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Joe Duarte

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Joe Duarte In the Money Options

Independent Market Analyst Since 1987
Author of #1 Best Seller: Trading Options for Dummies
Original CNBC Market Maven

About Joe

Dr. Joe Duarte is the best-selling author of Options Trading for Dummies, The Everything Guide to Investing in Your 20s & 30s, and Day Trading 101. He is a former money manager, active trader, and investor with 35-plus years of experience. You can find Joe’s momentum stock and option picks at the Smart Money Passport and his long-term income-producing picks and low-risk options trades at the Weekender Portfolio.

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LEN: How I'm Trading this Homebuilding Stock

For the third time in five quarters, homebuilder Lennar Corp. (LEN) missed its earnings and told analysts it’s “recalibrating” its operations. Of course, the contrarian take may be that Lennar’s troubles are a sign of capitulation and that things may improve from here, advises Joe Duarte, editor of Joe’s Weekender Portfolio.

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TRADING

Tickers: LEN

HD: A Housing Sector Bellwether that Offers Solid Value

The stock market is nearing a major decision point whose outcome will likely define the next several months of trading action. Since there are areas of the market which are starting to register positive money flows, I am putting some well-targeted money to work. That brings me to Home Depot Inc. (HD), notes Joe Duarte, editor of Joe’s Weekend Portfolio.

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RETAIL

Tickers: HD

SPX: Why a Big Move May be Setting Up – and Which Key Sector to Watch

On the surface, trading volume is down and the summer doldrums are here. But don’t be fooled. A big move is setting up. You can see it in the steady squeezing of the Bollinger Bands around the NYSE Advance Decline Line (NYAD), the S&P 500 Index (^SPX), and the 10-year Treasury yield, observes Joe Duarte, editor of Joe’s Weekender Portfolio.

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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS

Tickers: SMH, SPX

Big Tech Strengthens as the Market's Breadth Gets Clobbered

Interest rate sensitive and big tech stocks are seeing positive money flows, but the market’s breadth is suddenly crashing as bond yields test their recent lows, states Joe Duarte, editor of In the Money Options.

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TECHNOLOGY

Tickers: MMM, SPX, VIX

Joe's Videos

Technical Signal for Options Traders

Joe Duarte says that the current bull market is overbought (prior to correction) and that the are some risks like Coronavirus that need to be monitored.

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OPTIONS

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Secret of Options? Picking Good Stocks

Joe Duarte his in-the-money options strategies. Duarte stresses the importance of keeping things simple and the importance of selecting good underlying stocks in trading options.

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OPTIONS

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Joe's Books

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Trading Options For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))

Trading Options For Dummies helps you choose the right options based on your investing needs. It will show you how to weigh the costs and benefits, build a strategy to gain no matter the market conditions, and broaden your retirement portfolio with index, equity, and ETF options.  

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The Everything Guide to Investing in Your 20s & 30s

All you need to know about investing safely and smartly, with new information on the latest options—from cryptocurrencies to social media IPOs—in this comprehensive and updated guide to understanding the current market, setting realistic goals, and achieving financial success.  

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In the Money Options

Joe Duarte has designed and fully tested a select group of easy to follow and deploy option strategies coupled with on- point stock and ETF picks focusing primarily in the biotech, healthcare, and technology sectors.

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