1. GS beat and looks like a good quarter all around, Stock trading up almost 2.00 in the Pre-market…..Not that impressive, IF GS FAILS WATCH OUT BELOW……remember JPM and BAC opened up and then failed …
Continue readingINTC reports Q1 earnings tonight after the bell, the options market is implying ~3.5% move (this obviously crept a little yesterday) vs the 8 qtr average of ~2.9%. -expectations are fairly low going into the quarter, …
Continue readingOn Friday as prior to BAC’s late day collapse, I suggested selling out of the APR Puts that were to expire in a few hours into a May 13/12 Put Spread, which I did for .25 when the stock was above 13.00.
Continue readingLast Thursday I suggested taking a bearish shot into Citi’s earnings by Buying the C Apr21 weekly 4.5 Puts for .13…..well the earnings were out this morning and the stock is up (not really sure …
Continue readingOn Friday I posted on VXX, thought VIX at 15 was just stupid, I bought some VERY short dated VXX calls the Apr21 Weekly calls for .37 (actually lower as a I bought them all …
Continue readingI for one spend a lot of time focusing on large cap names, largely for the same reason most institutional traders do, liquidity. While there are plenty of great opportunities to invest in, or …
Continue readingCompany Earnings Implied 8 Qtr Avg Ticker Date Time Move (approx) Move (approx) TXN 18-Apr 4:30 1.50% 2.50% HOG 19-Apr Bef-Mkt 4.50% 7.50% GS 19-Apr Bef-Mkt 3.50% 2.70% INTC 19-Apr 4:00 3.20% 2.90% JNPR 19-Apr …
Continue readingWell I got the title of that post From March 28th right! There definitely was some more downside….Market still under-appreciates a whole host of risks (commentary below) in my opinion, and with some of the …
Continue readingUPDATE April 15, 2011 @ 8:30am: BAC reported generally disappointing, but not unexpected Q1 results this morning. Conference call starts now and the stock is actually trading up a little in the pre-market (I expect …
Continue readingUPDATE April 15, 2011 @ 8:07 am: GOOG is trading down about 5.5% this morning in the pre-market following disappointing earnings in Q1. The move on the open will be slightly more than what the …
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