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Sun, May 28th, 2023
High Put Premiums on Advanced Micro Devices Stock Make Shorting Them Attractive for Income

Advanced Micro Devices stock has run up over 98% YTD. This has jacked up its out-of-the-money put premiums. As a result, this makes it profitable to sell them short for income investors.

AMD : 127.03 (+5.55%)
NVDA : 389.46 (+2.54%)
Corn Futures Rally Ahead of the Long Weekend as Fund Cover Short Positions

The corn market was on fire this past week, rallying to its highest closing price of the month.  Oliver Sloup shares his thoughts on what may have been moving the market.

New Contract Highs (Again) - CME Livestock Commentary

Live cattle futures marked new contract highs on the open as the June contract approaches delivery.

The Corn Rally Continues - CME Grain Futures Commentary

Corn futures have rallied every day this week as forecasts for top producing states turn hot and dry into a long weekend.

3 Puts to Sell From Thursday’s Top 10 With Great Income Potential

Most of Thursday’s attention focused on Nvidia’s unbelievable forecast for the second quarter. However, these three unusually active put options were in yesterday’s top 10. All three make great income...

NVDA : 389.46 (+2.54%)
MSFT : 332.89 (+2.14%)
ATVI : 78.66 (+1.97%)
Why Investors May Consider Selling Gap (GPS) Into Strength

Although embattled fashion retailer Gap generated surprisingly positive results for its Q1 earnings report, the better longer-term decision may be to trim GPS stock.

GPS : 8.34 (+12.40%)
TGT : 138.93 (-1.29%)
Walgreens Attracts Value Buyers With Its 6.4% Yield and 6.7x Multiple

Walgreens Boots Alliance is becoming a darling of value investors given that its dividend yield is 6.4% and its P/E multiple is 6.7x. Moreover, out-of-the-money puts can be shorted for extra income.

WBA : 30.01 (+0.13%)
Gap Stock Breaks Higher on Surprise Quarterly Profit

Restructuring efforts and easing supply chain pressures helped the apparel retailer

Grain Futures Prices are on the Rise! | Grain Express | 5/26/2023 |

Grain futures prices have managed to recover from last week's pressure. Short covering ahead of a long weekend coupled with hot and dry forecasts may be adding premium back into prices.

Aggressive Investors: Zoom In on This Unusually Active Put

Trading 89% below its October 2020 high of $588.84, Zoom Video Communications’ unusual options activity Wednesday suggests aggressive investors consider one of the video conferencing company’s put...

NU : 6.79 (-1.74%)
BRK.B : 320.60 (+0.50%)
ZM : 66.27 (+1.77%)

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Only 20% of S&P 500 companies are outperforming the overall index on a 3-month trailing basis which is the smallest % since the dot-com bubble burst in 2000 👀 https://t.co/c4AflVfK5A
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The 10 Most Overbought Stocks include $AMD, $NVDA, $META, and $GOOGL according to FactSet https://t.co/yYnvFOrlBM
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Just In: A Tentative Debt Ceiling Agreement has been reached https://t.co/HngZiZkhpn
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The S&P 500 is now outperforming the Equal Weighted S&P 500 by 10% year-to-date, the widest spread since 1998 (16.3 percentage point spread) https://t.co/BgUJjh5GiQ
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S&P 500 just hit a closing high for the year and bulls are in celebration mode. But market breadth (yes this topic again) continues to worsen. In February, the number of $SPX companies above the 200 Day Moving Average was almost double what it is now. https://t.co/YkCcWywhUV
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Semiconductor Ishares ETF $SOXX just had its 2nd largest daily gain of the year on Friday. When was the biggest? Thursday 👀 https://t.co/sLHLpXLSwG https://t.co/7zZU27z23J
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Target $TGT has fallen to its lowest closing price since 2020 https://t.co/gmoHYUMZrC
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ETFs w/ most active options trading: $SPY - 9.042M $QQQ - 4.378M $IWM - 887k $TQQQ - 529k $SQQQ - 324k $SOXL - 299k $ARKK - 286k $SMH - 272k $HYG - 191k $UVXY - 180k $XLF - 177k $TLT - 166k $KRE - 153k $EWZ - 149k $GLD - 120k $GDX - 120k $SLV - 114k $VXX - 107k $EEM - 87k
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% of Large Cap Stocks Above Their Moving Averages https://t.co/ozuEzxu6X1
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Stocks w/ most active options trading: $TSLA - 4.507M $NVDA - 1.783M $AMZN - 1.731M $AMD - 1.278M $AAPL - 1.021M $PLTR - 878k $MSFT - 725k $F - 577k $META - 545k $NFLX - 493k $GOOGL - 488k $GOOG - 389k $MRVL - 386k $AI - 340k $MU - 297k $BABA - 281k What options did you trade?
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S&P 500 finally scores a close above 4,200 for the first time since August 2022. The 3800-4200 trading range is no more! https://t.co/N8ErFcmUwN
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When you can see a daily candle on an all-time stock chart, you know the company had a good day. Marvell Technology $MRVL soars more than 32% for the company's largest one day gain ever after it cited AI as a key growth driver. https://t.co/PHEtsrmAmn
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JP Morgan $JPM is reportedly developing an AI stock picker called "Index GPT" that could begin putting financial advisors out of work https://t.co/XdTM9qXvmd
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Top Economist David Rosenberg says we're already in a recession but people aren't looking at the right data https://t.co/uOqhuAu10c
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Stock Market Fear & Greed Index = 68 (Greed) Extreme Soon? 🥳🤑🙏 https://t.co/2EBA2Qep90
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Will the Fed cut rates at any point in 2023?
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The number of large companies filing for bankruptcy is on the rise. During the first quarter, eight companies with more than $500 million in liabilities filed for Chapter 11, including five last week. https://t.co/OtSIfGb3Tn
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Today's Futures Heat Map Strongest: Cotton, Nasdaq 100 E-Mini, Copper, Corn Weakest: Natural Gas, Pork Cutout, Lean Hogs, Milk https://t.co/WuzHOPd7Cf
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4 Stock Market Morning Movers: $ULTA $WDAY $DOMO $PDD Check out the Details 👇 https://t.co/IZFlU9jeLT
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Markets Today: Stocks Slightly Higher On Signs Of Progress In Debt Ceiling Talks Related Stocks: $GPS $BIG $F $ADSK https://t.co/YKQuyQOtRB
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