"Best Trades" Options Trading Educational Newsletter
QQQQ Options and SPY Options
The “Best Trades” newsletter (also simply referred to as Best Trades)
was developed by a group of independent traders who have a close
affiliation with MarketVolume® (a service provider of real-time volume
charts). Wishing to share his experiences of trading with volume-based
indicators, one of the traders came up with the idea of starting a
newsletter. The idea took shape and by 2001, we started distributing
Best Trades on a regular basis. Today, this newsletter continues to be
highly popular and is still available at no charge. If you would like
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Please be aware that Best Trades
was designed for educational purposes only. It does not provide signals for
trading index options, nor does it make any predictions as to where the markets
are likely headed.
Because Best Trades has a long
history (we began distributing the newsletter in 2001), an extensive archive of
trades is available.
Click here to browse through our archive of all newsletters.
Looking through the archive, you will
notice that Best Trades categorizes two types of trades:
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“Past trades” or “closed” trades:
These are trades that were closed a few days before the latest issue of
Best Trades was sent out. Some of the closed trades we discuss were made
by our affiliate traders, some by MarketVolume® subscribers, who wanted to
share their successes using our volume-based trading techniques;
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“Real-time” or “open” trades:
These are trades that are still active at the time the most current issue of
Best Trades appears. The success of an open trade cannot be judged
until a later date, although we can of course assess its “performance to
date”.
The main reason we started including “open trades” in our newsletter is in
response to an argument made by several of our subscribers. They reasoned
that by showing and discussing only closed (past) trades, we were in effect
basing the value of our trading methodology solely on historical
performances. Not wishing to “avoid” the challenge of assessing trades in
real-time (which is after all the main justification for our real-time
JavaVolume® charts, see MarketVolume.com), we opted to include some open
trades in the newsletter. In this way, we can show Best Trades
readers that volume-based technical analysis works just as well in
real time.
To assess the performance of a “real-time” trade addressed in a current
edition of Best Trades, you may chose to monitor the trade yourself, or you
can read about it in a subsequent issue of the newsletter, when the trade
will have been closed.
It is imperative that you understand that our newsletter
was designed for educational purposes. When we leave a trade open, we
strive to show the value of volume-based technical analysis, in
real-time, as a trade unfolds. Yet, our open trades must never be seen
as recommendations to follow (copy) a particular trade.
So what about following our real-time trades, you ask? Our
answer is that this might be risky business and therefore not a good
idea.
There are several reasons:
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Our newsletter will definitively
reach you with some delay (remember, this is a free service and we have xx
thousand subscribers), so it might prove to be too late to open a position
similar to ours. We follow a clear, step-by-step procedure for sending out
trading information: First, data goes to our paying MarketVolume® members,
then to our MarketVolume® Free Trial members, only after that to all other
(free) subscribers;
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Another reason we advise against
placing trades based on our newsletter is technical in nature. Because all
of our trades are based on an analysis of the relationships between volume
and price/index movements (which all change in rapid succession), you
must absolutely have access to real-time volume charts (e.g., our
JavaVolume® charts) for the S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 indexes, at a very
minimum.
Below you will find a history of the real-time (open)
trades that we published in our "Best Trades" newsletter.
Click here to
browse through our archive of all newsletters.
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Indicator |
Trade Type |
Initiated on |
Closed on |
Return (%) |
Summary
Return (%) |
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| SPY Options |
Buy Calls |
March 17, 2008 |
March 18, 2008 |
+35.6 |
+62.0 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
February 22, 2008 |
February 26, 2008 |
+19.3 |
+26.4 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
January 16, 2008 |
January 25, 2008 |
+7.1 |
+7.1 |
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| SPY Options |
Buy Calls |
Dec. 11, 12, 20, 2007 |
December 24, 2007 |
+63.0 |
+258.4 |
| SPY Options |
Buy Calls |
November 6, 24, 2007 |
November 30, 2007 |
+20.0 |
+195.4 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
September 24, 2007 |
October 16, 2007 |
-18.2 |
+175.4 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
September 10, 2007 |
September 12, 2007 |
+17.1 |
+193.6 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
August 16, 2007 |
August 21, 2007 |
+51.1 |
+176.5 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
Jul 25, Aug 1, 2007 |
August 8, 2007 |
+14.2 |
+125.4 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
July 17, 2007 |
July 18, 2007 |
+17.3 |
+111.2 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
June 18, 2007 |
June 21, 2007 |
+11.4 |
+93.9 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
May 15, 2007 |
May. 16, 2007 |
+9.7 |
+82.5 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
May 9, 2007 |
May. 11, 2007 |
+20.6 |
+72.8 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
Apr. 17, 26, 2007 |
May. 1, 2007 |
+12.5 |
+52.5 |
| SPY Options |
Buy Calls |
Mar. 30, 2007 |
Apr. 3, 2007 |
+27.5 |
+40.0 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
Mar. 23, 2007 |
Mar. 26, 2007 |
+12.5 |
+12.5 |
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| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
Dec. 12, 2006 |
Dec. 13, 2006 |
0 |
+339.5 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
Nov. 28, 2006 |
Nov. 29, 2006 |
+9.1 |
+339.5 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
Nov 17, 2006 |
Nov. 20, 2006 |
+3.7 |
+330.4 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
Nov. 16, 2006 |
Nov 17, 2006 |
+11.1 |
+326.7 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
Nov. 10, 2006 |
Nov 13, 2006 |
+18.7 |
+315.6 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
Oct. 24, 2006 |
Oct. 25, 2006 |
+13.6 |
+296.9 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
Sept. 29, 2006 |
Oct. 2, 2006 |
+28.0 |
+283.3 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
Sept. 6, 2006 |
Sept. 11, 2006 |
+12.5 |
+255.3 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
August 10, 2006 |
August 10, 2006 |
+7.4 |
+242.8 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
August 9, 2006 |
August 10, 2006 |
+12.5 |
+235.4 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
July 28, 2006 |
July 31, 2006 |
+12.5 |
+222.9 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
July 27, 2006 |
July 28, 2006 |
+10.0 |
+210.4 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
July 21, 2006 |
July 24, 2006 |
+16.6 |
+200.4 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
July 20, 2006 |
July 21, 2006 |
+44.0 |
+183.8 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
July 13, 2006 |
July 20, 2006 |
+3.4 |
+139.8 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Puts |
July 12, 2006 |
July 13, 2006 |
+47.4 |
+136.4 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
July 4, 2006 |
July 12, 2006 |
-13.5 |
+89.0 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
June 15, 2006 |
July 3, 2006 |
+30.6 |
+102.5 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
May 11, 2006 |
June 15, 2006 |
-81.6 |
+71.9 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
April 26, 2006 |
April 27, 2006 |
+21.4 |
+153.5 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
April 17, 2006 |
April 18, 2006 |
+37.5 |
+132.1 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
March 28, 2006 |
March 29, 2006 |
+29.0 |
+94.6 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
March 8, 2006 |
March 14, 2006 |
+33.7 |
+68.6 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
February 2, 2006 |
March 3, 2006 |
+13.5 |
+34.9 |
| QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
January
20, 2006 |
January
31, 2006 |
+21.4 |
+21.4 |
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|
QQQQ Options |
Buy Calls |
Oct.
21, 2005 |
Nov. 2
2005 |
+26.5 |
26.5 |
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|
QQQQ Options |
Put #1,2,3 |
Sept.
9, 2004 |
Sept. 25, 2004 |
+3.6 |
+154.1 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Put #1 |
Sept. 2, 2004 |
Sept. 7, 2004 |
+16.7 |
+150.5 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Put #2 |
Aug.
19, 2004 |
Aug. 31, 2004 |
-17.8 |
+133.8 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Put #1 |
August 18, 2004 |
August
19, 2004 |
+10.7 |
+151.6 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #1,2 |
August
5,2004 |
August
15, 2004 |
-56.5 |
+140.9 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #3 |
July 21, 2004 |
July 31, 2004 |
+8.8 |
+197.4 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #1,2 |
July 14,2004 |
July 21, 2004 |
+2.9 |
+188.6 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Put #1 |
June 23, 2004 |
July 1, 2004 |
0.0 |
+185.7 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Put #1,2 |
June 6, 2004 |
June 20, 2004 |
-18.5 |
+185.7 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #1 |
May 20, 2004 |
May 25, 2004 |
+36.0 |
+204.2 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #1,2 |
May 12, 2004 |
May 16, 2004 |
+18.5 |
+168.2 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #2 |
April 29, 2004 |
May 12, 2004 |
+19.2 |
+149.7 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #1 |
April 18, 2004 |
April 22, 2004 |
+20.0 |
+130.5 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #1,2,3 |
March 14, 2004 |
March 28, 2004 |
-37.0 |
+110.5 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #3 |
Feb. 29, 2004 |
March 7, 2004 |
+16.7 |
+147.5 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #3 |
Feb. 15, 2004 |
February 22, 2004 |
+32.1 |
+130.8 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #2 |
Feb. 8, 2004 |
February 15, 2004 |
+33.3 |
+98.7 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #1 |
Feb. 1, 2004 |
February 8, 2004 |
+15.4 |
+65.4 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Put #3,4 |
Jan. 25, 2004 |
February 1, 2004 |
+50.0 |
+50.0 |
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|
QQQQ Options |
Call #1 |
Dec. 7,
2003 |
Dec 14,
2003 |
+3.8 |
+115.1 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #2 |
Nov 30,
2003 |
Dec. 7,
2003 |
+38.5 |
+111.3 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Put #1,2 |
Oct.
31, 2003 |
Nov.
23, 2003 |
+26.6 |
+72.8 |
|
QQQQ Options |
Call #3 |
Oct.
24, 2003 |
Oct.
31, 2003 |
+46.2 |
+46.2 |
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shown only for the trades that
were left opened |
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Additional notes:
Our aims are:
We do not mean to imply that you should
follow our trades; rather, we suggest that you may make use of our volume
analytics in order to develop your own trading style. We also urge you to paper
trade before committing your money to the markets.
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