I exited NKE for a profit.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Dec. 27. 2016

 

There is nothing on the table to trade today, and I would be unsurprised if that were so for the rest of the week. However, surprises happen, and I’ll be doing my daily analytical routine as always.

Here’s how I’ll handle it on Private Trader the remainder of the week. I shall post Prospects after the market close, even if there are none. If there are no prospects, then I’ll skip the Agenda post. I’ll post Outcomes only if I have attempted a trade.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Dec. 27, 2016

U.S. markets will be closed on Monday in observance of the Christmas holiday.

Thereafter, it will be a very slow week, with only one economic report of exceptional importance. International trade in goods will be published on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. New York time.

Read More »

U.S. markets are closed on Monday to observe the Christmas holiday.

There are no prospects for Tuesday.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Dec. 23, 2016

 

 

No trades today. U.S. markets will be closed on Monday for the winter holidays observance, and will re-open on Tuesday.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Dec. 23, 2016

No prospective trades for Friday. I won’t be doing analysis of possible new positions.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Dec. 22, 2016

 

I entered no new positions, nor exited any existing ones.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Dec. 22, 2016

No surprise, the week of Dec. 26 through Dec. 30 will be a painfully slow time for earnings, so slow as to best be described as non-existent.

Twelve companies publish earnings for action that week. The most liquid of the group trades 335,000 shares a day, on average; the least liquid, 293 shares.

None of the dozen is liquid enough to meet my options trading standards. I plan no earnings plays next week.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Dec. 22, 2016

 

As the business of the markets slows with the approach of the winter holidays, I have no symbols qualifying as prospective trades on Thursday. I shall enter no new positions.

There will be no Agenda post for Thursday.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Dec. 21, 2016

I entered a position on MU as a potential earnings play and exited TLT for a small profit.

By Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Dec. 21, 2016