Here’s a question for you all: How does the 1% pullback today make you feel? Worried? Happy because you’ve been wanting a pullback and you’re putting money to work? Relieved that there’s finally a pullback? Other? Personally, I have to admit that I almost feel a sense of relief in seeing the stock market finally […]
Trade Alert: Betting against this so-called Blockchain company
Okay, I have a Bitcoin Blockchain Cryptocurrency trade that I’m putting on. Riot Blockchain was a biotech penny stock with a tiny market cap that doesn’t do much business at all. For example, just last year the company was changing its name from “Venaxis” to “Bioptix.” Now apparently they are a blockchain company? The CEO […]
Trade Alert: Take some profits into the euphoria
We bought panic when we had the chance. Now we sell into the euphoria. I remember back two years ago, a couple months after Amaris was born and I rented a house in Albuquerque for my family so we could be close to the UNM Hospital. It was a very stressful time. Meanwhile, every day […]
Trade Alert: A cheap play on autonomous cars, IOT, cybersecurity, IP…
I’ve been hard at work analyzing several Revolutionary Growth sectors and the best risk/reward stocks in them and I’ve got one I want to get a toe into today. Blackberry, a stock that long-time subscribers will remember that I was short from around $100 til I covered in the $20s or so a few years […]
Trade Alert: The Bubble is finally here, so what should we do now?
Trading With Cody subscribers can click here to read this article. We got in front of the Cloud Revolution early and now we are riding it into Cloud Bubble territory. I wrote books about it like”30 Stocks for the Cloud Revolution” and about a hundred articles for Marketwatch, WSJ, USAToday and elsewhere about why we had to […]
Trade Alert: How I’m trading Snapchat
I’ve got a surprise trade for you and one that’s a reminder that we should be flexible and opportunistic with our money. We’ve been patient and that’s paid dividends. And as I’ve been saying for the last few weeks, I’ve had my eyes wide open looking for a new sweet pitch to swing at. Here’s the scoop. […]
Cody’s Trades of the Week for February 27-March 3, 2017
TRADES FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 3, 2017 On Tuesday, February 28th: $IWM-iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF: I bought some more $IWM puts that will expire in August with strike prices around $135.00 or so. Just a little bit more hedging. Options Stock Call or Put Action Date Initiated Time Initiated-EST Option Price Stock […]
Cody’s Trades of the Week for February 20-24, 2017
TRADES FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 20-24, 2017 On Tuesday, February 21st: $IWM-iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF: I am leaving plenty of room to add to this trade, but for now I shorted some $IWM and bought some $IWM puts dated out into August with strike prices around $137 or so. $HUBS-HubsSpot Inc.: I shorted […]
Trade Alert: Why I’m selling some Apple now
Remember back in late 2015 and early 2016 when the stock markets were crashing, fears were high and Apple was near $100/share? That’s when Apple was a relatively “safe” stock to buy and that’s exactly what Trading With Cody subscribers and I were doing. Read these Trade Alerts from back then and try to remember how […]
Trade Alert: Giga nibble (and remembering panic)
I don’t think “greed” is running rampant amongst investors and traders just now, but certainly there’s a lot of complacency out there. I just want you all to think about how many different geopolitical, economic, war-escalating, Black Swan and otherwise scary things can and will be impacting yours and the markets’ psychology, emotional state and, […]
Un-Trade Alert: Market notes, analysis and Steady Betty
Some wild early morning action in the stock markets, tech specifically. Looks like most any stock related to high tech and/or high beta took a major hit early into the trading day with some names like $NVDA down 7% and $QCOM down 4% and $Z down 6% at their lows. The stocks have since bounced […]
Cody’s Trades of the Week for October 31-November 11, 2016
*I will be in meetings all day this Wednesday and excited to report back to you. So, I will need to move this week’s live Q&A to tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15th at 11:00 a.m. EST. Please join us. TRADES FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 11, 2016 On Friday, October 28th (trade was made after […]
Trade Alert: The loser of the smartphone wars
Red day in the markets as stocks and oil struggle following yesterday’s pop which followed Friday’s tanking. Easy does it out there. I’m in no rush and am eyeing some new picks that I’d like to sneak in and nibble on at lower prices if I can get them. Is that how most traders are positioned […]
Trade Alert: Locking in more profits on several positions
Let’s do some housekeeping. It’s time to lock in some more profits. I’m going to sell the last of my QQQ call options that we bought into the depth of the Brexit panic, locking in some very nice short-term profits, as these call options have more than tripled or quadrupled since those panicky lows, depending on when […]
Trade Alert: Locking in some QQQ and AXGN profits
DJIA back above 18,000. Aren’t you glad you didn’t panic when the media and so many other people were panicking over Brexit? Aren’t you glad you did a little buying when others were fearful? I’m going to make a couple trades this morning, locking in some profits. I’m selling 1/3 of my remaining QQQ call […]
Trade Alert: QQQ profits PLUS A look back and ahead
A few housekeeping items and other notes to start. I’m going to sell 1/3 of my QQQ call options that I’d bought into the teeth of the Brexit panic, locking in some profits but leaving 2/3 of the position on the sheets. BenjaminGraham wrote: “Successful investing is about managing risk, not avoiding it.” That is simply of the […]
Trade Alert: Options nibble
Nothing shocking, no drastic moves for me today. I am going to bid on some QQQ call options into the close, starting a tiny toehold position in them today. Looking at QQQ call options that will expire in August or so with strike prices around $105 or $106. Again, just a tiny toe hold tranche, […]
Un-Trade Alert: Facebook
“Played bridge in Ruidoso today, 8 ladies, all except me are mid 70’s up! Conversation got around to keeping up with your kids, one lady said….that’s why I use Facebook, it’s very easy for me to see what my kids, grandchildren, and great grands are doing. The other lady said… Oh, Facebook is way too […]
Trade Alert: Trimming some Amazon
Stocks have had a chance to catch the breath here with a small pullback and grind after two months of straight up rally action. I’m finding some interesting valuations in some high potential Revolution Investing type stocks, so stay tuned for those. In the latest Cody Underground podcast, I interview the one and only Todd Harrison of […]
Trade Alert: Margin of safety
After two and half months of a market that has been going almost straight up, you would think we were do for a pull back. There is an old saying that “the market will punish the greatest number of participants as often as possible”, if I may paraphrase. Of course, time frame can make anybody […]