the earnings tool from td ameritrade. action." boeing gaining $30 million in market cap, and on track for its best performance since 1988. for those of you keeping score at home sh that's 20% of the dow's 2018 gains now the company reports earnings next wednesday the options markets implying a 5% move in either direction or a measly $10 billion in market cap. how should you play it, mike khouw is over at the plaza with a call to action >> we are going to take a look at selling a call spread selling a call spread is one of those things you look to do when you see elevated options premiums because we have earnings coming up and it's implying 5% move we are going to see options premiums higher. one nice thing is when you do credit trades in options typically they have a higher probability of profit because if the stock stays where it is you are going to make some money and finally you are selling a call spread rather than naked calls because it elements your risk look at the stock we alluded to it is basically on a straight line up.

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the earnings tool from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to "options action." it is a bird, a plane, no, just boeing they are up another 16% gaining nearly $30 billion in market track and on track for its best january performance since 1988 the top dow stock contributing roughly 20% of the dow's 2018 gains. the company reports earnings next wednesday the options market implying a 5% move in either direction or a measly $10 million in market cap. how should you play it >> we are going to take a look at selling a call spread this is one of the things you are going to look to do when you see elevated options premiums. because we have earnings coming up, we are going to see options premiums higher. when you do credit trades and option, they have a higher profitability of profit. you are going to make some money. you are selling a call spread rather than naked calls because it limits your risk. taking a look at the stock, it is on a straight line up we were talking about this last week when we were comparing it to netflix i think the valuation here is getting a litt

the earnings tool from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to "options action."ime to look back at our open trades last month we made a bet that halliburton was higher >> i think halliburton is the best way to make a play. although you cited the facts that the stocks have done well recently, overall for the year this is one of the sectors that actually is not trading at its all time highs the trade i'm looking at is the january 42.40 put spread, you can collect 50 cents. >> since the time of the trade, halliburton shares up 20%. mike, what do you do now >> you know, so this is one of those cases where we put on a high probability trade when we sold that credit put spread and sometimes you'd actually have preferred to have taken the low probability but i still like halliburton here. you can close the put spread and buy longer dated call options. >> agreed, schlumberge rext, stocks still behind the commodity. >> i think it's a great way to buy upis tside calls so you sti have exposure to the upside of halliburton. >> up next, your tweets and the final call from the

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step-by-step options trading support from td ameritrade action." time to look at some of our open trades last month dan said there was more room to run for intel. >> the stock has had a massive rally over the last three months and i think some of the fundamental moves the company made with acquisitions and such over the last two years are kind of paying off. you probably want to set up with a short-term call calendar finance the purchase of longer traded calls you could sell one of the january 47 calls for 31 cents. buy one of the february 47 calls for 80 cents >> and he was right. intel going absolutely nuts, today, the stock surging mor than 10% to a 17-year high what do you say now, dan >> a blind squirrel there, mel i think this is still underperforming the sector, underperforming the broad market it is a cheap stock. i think the fact that stock was able to gap despite what we know about some of the glitches they were exposed to early this year. you can stay with it, but you've got to roll it up. you are longing the february 47 call it is i thi

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td ameritrade aggregates thousands of earnings estimates into a single data point. that way you can keep your eyes on the big picture. >>huh. feel better? >>much better. yeah, me too. wow, you really did a number on this thing. >>sorry about that. that's alright. i got a box of 'em. thousands of opinions. one estimate. the earnings tool from td ameritrade. >>> welcome back call it die vergence or rotation or what you like what we've seen happen in interest rates and related moves in the stock market have been dramatic over the last few months u.s. government bonds have been selling off krogs the yield curve and yes, some maturities more than others as those prices have fallen and yields have risen, we've seen market underperformance in sectors that are considered interest rate proxies. ten-year bond yields have been trending higher since early september. over the last three months, the lagging sectors in the s&p have been higher dividend paying sector like consumer staples and up around 4% in the time frame against the s&p 500's 9% gain. telecom services up around 4

only with td ameritrade. >>> welcome back to "options action." time to take your tweets this question from a familiar handle in "options action" super fan. the one and only guy adami asks is it worth taking a look at the fed 315 boeing puts into earnings >> absolutely. i like this company fundamentally, but wow, it's come a long way quickly and evaluations are starting to get pretty up there, too >> sure is much more than netflix. >> time for the final call guy, hope you got your answer. carter. >> want to be contrarian and take a bet tlt bounces >> mike. >> take a look at netflix put sfred spreads and earningsings >> ford's contrarian at the money calls in march. i like that. >> i'm melissa lee have a terrific weekend. see you back here at 5:00 on monday "mad money" starts right now the following program is a commercial presentation of total gym fitness. i work out to stay young. to stay in shape. to be able to do things that i wouldn't normally be able to do. and that's what total gym does for me. it keeps me active. it keeps me positive. it ke

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