Hawk’s Vision
OptionHawk’s thoughts on markets, finance, trading, and life.
Personal Finance: Breaking Down a Family Budget
I typically focus most of my efforts and time on investments and want to find more time to write educational and insightful blogs on that topic, but first wanted to start with a topic that hits home with everyone. There have probably been thousands of articles on the...
Catching a 90% Profit in Nike (NKE) Calls in 1 Week
Thought I would put together a quick post about the process I use to target swing-trades in options. Below is the trade send on 5-29. Nike (NKE) fulfilled most of the criteria I look for including: High Quality name with strong operations (see recent earnings...
Lifestyle Changes to Survive a Career in Markets
I have previously written on the struggle to find that work/life balance that is something most everyone faces “When Do You Have Enough? – The Work/Life Balance Struggle.” I have been making a lot of changes, progress, since writing that two years ago and wanted to...
What If You Only Traded One Stock?
This was an idea that came to me this weekend while watching Football. My two main passions are football and the stock market, so I like to relate the two as I always see similarities, in the end, both are about winning. Football is an intricate sport getting eleven...
The 7 Classes of Great Investments in Equities
I recently saw a tweet that noted “fundamentals tell me what to buy, and technicals tell me when & where.” I complete agree with this philosophy, though an extreme generalization. Technical analysis is a great tool for choosing entry/exit points, setting...
When Do You Have Enough? – The Work/Life Balance Struggle
This is a question my wife asks me a lot, and it’s a good one. After 16 months of fatherhood it also becomes clear that it is a question I want to answer as I have no doubt that time is the most valuable commodity in the World. I built a business out of thin air...
Options Flow Catching One Big Mover after Another
I have covered in depth previously the rationale and approach to utilizing options activity as the best way of stock discovery, and then applying technical and fundamental analysis to the names. In this post I want to simply show how effective the approach is after...
OptionsHawk in Earnings Season
At OptionsHawk we are constantly creating new tools to allow traders to be more informed in decision making, and earnings season is a time that the site really excels with unparalleled research and analysis. A quick view of some of the access OptionsHawk provides...
Introducing Relativity Capital
Over the past year I have been working on a new venture which is now ready to launch. Relativity Capital will be managing money for investors that seek a portfolio that is actively managed, quickly adapts to ever changing market conditions, and utilizes option...
Valspar (VAL) Options Activity Signal into Takeover Announcement
On March 20th, 2016 Sherwin Williams (SHW) announced an $11.3B deal for Valspar (VAL) at $113/share cash with Valspar having closed at $83.83. VAL was a name consistently highlighted to clients with unusual options activity. Key Takeaways: Multiple Days of ITM and OTM...