Stock picks and worldwide trading opportunities by aserbfx

hi, not really. actually i post them in the james16-thread here on ff, too.
so, imho, this is sufficient.

It seems The famous "Sell in May and go Away" has just started!

german slt on weekly. strong uptrend with breakout.

txn on weekly

german adva (adv) on weekly.
stock is very weak compared to the market.
price moved above 3 eur and former s/r and immediately dropped below it forming a beob.
first trouble area is at about 2.75 eur.

Hi aserbfx,

I don't trade stocks, but rather options on stocks and futures. Mostly I trade the stock index options but I also trade the more liquid etf options. And I am always on the lookout for good opportunities in individual names.

Trina Solar (TSL) has an interesting chart full of fast, large percentage moves. TSL is rallying based on easily identifiable fundie causes, but it has not been able to hold gains above $16 for very long for the last year or so. I am looking to sell calls after an extended run to or above $16....or perhaps do a bullish put spread in the near term.

Yahoo has a stake in Alibaba. I'm sure you have heard about BABA's IPO coming up this month - the exact date is unknown but it's probable that BABA shares will begin trading in the latter half of September. BABA IPO could be the largest ever & BABA could hit the ground running with a $200 bio market cap or better. YHOO is going to get a lot of cash ($10 bio or better). With all the hype around the BABA IPO, YHOO shares are very unlikely to fall before the IPO - so bullish put spreads for Sept 20 expiry look like free money...

nice one, the fool. i like the idea of yahoo. looks very bullish.

nice flag on bwld
stock made an incredible performance so far.
would put my stop somewhere below 140 usd (~137 usd).
will accelerate above 150 usd.

Some of the US fast-food chain stocks have exploded - check out CMG, for instance. But that's a very crowded marketplace subject to the changing whims of consumers: those stocks may rocket up but they often crash. Like RT (who remembers Ruby Tuesday's?) and KKD (KKD share price dropped from $45 to <$2, now back to $17). The latest thing has been LOCO...they come and go....

Trading in these names is often thin, though. One must pay attention to the earnings report cycle, since the larger moves in the share price are made at the earnings release (ER). In the BWLD chart below you can see the quarterly ER's just by the volume spikes. There are many ways to trade options around the ER's, but I'd avoid BWLD in that regard - options volume just too thin.

BOVESPA is the Brazilian stock exchange, second largest exchange in the Americas, third largest in the world. It has been on a tear - up ~30% since March. Which is ironic, since the Brazilian economy sucks & is technically in a recession. But the exuberance has been all about the upcoming general elections (held 10/5/2014) - and the prospect of getting rid of Dilma Rousseff. Well, not so fast, Dilma is ahead in the polls. All this makes for increasing volatility.

You can trade the etf EWZ or individual names like PBR or VALE to capitalize on some of this volatility...