How to Profit as the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) Falls
Once red-hot, the popular ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) has gone cold. But there's a way to make money as it falls.
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Jacob Mintz
Jacob Mintz is a professional options trader and editor of Cabot Options Trader. Using his proprietary options scans, Jacob creates and manages positions in equities based on unusual option activity and risk/reward.
Jacob developed his proprietary system during his years as an options market maker on the floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, where he ran several trading crowds for nearly 10 years.
After a successful career on the trading floor Jacob was tasked with setting up a trading desk at a top-tier options trading company, trading against the most sophisticated hedge funds and institutions in the world.
Today Jacob trades for himself, coaches and teaches about options trading, and runs our Cabot Options Trader and Cabot Options Trader Pro advisories. Jacob lives in North Carolina with his wife and two kids who keep him very busy with their sports and social calendars.
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Articles by Jacob Mintz
Cabot Profit Booster 164
Fears of rising inflation, and what that would mean for interest rates, weighed on the market last week, especially growth stocks, which were crushed.
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Cabot Profit Booster 163
The stock market added to its gains last week up for a second straight week with the S&P 500 up 1.2% while the Nasdaq jumped 1.7%. Of note, February expiration is upon us this week. And all three of our February positions (Alcoa, and...
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 2/19/2021
The expiration of our February covered calls is today, and we have two positions (KSS and SNAP) that are deep-in-the-money and will almost certainly be called away for maximum gains (great scenario) and another (AA) that is just in-the-money and likely to be called, but will...
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Cabot Profit Booster 162
The stock market added to its gains last week up for a second straight week with the S&P 500 up 1.2% while the Nasdaq jumped 1.7%. Of note, February expiration is upon us this week. And all three of our February positions (Alcoa, and...
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 2/12/2021
** Because of President's Day, our offices will be closed next Monday, February 15 — so your next Cabot Profit Booster issue will be published Wednesday, February 17.
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Cabot Profit Booster 161
The stock market enjoyed a big upside reversal last week, snapping back strongly from the recent slump. The DJIA rose 3.9% for the week while the S&P 500 gained 4.6%. Big-tech stocks reasserted a leadership role thanks in part to blow-out earnings from Amazon (GOOGL),...
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Cabot Profit Booster 160
The stock market was under a bit more selling pressure last week as investors seem to be acting negative, even in response to positive earnings results. Unfortunately, the volatility shook us out of our Coeur Mining (CDE) covered call position. We won’t get every trade but...
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Is the GME Short Squeeze a Black Swan for the Market and Hedge Funds?
By now you know all about the historic GME short squeeze. What we don't know is what this Black Swan event means for the market going forward.
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Cabot Profit Booster 159
The stock market has been swinging up and down in recent days as investors digest fourth-quarter earnings results and look for the next catalyst to move markets. That said, it’s a good idea to get a bit more defensive with new positions, focusing established...
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Cabot Profit Booster 158
January was another good month for the Cabot Profit Booster portfolio as we closed our two positions for profits:
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 1/19/2021
Last Friday the ADNT January 36 Call that we sold for $2.15 expired worthless (good situation), leaving us with our stock position, and an approximate profit of 6.5%.
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 1/15/2021
The expiration of our January covered calls is today, and we have one position (UBER) likely to be called away for maximum gains (great scenario) and another (ADNT) that is too close to call and will likely come down to the close (good scenario).
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Cabot Profit Booster 157
This week, Cabot Profit Booster features a top new-economy recommendation in the fast-growing social media space whose stock is just short of its all-time high.
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Why Weekly Options Are Like Gambling
Contrary to popular belief, options trading is a good way to reduce risk. Weekly options? That's more akin to a roll of the dice.
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Cabot Profit Booster 156
The Cabot Profit Booster portfolio had a spectacular 2020, aided by great stock picks from Cabot Top Ten Trader Chief Analyst Mike Cintolo, “juicy” call premiums which we sold via our covered call strategy, and a generally strong market. Now that the calendar has flipped to 2021, will...
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Cabot Profit Booster 155
This is one of the two weeks a year where Cabot Top Ten Trader is not published, which means there won’t be a new Profit Booster covered call trade this week. That being said, I did want to note that our four open positions (AA, UBER, CDE)...
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The Greatest Options Trade I Ever Saw
Let me tell you about the greatest options trade I saw in my 10 years on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) - and what I learned from it.
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Cabot Profit Booster 154
Last Friday was the expiration of our December covered call positions, and I’m happy to report it was yet another great month. Here were our final profits and yields:
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 12/18/2020
The expiration of our December covered calls is today, and I’m happy to report that four positions (GM, PINS, YETI, CGC) are closing for max profits
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