By Don Fanstone, Member, Kitchener/Waterloo User Group

bull and bearOption Blog May 17, 2015:

VectorVest advises buying undervalued Hi VST stocks in a rising market.

VectorVest will help you to make money if you follow VectorVest timing advice.

The “BUY” values shown below are $.10 above the previous high value unless posted otherwise:

USA:                    Colour Guard is Neutral, Use Caution When Buying.

Apple:                  APPL:         Above: $134.54   October 120 Call Options.

Skyworks:           SWKS:       Above: $102.87   November 90 Call Options.

Avago:                  AVGO:       Above: $136.38   October 115 Call Options

Criteo:                  CRTO         Buy Range: $46.60 to $49.00 Oct. 40 Call Options

Canada:  Currently a Down/Down Market, with the MTI at .84. VectorVest does not advocate buying stocks (options) at the this time

Dominion Diamond DDC       Above: $24.70     October 20 Call Options

Great West Life:   GWO          Above: $37.74     October 34 Call Options

Can. Tire              CTC.A        Moved up strongly on Friday (+$5.51) on 147% volume following a fair earnings report and news of buying 12 Target leases.

Look for follow thru on Tuesday, it is a BUY for Aggressive Investors.

August $120’s or November 120’s. November Calls are at a high premium.

For Prudent Investors, look for a close above resistance on a new high of $137.58 to purchase

Sells for the Week of April 27:

5 Kroger     (KR) Oct. 60’s               Loss           $240

5 Brookfield Asst. Mgmt. (BAM) July 56’s         Loss            $2,123

Buys for the Week of April 27:

Nil

Education:

The VectorVest Basic Options course is available online.

The VectorVest Intermediate Options course is offered on May 28th in Mississauga, and online beginning tomorrow, May 19. Call 1-888-658-7638 for details.

VectorVest’s Strategy of the Week Special Presentation for May 15th.

Bear Call Credit Spreads and Bull Put Credit Spreads

Vertical Spreads

The Montreal Options Website has a significant amount of information for those seeking to learn more about Options.

Visit www.m-x.ca

Look under the heading Education:

  • Option Examples
  • Option Blog Articles:
  • Optimizing Your Covered Call Strategy by Richard Croft
  • Strategies for Income Investors Seeking Yield by Richard Croft
  • Excellent Blog Posts by Patrick Ceresna and Jason Ayres.

I encourage all to read Lee Lowell’s book “Get Rich with Options”.

Understand Options Before you begin to trade, there is much to learn.

DISCLAIMER: Options trading involves risk and is not suitable for everyone. The information contained in this Blog is for education and information purposes only. Example trades should not be considered as recommendations. Options training is strongly recommended before placing any trades. VectorVest offers a basic options course online and occasional intermediate options workshops in Canada each year.