Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO) has been stumbling as the share price tests the $49 resistance. It’s a price level that Coca-Cola has struggled with in the past as the price typically falls back to $44 since its April high. As the price broke lower on Wednesday, pressuring the Dow, option traders jumped in on Thursday to place bearish trades indicating a near-term move lower back to the support. Since April 7, the price of KO has struggled to gain any ground. The price has tested the $49 resistance on four separate occasions and each time retraced to the $43.50 support. The price recently retes...

1 2 Every investor should have a funnel or a process that they use to narrow down the universe of tradable stocks to a select set of companies that they would be inclined to trade. One approach is to look at the so-called “smart money.” These large investors have a lot of money that they manage, and option activity is one place to look for where the money is going. The following six companies saw significant bullish option activity in the past week. Options are derivative products used on an underlying stock, ETF, index, or futures product. Options provide the option buyers with the a...

As mortgage interest rates are testing all-time lows, homebuilder optimism has surged to the highest level since 1998. The recent National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Market Index beat analyst estimates and points to extreme optimism in the midst of a recession. As far as the options market is concerned, there was a large put option trade that is looking for the  SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEARCA: XHB) to trade significantly lower by the start of 2021. According to bankrate.com, the current 30-year mortgage rate is 3.06%. Pretty phenomenal considering how many mortgag...

Over the past several weeks, there has been a significant insider selling in Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX). The breadth of selling has included some high-profile names, one of which is the Chief Content Officer. As the price has sputtered and viewers are becoming more indecisive, the company is preparing the launch of a “shuffle button.” As insiders are picking up the pace of profit-taking, it may make sense for investors to shuffle their ownership of Netflix as its credits may be starting to come into view. NFLX is testing a new “shuffle play” feature for its video streaming platform. The...

1 2 Many investors find the cost and convenience of ETF investing the best way to manage their money. One of the advantages of ETF is the fact that they can be traded or have conditional orders placed to help manage risk. Many ETFs have a robust option market with plenty of liquidity. However, many ETFs are dominated with many of the same stocks or other holdings. Here are five ETFs that can be used to provide diversification, income, and opportunity for appreciation.Growth & Income ETF #1: Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ: VXUS) VXUS is a passively managed foreign large...

After the large drop in silver on August 11, the price has been tentatively moving higher. Tuesday was no exception as the price gapped on the open and faded back into the previous day’s range. While the movement looks to consolidate gains, the timing of a potential bullish breakout is difficult to predict. The options market on the iShares Silver Trust ETF (NYSEARCA: SLV) saw some rather bullish trading being made as the implied volatility prices another big breakout higher by the fall. Price movement becomes parabolic when the angle of the advance steepens dramatically, and the volume...

It was 2013 and billionaire investors and rivals Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn began to get into it over Herbalife Nutrition Ltd (NYSE: HLF). Icahn has largely been a buyer of HLF since Ackman announced his sizable short position. With his last and only other sale coming near the 2018 peak, he’s back to selling again and is liquidating an even larger amount of his holdings this time. This may be the strongest signal since 2013 to sell Herbalife. If you were watching financial media at all in 2013 you heard about the airing of grievances by Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman. Icahn ripped Ackman pu...

1 2 It is a difficult environment for investors that need income when interest rates are scraping the bottom of the barrel. With the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield at 0.669%, the ability to generate a consistent return with little to no risk doesn’t exist. It’s pushing income investors into taking more risk to generate the needed return. The following four real estate investment trusts (REITs) are quality businesses that pay over a 4% dividend yield. If you’re an investor in need of income or a pension fund in need of paying retirees, the current environment is clearly hostile for consis...

I don’t know if you’re a fan of the show “Love It or List It” but insiders and investors have to make this decision all of the time with their shares. Do you “love it” enough to hold the shares or do you “list it” by selling the shares. With the shares of Zillow Group (NASDAQ: Z) continuing to run to all-time highs over the past couple months, insiders have been listing their shares in a big way. According to the Zillow Weekly Market Report, home sales are occurring at a blistering pace with pending home sales increasing 16.9% year-over-year. Homes are going under contract 11 days faste...