Schlumberger's most recent trend suggests a bearish bias. One trading opportunity on Schlumberger is a Bear Call Spread using a strike $92.50 short call and a strike $97.50 long call offers a potential 12.11% return on risk over the next 26 calendar days. Maximum profit would be generated if the Bear Call Spread were to expire worthless, which would occur if the stock were below $92.50 by expiration. The full premium credit of $0.54 would be kept by the premium seller. The risk of $4.46 would be incurred if the stock rose above the $97.50 long call strike price.
The 5-day moving average is moving down which suggests that the short-term momentum for Schlumberger is bearish and the probability of a decline in share price is higher if the stock starts trending.
The 20-day moving average is moving down which suggests that the medium-term momentum for Schlumberger is bearish.
The RSI indicator is at 41.46 level which suggests that the stock is neither overbought nor oversold at this time.
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Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:01:34 GMT
optionMONSTER – Energy is coming back to life, and the paper is flowing in Schlumberger. optionMONSTER's Heat Seeker monitoring program detected the purchase of 5,000 January 92.50 calls for $2.08 and the sale of an equal …
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