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Kevin Matras

Vice President of Zacks Investment Research
Kevin Matras is a Vice President at Zacks Investment Research, where he is the fundamental stock screening and technical chart patterns expert. He heads the Research Wizard Division at Zacks, which focuses on stock screening and backtesting. Matras also runs the Chart Patterns Trader service, ...more
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3 Screening Strategies Crushing The Market This Year
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 5:47 AM EDT
What a year so far, and we're barely only 6 months in. After one of the worst starts to the market ever, plunging more than -11% in just 2 short months, the market just as quickly made it all back and then some.
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5 Careful Ways To Win With Options
Friday, April 15, 2016 6:00 AM EDT
Did you know that in spite of all the volatility in the markets as of late (or maybe partly because of it), the growth in options trading has continued to rise?
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Get Ready To Be Surprised This Earnings Season
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 4:58 AM EDT
With earnings season having officially begun this week, we're going to see both positive surprises and negative surprises.
In this article: JBT, BANC, AAON, TECD, META
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Making Money If You Have A Neutral To Bearish Outlook
Friday, February 19, 2016 4:58 AM EDT
A Bear Call Spread is used when you have a neutral to negative view on a stock. While this strategy has a limited risk, it also has a limited reward.
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Buying Puts To Protect Profits & Hedge Risk
Friday, February 12, 2016 2:40 PM EDT
There are many different ways to protect profits and hedge risk in a winning stock. You can use a stop loss order, write call options, buy put options, and more. We're going to talk about buying puts, and compare that to using stops.
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Explosive Stocks Under $10
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 7:57 PM EDT
There can be a place for cheaper stocks in your portfolio sometimes. Here are 5 stocks with big potential.
In this article: MWW, EMKR, ELNK, CWST, CHGG
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Ratio Back Call Spreads For Big Moves
Thursday, July 16, 2015 10:30 PM EDT
Ratio Back Call Spreads are a strategy I seldom hear anybody talk about. But they can be a great way to position yourself in a trade if you think something big could happen.
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Get Ready To Be Surprised This Earnings Season - July 8, 2015
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 9:54 AM EDT
With earnings season set to officially begin on July 8th, this is a good screen to use both before and after a company reports.
In this article: FIX, HELE, JLL, PEB, SKX
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5 Careful Ways To Win With Options
Friday, June 5, 2015 3:37 AM EDT
Did you know that in spite of all the volatility in the markets as of late (or maybe partly because of it), the growth in options trading has continued to rise?
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3 Foolproof Solutions For Options Mistakes
Saturday, March 7, 2015 3:16 PM EDT
With the market going up, there will be an increasingly larger number of people buying call options on those stocks they expect to go up even further. However, there will also be an increasingly larger number of people losing money on those very same call options.
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Option Profits Are Determined By This
Thursday, February 12, 2015 6:57 PM EDT
Understanding intrinsic value is important so you can determine your potential profit and loss scenarios.
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A Company's First Profit Can Mean Big Profits To Investors
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 7:32 AM EDT
With earnings season having just begun, now is a great time to take a look at my 'First Profit' stock screen. The concept for this one is to find companies that have recently shown their first quarterly profit within the last year.
In this article: OPHT, XNPT, OSUR, INCY, AGIO
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Winning With Option Volatility
Thursday, December 11, 2014 11:49 PM EDT
Putting on an option solely because of volatility would be a mistake. But understanding how volatility affects your premium is important. Volatility can also tip you off that something big might be getting ready to happen.
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Why The P/S Ratio Is My Favorite Valuation Metric
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 8:44 PM EDT
Screen of the week: Price to Sales ratio.
In this article: KR, HA, AMED, SYKE, CDW
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The Right Way To Find Growth And Value Stocks
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 6:51 PM EDT
Focus on companies with the highest growth rates AND the lowest P/E ratios, all at the same time.
In this article: AIG, GT, PPC, UIHC, MU
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Get Ready To Be Surprised This Earnings Season
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 5:04 PM EDT
Not all earnings surprises are created equal.
In this article: SIMO, STON, WLDN, MACK, MNK
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