 from selling call options and we could have closed the trade out on the bad news and still made money.

This is another reason why the Wall Street pros who bash covered call writing have no clue what they are talking about.  It was one of the reasons we started the Weekly Wrap newsletter to prove these knuckleheads wrong and to make you money.

Remember, we brought you the Dendreon (DNDN, $14.42, up $0.69) story at $4 before shares made a run past $50.  We told you to get out at $40 last summer.  We now like the stock again at current levels.  We also gave you the Imax (IMAX, $24.69, up $0.73) story at $3 and was bullish up until the low $30’s which is when we told you to get out.

These two stocks are another reason we started the Weekly Wrap.  Owning stocks require a little more trading capital and they don’t provide the leverage options do but when you use these two strategies together, man, can they be a powerful combination.

For those of you who do not subscribe to the Weekly Wrap, it is the SAFEST way to play options if you are a new trader and just learning or if you have a trading account under $2,000.

You can sell an option by owning just 100 shares of a stock so the above trades would have yielded the same returns if you would have started with just $800.

Our Weekly Wrap trades were 16-0 last year and we are 12-0 for 2012.  We could have up to 10 more positions called away in March.  We just added 2 new trades this week where we are expecting profits of 50% and 100% over the next 6-12 months.

If you are not a subscriber to this publication, we have ran specials in the past but we have come to the point where we are on the verge of exploding as subscribers take notice and trading firms find out about our research.

We have kept the price low for those of you who took a flyer and believed in us and we want to offer one more special to everyone who is not a subscriber.  One trade will probably pay for this low introductory offer so take notice.

We are offering a special 3-month membership to the Weekly Wrap that we will probably never offer again because the publication is starting to speak for itself.  This special rate is for current members and new subscribers and for those of you visiting the website today.  We will not advertise this rate either and it will only last through the weekend.

As far as the 2 trades we entered this week, one stock is priced at $9 and we have a 6-12 month target of $15.  The other is a stock that could go from $4 to $8 in 1-2 years.

You can sign up for a one-time 3-month membership to our Weekly Wrap newsletter for only $129 to get these 2 new trades which are still at these low levels.  This is a 50% savings off our regular subscription price and averages out to just $43 a month.  Use promotion code A0FB422004.  Please associate with Weekly Wrap 3 month Subscription (Reg. $261).  

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As far as the market, the bulls have finally showed some strength after Monday’s big pop at the open and are pushing our fluff targets once again.

The Dow is higher by 44 points to 12,982 while the S&P 500 is up by 4 points to 1,362.  The Nasdaq is higher by 20 points to 2,953.

We also have profits to take in another call option trade as shares have fallen below our Hard Stop.  We were able to book profits of 36% but we will be back to trade the options again.  It is a $12 stock that is going to $20 this year.  Count on it.

Make sure you hit us up on our Weekly Wrap offer to start adding even more profits to your portfolio.

Subscribers, check the Members Area for the updates and we will be back in the morning with our next update. 

Vivus (VVUS) Gets Approval Nod for Qnexa, Shares Skyrocket

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

9:00am (EST)

It was another day of flat action for the market but this time the bears made it a clean sweep as all 3 of the major indexes fell on Wednesday.  We will cover the official numbers, quickly,  because the real drama happened after the close.

The Dow fell 27 points to close at 12,938 after touching a low of 12,914.  The 12,900 level is holding up well but more importantly we are watching 12,800 on a continued pullback.

The S&P 500 slipped 5 points to settle at 1,357 after kissing 1,355.  Support at 1,350 has been money and the bulls are safe down to 1,325 before we would worry.

The Nasdaq dropped for the second-straight session after giving back another 15 points, or 0.5%, to end at 2,933.  The low came in at 2,929 and support at 2,900 is still trying to be tested by the bears. 

We are hoping Apple (AAPL, $513.04, down $1.81) has some good things to say today in its shareholder meeting that could juice Tech higher.  They are on left-coast time so we don’t expect any news until later in the day but we are expecting them to wow Wall Street with something sweet.

Of course, all the water-cooler talk this morning is about Vivus (VVUS, $21.50, up $10.95) which has seen its stock price double overnight.  Yes, the talking heads and slick-stuttering pros will be telling you all about their diet drug, Qnexa, which won pre-approval from a FDA advisory board yesterday and how to play it.

Shares were halted all of Wednesday after going out on Tuesday at $10.55 but opened late last night in after-hours trading to a $20 spot.  Wow.

Our editor-in-chief first brought you the Vivus story in January 6, 2009 (quotes from that day):

“Orexigen Therapeutics (OREX, $5.89, down $0.10) was up sharply in after-hours trading on news that the company could be announcing something concerning its treatment drug for obesity, Contrave.  The company will presenting at a JPMorgan (JPM, $29.25, down $2.10) conference next week which means the rumor mill got started early on what the company will say.  The stock was up 20+%, or $1.30, to $7.20 in after-hours trading.

What surprises me is that it took until after the market closed for the stock to make a move as Wall Street seemed to ignore the fact that the company was awarded another patent for Contrave on Monday.  It was the fourth patent for the drug which will provide protection until 2024.

Of course, Orexigen isn’t the only outfit trying to rush these new drugs to market. Vivus (VVUS, $5.37, down $0.12) and Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA, $4.22, down $0.03) are a couple of others.  The race for the next generation of weight-loss drugs is on and all three companies are in phase 3 trials with results due this year.  Orexigen appears to have the early lead in this race but there are always risks especially with biotech.” (END)

From January 5th, 2010 (quotes from that day):

“Another stock we are watching for future profits down the road is Vivus (VVUS, $9.44, up $0.24). 

The company has a potential blockbuster drug with Qnexa, a treatment for obesity that could be available in early 2011.  The company said two late-stage clinical trials went well and asked regulators to approve its drug a week ago.

Vivus has some competition as other “diet’ pills are also expected to debut.  Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA, $3.52, down $0.03) has also asked the FDA to take a look at their obesity drug, Lorcaserin, while Orexigen Therapeutics (OREX, $7.12, down $0.32) is pushing Contrave by the first half of 2010.

Vivus is the best bet to capture this lucrative market as Wall Street believes Qnexa could be the top go-getter based on the weight loss observed in clinical testing. 

Arena’s weight loss drug is safer but Qnexa is also being used in Phase 2 trials to treat diabetes.  Talk about two-for-the-money.  Imagine the cost savings of having the luxury to manufacture one drug to do two things.

It doesn’t stop there either.  Vivus also has a drug, Avanafil, which is in phase 3 trials to treat erectile dysfunction and Luramist which is in phase 2 studies for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in women.

The 52-week high for Vivus is $12.88 which was hit on September 10, 2009.  We think the stock challenges this level again so file this one away.  There will be a trade down the road.” (END)

Our Weekly Wrap hit pay dirt again as we should make around 40% if prices hold up with our current Vivus play.  We traded Vivus as a covered call position and made profits of 18%, 17% and 14% in 2011.  For 2012 our subscribers made another 17% in January and although our current trade is capped at 40%, we still stayed in Vivus and sold options on our positions as the calls carried hefty premiums at times.  This is one of the beautiful secrets the knuckleheads DON’T tell you about covered call writing because they don’t know.

Listen, the pros will argue covered call writing limits your upside while the downside can be more extreme because you are “trapped” in a position.  True to a degree, but A) you can also buy more shares when a stock gets cheaper to lower your cost basis.  B) and this is the important part, when a stock you are in gets “called away” it doesn’t mean you can’t buy another 100 shares, or 500, to replace the stock you have to sell at the strike price.

Gee, that would be a smart idea huh?  This way you DON’T miss a continued run higher!  Vivus is a prime example of this strategy playing out and remember, five 20% winners double your money.

Anyway, our Weekly Wrap subscribers will likely have to sell Vivus at $15 if shares are above this level in mid-March and will make another 40% but they have already doubled their money from the start of last year so we haven’t missed anything.  Each time we were called away, we reloaded on the stock and we will show you the math in our afternoon update.

Even better, we also recently suggested a trade for Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA, $1.81, up $0.01) for our Weekly Wrap and listed some options on our Watch List for the Daily

Judging by the hundreds of emails we have gotten in the past 12 hours alone, people are going to be making some money today and we love it!  Vivus, Las Vegas.  For those who don’t follow us on the regular and shorted the stock, start covering.

Futures are up as we head to press and look like this:  (Dow +20); S&P 500 (+2); Nasdaq 100 (+7).

Subscribers, check the Members Area for the updates and we will see you again shortly.  

 

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    Thank you!!! I held on to the NFLX position since Nov. 13 at a cost of $1.89. Sold ½ on April 14th for a 540% return and the other ½ upon earnings for 702% return. Total profit of $11,615 a 621% return. Keep the recommendations coming and thanks to you and your team for the service you provide. SCOTT H.

    Rick & Team, GREAT Call on NKE for my two trading accounts:
    1) Entry at .65, out at 1.45, 1.55 Profit = $415
    2) Entry at .60, out at 1.75, 1.50 Profit = $485 PETER G.

    Hey Rick! Here is an update on what your picks have done in my accounts.

    1) Great call on the JoyG March 55. I bought when you said, then bought again on one of the dips. Booked 80+% profit. Made enough to pay for your service for years to come.

    2) Also booked profits on your Berk Feb 74 (80%) and threw a major chunk of change at the March 75’s (190+%). I would have never known that Buffet's stock had split if it weren’t for your service. Bought the shares also for the long haul. Won’t look at them for another 20 years. Great job on getting us in before the indexes did.

    3) Took profit on your Imax March 12.5. 20 cent trailing stop at 1.90 yesterday. Not sure what the profit on that was, but profit is profit.

    I see that you took a loss on some of these. It’s all good. I look to trade your “ideas” not your exact calls. I THANK YOU! For your ideas and commentary. Keep up the good work. And keep those ideas coming. LAWRENCE O.

    Loving this subscription so far! I got into the BRK feb 76 calls the day you talked about right before the split...now up over 300% (0.70 to 2.475)! Keep the good picks coming and let's see some OSIS and EMC upside soon! Just wanted to share my positive enthusiasm on your newsletter...it gives us individual investors great ideas on not only the options market, but also the broader equity market! Case in point is BRK...I can't always read the breaking business news but its easy to read your twice daily updates on my smartphone...helped me get some BRK shares immediately after the split which I will hold for the long haul! Thanks again! C.J.

    Aloha Rick - Thank you so much for the great CL pick. I am not sure if there was buy-out/merger news or what but at 3PM today Colgate-Palmolive absolutely EXPLODED to the upside, and my calls turned into green candy when they went from 1.40 to 3.8 in a matter of seconds! I even sold a few for over 4.0! Much thanks and keep the solid picks up my friend, honestly. Only a fool would scoff at 267% gains... Peace! SHAUN

    I like the fact that you ask for comments from subscribers. Good customer service. By the way, am enjoying the service so far. Some good profitable calls. Keep up the good work. MICHAEL K.

    Woo hoo! Out for 50% on WMT this am. Making up for my depression for getting out of pcln for a 30% gain monday :( you the man! any word on the manual? My friend Mike ( who I sent to your service) told me he emailed you about your integrity in reporting fills. I echo that sentiment big time.. keep it up! Cheers!
    PARAG P.

    Hi Rick, as a new member all I can say is, 'show off' LOL, with PCLN. JAY P.

    Rick, I am a new subscriber to your service, and I want to say I am impressed. I am impressed by your results, but more than that I am impressed by your reporting of your fills. You could have easily said you got that Wal-Mart call today for 80 cents, instead you reported 98 cents! Good job and keep it up, I watched the reporting of the fills first, and then I subscribed. Thank You. MIKE

    Hi, good morning. I jumped the gun a little on this one (PCLN). But still made $1,675.00 profit!! Very happy!! Keep up the good work!! Thanks. TRISH D.

    Hi there, I have joined recently, and I am very happy to tell you that I am up over $10,000 on your picks in a month. I started on 10/7 with the Intel pick. I'll be your member for life. Please don't quit on us. Also, I am learning a lot about options. I didn’t get in your recent APOL and that gold trade and only had one loss on CHK. I appreciate all the DD you do. I enjoy your market commentaries. Best advice site period, and I have tried a few here and there. Again, you guys rock! MIN L.

    Thanks be to Momentum Options Trading for providing me with some fantastic wins. I just started with this service and am up nearly 50% in less than a month. There have been losses, but if I manage them properly, I will continue the best efforts given on the blog (in which there are no complaints). What a great cause for humanity. I feel more confident about my trades and continue to play the wins. Best of all, I am now keeping my regular paychecks in the bank! Thank you! JOE G.

    Rick - I wanted to say thanks for getting me started on the right foot with your service. I have made six trades since starting on October 22, 2009. Five are winners and One loser netting me $6,245. Thanks again and keep the trade recommendations coming. GREG F.

    I got into the Nike 60 Call at 1.85, sold at 5.00, also bought a 55 put at 1.05, but got stopped out at .35. What a ride! $2830.00 in the black even with the put. It's right at 100% return. I hope earnings season coming up is going to look like this trade. NOEL

    Nice call on Nike. I think I'll go buy a pair with my profits! : ) I did the straddle for safety but still made 62% on the trade. Not bad for less than 24 hours. If Goldman is right, then the Nov 70s or 75's could be a steal today. TODD F.

    What a sweet way to get introduced to Momentum. My first trade based on your picks and it a 2X. Thank you! PAUL H.

    “Limit order was set at 1.60 on RIMM so it sold. I may have left some money on the table but you can't go broke making a profit. That was a fun trade. Thank you. Good call. I’ve been watching and trading Rick's advice since March. It’s usually a fun ride, but I give him heck when it's wrong to. :) ” NOEL

    “Your service rocks! I made bank on Dendreon last week! The other thing I have to say is that it took me quite a while to find a REAL options trading service like yours. Most of what’s out there is 99% scam and very sketchy. Momentum Options Trading is the first service I found that I can trust and seriously make money with.” CHRISTIAN

    “I made $420.00 on ANF in 2 days. Thanks for the trade and updates on getting out of the trade.” JOHN

    “I did follow a lot of your trades with 1-2 contracts per trade and YTD I’m up 108%. I try not to follow blindly by not entering all of your trades and sometimes entering the ones you don’t. I entered AIG a few weeks ago against recommendation – that one hurt.” CHARLES M.

    “I have been following you for several months and am interested in the new service. I hate to see the free service go away but as they say, “all good things must come to an end”. My ability to join will be greatly influenced by the monthly fee so I’m very curious to see the new prices. Thanks for making April a great month for me and my family.” BRYAN C.

    “I have really enjoyed the past month since finding your blog. You have made some great calls. I would appreciate info. on the new options mentoring program. Thanks.” JOHN H.

    “Hi Rick, I have been following your blog for several months now and I would like to be including on the list for your new service and to receive more information about it. And yes I was a Dendreon winner with your tips. Turned $280 into $7700, and literally saved my butt.” JEFFREY

    “I made over 6k on your Dendreon trade, and I’m very interested in learning how you pick and trade options. Sign me up.” ED

    “Rick – Wow what a day! I got in at the Dendreon calls at $2.25. Thanks to for your advice. I appreciate that. This company has a lock on this type of therapy and no one else in the world is close. Kind of reminds me of the type of companies that Peter Lynch and Warren Buffet suggest that investments be made in. Companies that can build a moat around their business model, that allows them to charge a premium for their product or service. In other words - a monopoly.” GREG

    “Hi Rick, Thank you so much for the Dendreon trade, I made almost $10,000 with that trade with a little over $2,000 investment. You have shown me the power of options trading. Again, thank you so much for all your inputs.” KEN

    “Hi Rick, thanks for the encouragement to play the dendreon calls! did freaking great! Got in the first lot at $1.44 on 3-24-09, sold at $2.45, 70% not bad. Bought it back at $2.30 on 4-7-09 closed out on 4-14-09 for 454% gain! Wow! I love it when that happens. So, thanks the encouragement to get back in when others were saying sell, sell, sell. Keep up the good work.” GARETT

    “Rick – Thanks for Dendreon – it has made all the headlines today! I missed on RIMM earlier, but I’ve been holding onto DNDN calls since 3rd week March. Of course today it all paid off today, as DNDN rocketed up.” TERENCE

    Jan. 31 2012
    Rick, new member...Studied all current trades, did some chart work,picked ZNGA, PEP, MGM...Sold on Feb. 2 for $3600.00 profit...Cost for 1-year membership to your newsletter was less than $1000.00..All I have to say..Thank you. John H –

    3/18/11
    Rick, I purchased 10 contracts of the Nike March 85 puts Thursday afternoon for $2.00. Thing is, I was upset because the puts went down to $1.60 or so before the market closed. Well, needless to say Nike didn’t impress Wall Street and when I turned on the computer this morning the puts were worth $7.10! Sold them for a $5,100 profit!. Thanks again, you are the MAN. Chuck J-

    2/3/12
    Hi Rick,

    I will start off with a thank you for your time and dedication to all
    the research you and your team commit yourself to. This is not me just being excited about the profits I have accumulated aka (bank) ! You have helped me get back to the passion I had of researching stocks/options. Keith N-

    Hi Rick,

    I want to share my great results on GMCR. Based on your comments on February 15th, I bought 20 options at $0.28. They closed today at $7.00, which is a 2,300% gain. My $560 dollars turned into $14,000 in less than a month. In decades of trading, this is my single best trade ever. Thank you! By the way, the Dow was down 228 points today and I could care less. What a great trade. It proves the amazing power of options. I am so grateful for your service, which calls it straight all the time, your options trading manual, and most of all, your amazing skill
    at finding winning trades. I have attached a copy of the trade from
    my brokerage screen.

    Hi Rick,

    Wow!! my account it up 70% since i joined last month and market is going the opposite direction. Really appreciate your service. I just wanted to drop a note to say THANK YOU. Hope to be with you guys for a very long time. Mel

    Rick,

    Great call on Fosl I bought the may 120 puts for 3.70 yesterday morning just sold for $32.00 today
    Keep up the great work
    Thank you, Henri

    Rick –

    I bought 10 Deckers Outdoor (DECK) May 55 puts at $0.50 on 4/26/12 and sold them on 4/27/12 for $1.65. I made $1150 in one day. Thanks. I knew something good would happen sooner or later.
    HOW THE HECK did you know Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR) was going to go down 20 points???!!!! I bought 10 of the May 35 puts at $0.49 and then 5 more at .30. I sold them at 5.80. Thank you again.
    You have made a believer out of me. Alan

    Rick –
    I have only been a member for about 6 weeks but I have done well on most of the trades. My first two were QQQ and SPY a month ago and since then I've gotten into the groove and been doing well.
    I try to execute the trades that you recommend as soon as you send them out, sometimes I can't and I miss the Entry price. However, sometimes when I miss the Entry, the price goes down and I get a better price.
    That's exactly what happened with GMCR.
    You recommended it at around $.81 I think, but by the time I got to it, the price was $.27. I bought 100 Puts on Wednesday May 2, 2012 and sold half of them 24 hours later at $5.95 for a nice 2,203% gain. As per your recommendation, as GMCR went above $30 I sold the remaining 50 Puts at $5.50 for a slightly less 2,037% gain.
    On average that one trade netted me a 2,120% gain, entirely based on YOUR recommendation (and a little bit of luck). To put this in real terms, I risked $2,700 on Wednesday and pocketed $54,550 just 24 hours later.
    So uhh, let's do that again real soon!!
    Feel free to use my name. The tax guys have me on speed-dial already anyway. Dennis

    Rick:
    That was awesome on your GMCR pick, I know how risky it can been holding into earnings but you pulled it off. 
    I just started my autotrading with you today and am in on your QQQ play. I look forward this service. 
    I have a busy career and I have tried to follow and trade throughout the day and found it too hard. I hope you continue to have a great year, I plan to go along for the ride. I am starting slow but will pile more in once I have secured some profits. 
    Keep up the good work your trading has been spot on. I am sure you paid your dues to get this point in your career. Anthony

    Rick:

    Great call on GMCR!  I have been trading for about 15 years actively.  This may be the best trade I ever made.  Got in on Monday, April 30 and the stock was up from when you recommended it.  It went up further after I got in.  Here are the facts:
    Monday, April 30th: Bought 15 June 37's at $1.25= $1900 approx
    Thursday, May 3rd: Sold 15 June 37's at $9.30=$13,950
    Gain for the week: $12,050.
    I understand you will not get them all right.  It’s important to ride those winners and as you could tell from my selling price, I sold when the stock went to $28.10, so left a little on the table.  Who can complain.
    Keep the suggestions coming, looking for another jump on your FSLR, one that I have been riding very hard.
    Best regards, Bob
      

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