Michael Khouw

On CNBC's "The Final Call," Carter Worth recommended to reduce exposure to energy and redeploy capital to Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT). Shares of Lockheed Martin have lost almost 5% over the week. Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said he liked Lockheed Martin too. And put...

Homebuilder stocks declined for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday, with U.S. mortgage rates spiking to 5.78%, the highest since 1987. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSE: XHB) traded 5 times its average...

Shares of APA Corp (NASDAQ: APA), the holding company for Apache, have rallied more than 60% year to date. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that APA traded 5.3 times its average daily call volume on Tuesday. Check out other stocks making big moves in...

Shares of NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI) jumped on speculations of a takeover bid from Samsung. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that NXP Semiconductors traded more than six times its average daily call volume on Thursday. Check out other...

On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE: BABA) traded more than five times its average daily volume on Wednesday. Over a million contracts were traded, he added. Check out other tech stocks making big moves in the...

Shares of Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM) has risen by almost 63% year to date. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Exxon Mobil traded more than 2 times its average daily volume on Tuesday. Calls outpaced puts by 2:1, he added. Check out energy stocks...

Amazon.com, Inc’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) 20-for-1 stock split, announced earlier in March, came into effect on Monday. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that Amazon’s options will also be split in the same ratio as the stock split. “So, if...

On CNBC's "The Final Call," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors recommended Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) and International Business Machines Corp (NYSE: IBM), saying that “they’re so bad, they’re good.” Check out other stocks making big moves in the...

Shares of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) jumped almost 5% on Thursday, after Goldman Sachs maintained a Buy rating for the EV maker. Some traders are betting the stock may rise further. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said Tesla was the busiest single-stock...

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) exited May with gains of more than 19%, making it the best performing S&P 500 chip stock. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said that the stock traded 1.5 times its average daily call volume on...

On CNBC's "The Final Call," Carter Worth said he was a seller of consumer staples. Meanwhile, Tony Zhang said that the time had come to buy Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX). Check out other tech stocks moving in the premarket. Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said he was buying puts in...

On CNBC's "The Final Call," Carter Worth said Bitcoin is “ominous” and recommended to “get out of the way.” Tony Zhang said there was downside risk in Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA). He added that he was buying put spreads in both names....

On CNBC's "The Final Call," Carter Worth named Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU). Shares of the company have lost more than 40% year to date. Tony Zhang said, “I’m trying to catch a falling knife” with ARK Innovation ETF (NYSE: ARKK). He added that he was “buying a...

On CNBC's "The Final Call," Carter Worth said, “Gold is money. Everything else is credit.” He recommended JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM). Shares of JPMorgan Chase have lost more than a quarter of their value so far this year. Check out other banking stocks moving in...

Shares of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) tumbled nearly 6% on Thursday amid a broader sell-off in tech stocks. On CNBC's "Options Action," Michael Khouw of Optimize Advisors said the stock traded in big volumes on Thursday. Apple’s stock traded over 1.5 times its average daily call...