Is the 2020 Bear Market Over?
Is the 2020 bear market over? There are some promising signs that the worst is behind us. But that doesn't mean we're out of the woods just yet.
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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
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 118
Organic food is a nearly $50 billion-per-year industry in the U.S., comprising 6% of total food sales in 2018, and it’s growing at 6% annually. Whole Foods is the obvious, well-known chain that’s capitalizing on this trend, with Trader Joe’s being another that’s in...
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Cabot Profit Booster 117
With COVID-19, plunging oil prices, credit/health worries and central bank printing, it’s a time of maximum uncertainty—and such uncertainty plays right into the hands of gold, which has popped back toward multi-year highs.
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Don’t Try and Predict the Future; Let the Stock Market Do it for You
Stock market predictions are futile, especially now. But by reading charts and watching options activity, we can get a hint of where things are headed next.
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Cabot Profit Booster 116
China was the first country to be devastated by coronavirus, and although the pandemic there is not completely over (and there are doubts about the accuracy of that country's daily virus count), it’s almost surely on a downhill swing. That's helped the Shanghai to...
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16 Positives to Celebrate as Stocks Hopefully Near a Bottom
As the coronavirus rages and stocks continue to fall, here are 16 positives - market-related and otherwise - to celebrate as we wait for a better day.
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 3/20/2020
Today I want to address the two positions which have March options expiring today.
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Cabot Profit Booster 115
Before we dive into this week's new idea, I wanted to talk a bit about the market and our positions.
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 3/16/2020
The rolling market crash of the past three weeks is continuing today.
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 3/11/2020
Monday’s overnight market decline of 7% caused several stocks in the Profit Booster portfolio to blow through their stops before we could act.
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Cabot Profit Booster 114
Before we dive into this week's new idea, I wanted to talk a bit about the market and our positions. Clearly, it's been a harrowing three weeks as the S&P 500 is down 19% in 13 days.
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Cabot Profit Booster 113
Today, the widespread, ongoing move to the cloud by businesses of all sizes means there are all sorts of customized apps and differentiated hardware that don’t always work together the way they’re supposed to.
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How Hedge Funds are Driving this Market Sell-off
Coronavirus may have started this market sell-off. But hedge funds are accelerating it. Here's how - and how you can take advantage of the volatility.
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How to Hedge Coronavirus Fears Using Call and Put Options
Want to hedge against what the coronavirus outbreak might to do the market in the coming months? Call and put options are the way to go.
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 2/25/2020
Position update: This recommendation's covered call has seen extreme volatility the past several days.
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Cabot Profit Booster 112
Real estate stocks are on fire right now, thanks largely to plunging mortgage rates and record lows in housing inventories for sale.
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 2/21/2020
Today three of our covered calls will expire. The great news, all three trades will be closed for nice profits!
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Cabot Profit Booster Update 2/20/2020
Headed into the event our position is in fantastic shape as the stock is trading marginally above our short strike price.
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Cabot Profit Booster 111
This stock has a good, solid story and a stock that appears to finally be kicking into gear after 16 months of post-IPO meandering.
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