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. Gang there are several stocks I trade all the time, what I have learned is that you should get to know (like a person) a few good stocks! Learn their behavior, they’re charts, is they’re business Cyclical or secular, and do you know what they do, use their products/service…believe me you will do so well if you focus on a key group of certain stocks.
Now you can also stray from the pack as I do, and try something I really get a good feel on, but to be honest. I have a group of about 10-15 my favs.
Here they are
GOOG
BIDU
RIMM
AAPL
AMZN
POT
MA
GS
WYNN
XOM

One thing you really notice is they all have a ATR that is higher than allot of stock, that’s average true range
The True Range indicator is the greatest of the following:
-current high less the current low.
-the absolute value of the current high less the previous close.
-the absolute value of the current low less the previous close.

The Average True Range is a moving average (generally 14-days) of the True Ranges.

I like things that move large strikes and in large volume. And always remember to pick stocks with lots of volume as those will have more O. I. or open interest. That is the number of contracts open on an option position and that remember is important in getting in and out of an option. Remember my rule is no less than 500 O.I.

Now of course during earnings I may pick up some strange ones, but I like to know them as I do people.
I will be adding new ones on and off and you can just click on the Stock I watch once a day :) ))

Master card Bull call spread, as MA moves about 10% during earnings (not all of the time) here are the spreads I chose to do

MA BUY NOV CALL 230
MA SELL NOV CALL 240
Debit = 2.50
Strike 10 difference minus debit is 7.50 possible reward 7.20

MA BUY NOV PUT 210
MA SELL NOV PUT 190
Debit = 2.80
strike =10 difference minus debit is 7.20

Or you can put the 2 together and you have an Iron Condor (why would you choose this, you have a great chance to make 50% on your investment in one day :) BTW what does the graph look like a Condor :)
Mastercard Iron Condor