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    Realizing A Healthy Profit With JP Morgan's Earnings Call

    Tue, 01/03/2012 - 12:12 EDT - Seeking Alpha
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    • Kevin M. O'Brien
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    By Kevin M. O'Brien:My favorite time of the year is January when earnings season kicks in. It is January when I make huge profits trading earnings with my strategies that are neutral-based. I would say this month alone accounts for 33% of my profits for the entire year, aside from my daily options trading strategy, which you can read here. Last month, I wrote two separate articles on Oracle (ORCL) and Research In Motion (RIMM) 'reverse iron condor' earnings trades that worked to perfection. You can view those trades here and here.In my last earnings article on Seeking Alpha, I highlighted Mosaic (MOS) and Monsanto's (MON) earnings, which come out this week (January 3- 6). As I mentioned in the previous article, I will be working with a $20,000.00 portfolio that is used strictly for earnings trades. The account value (regardless of how the Mosaic and Monsanto trades perform) is currently atComplete Story »

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