10. Screen shot of stock activity The green and red bars are the stocks daily activity. Each of the colored lines is a simple moving average, exponential moving average, or a Bollinger band. These are used to determine the trend of the stock moving up over the next two to six weeks.
11. Options Bid Prices Actual option chains downloaded from Yahoo Financial. Call prices on the left and Put prices on the right are the bases of calculations. Yellow shaded areas are In-The-Money (ITM) while white areas are Out-of-The-Money (OTM). Risk is minimized by only using one strike price ITM or OTM.
12. ITM Calculations All ITM calculations are performed for EVERY stock option available and, based on specific parameters, only the ones that meet ALL selected criteria are selected. Information above details the results and provides needed information to place the trade including a break even (at expiration) and even a stop loss.
13. OTM Calculations All OTM calculations are performed for EVERY stock option available and, based on specific parameters, only the ones that meet ALL selected criteria are selected. Information above details the results and provides needed information to place the trade including a break even (at expiration) and even a stop loss. OTM incurs slightly more risk but the maximum return on investment is increased due to the potential increase in stock price.