Electronic Arts (EA) Offering Possible 8.11% Return Over the Next 29 Calendar Days

Electronic Arts's most recent trend suggests a bullish bias. One trading opportunity on Electronic Arts is a Bull Put Spread using a strike $90.00 short put and a strike $80.00 long put offers a potential 8.11% return on risk over the next 29 calendar days. Maximum profit would be generated if the Bull Put Spread were to expire worthless, which would occur if the stock were above $90.00 by expiration. The full premium credit of $0.75 would be kept by the premium seller. The risk of $9.25 would be incurred if the stock dropped below the $80.00 long put strike price.

The 5-day moving average is moving up which suggests that the short-term momentum for Electronic Arts is bullish and the probability of a rise in share price is higher if the stock starts trending.

The 20-day moving average is moving up which suggests that the medium-term momentum for Electronic Arts is bullish.

The RSI indicator is at 53.34 level which suggests that the stock is neither overbought nor oversold at this time.

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Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:09:34 +0000
The past six months have been tough ones for video-game stocks like Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO) and Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI).Source: Via RockstarActivision shares are off nearly 50% from their September peak, while Take-Two stock is down about 35% during the same time period. Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) has lost nearly a third of its value even after rebounding strongly from December's lows. * 7 Small-Cap Stocks That Make the Grade And to be fair, much of the stocks' plunge was deserved. Most of these names were overextended by the middle of last year, and investors were shocked to see just how easily the free online game Fortnite came out of nowhere and was so disruptive to the status quo.InvestorPlace – Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading TipsEverything about the video-game market is fluid, though, including its stocks. This dip, however, is an opportunity to step into the smallest but arguably the best-of-breed in the business… Take-Two stock. 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EA now offers subscription-based access to PC-only games via its Origin Access program, while Microsoft now enables subscribers to its Game Pass service to access PC-based games.TTWO has tiptoed down the same path too, although not as much as its competitors. Over the course of the past three quarters, 85% of its revenue came from console players.It's a detail some investors find interesting, if not outright concerning. There's a method to Take-Two's madness, though.Rather than spreading its wings too far, the company has thus far focused on what it knows it does best: making great console games.A PC version of Grand Theft Auto V was eventually released, but it wasn't a priority. Meanwhile, although there are rumors that a PC version of Red Dead Redemption 2 will be released, it also doesn't appear to be a priority for the company.The strategy is effective and positive for Take-Two stock, even if it ultimately limits the company's top line. Staying in the Good Graces of GamersMost investors who aren't avid video-game players may not realize it, but regular players will readily recognize another not-so-subtle shift in the gaming business: the advent of in-game purchases called microtransactions. The latter phenomenon has grown from being a fun and easy way to enhance game-play for a couple bucks to a full-blown profit center in and of itself.The matter reached a fever-pitched frenzy in late-2017, after EA launched a new game. Gamers quickly learned the hard way that to be able to use some of the coolest weaponry or play as some of the coolest characters required either a massive amount of playing time or $80. That's more than buying the game cost.In-game purchases haven't gone away since then. Although most game developers have pushed them less aggressively recently, they're still a problem. 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