Income Opportunity for 130% Option Trade
As income investors, we seek to create consistent monthly income by selling options to collect monthly premiums. This has been successful for our investors for years. Option selling offers another method to diversify investing strategies beyond traditional dividend investing. We have combined technical stock events with our strategy to identify high returns option selling opportunities. This income trade will generate a return of more than 130% annualized.
Stock: Zumiez (ZUMZ) is a leading specialty retailer of apparel, footwear, accessories and hardgoods for young men and women who want to express their individuality through the fashion, music, art and culture of action sports, streetwear, and other unique lifestyles. As of October 28, 2017 it operated 694 stores, including 604 in the United States, 51 in Canada, and 32 in Europe and 7 in Australia. ZUMZ operates under the names Zumiez, Blue Tomato and Fast Times.
ZUMZ announced that total net sales for the four-week period ended October 28, 2017 increased 10.0% to $61.5 million, compared to $55.9 million for the four-week period ended October 29, 2016. The Company’s comparable sales increased 6.6% for the four-week period compared to a comparable sales increase of 10.2% in the year ago period.
Earnings Per Share (EPS) was up 49% compared to the same quarter in the prior year. This tells us the company increased earnings and/or decreased the number of shares.
Return on Equity (ROE) is 8.01% for the latest twelve months. This reflects how efficient the company has been at turning a profit on the money shareholders have invested.
Chart: We have detected a “Symmetrical Continuation Triangle (Bullish)” chart pattern formed on ZUMZ. The stock’s price has broken upward to confirm a classic chart pattern, offering a target price for the intermediate-term in the range of 21.00 to 21.70 for a 19% price increase.
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