March 2012 – Page 2 – RiskReversal

New Trade: Best Buy (BBY)

March 28, 2012 by CC • Commentary

Previous Post from Monday March 26th: New Trade Below BBY ($27.37) reports its Fiscal Q4 earnings Thursday March 29th before the open. -The options market is implying about a 5.5% move vs the trailing 8 qtr …

What’s the Story?

March 28, 2012 by CC • Commentary

CNBC New orders for U.S. manufactured goods rose less than expected in February and a gauge of future business investment also fell short of forecasts, Commerce Department data showed on Wednesday. Durable goods orders rose …

MorningWord: 3/28/12

March 28, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/28/12: Thank goodness the European leaders feel that their crisis is” almost over”, just as China’s “slowing growth crisis” is about to begin. There has obviously been a lot of debate for the last few …

RIMM Earnings: Vol Skew and the Death Rattle

March 27, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

RIMM reports it’s fiscal Q4 Thursday March 29th after the close. The options market is implying about a 12% move on earnings which is cheap to it’s 4 qtr avg move of about 15% and basically …

VIX: I’ll just say one word: ‘Icarus’. If you get it, great. If you don’t, that’s fine too. But you should probably read more.

March 27, 2012 by CC • Education

With the VIX around 15 and drifting lower on alot of recent days as the market makes new highs it seems a good time to discuss option premium and low vol environments. The first thing …

What’s the Story?

March 27, 2012 by CC • Commentary

Marketwatch Home prices in the U.S. fell for the fifth month in a row in January to the lowest level since early 2003, a closely followed index showed on Tuesday. The S&P/Case-Shiller 20-city composite index …

MorningWord: 3/27/12

March 27, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/27/12: Pre-opening yesterday morning, with the S&P futures up 60bps and the DAX up more than 1%, I suggested that all eyes would be on last week’s intra-day high of 1414 in the SPX …

BBY: Fiscal Q4 Report March 29th, We Take A Look, Trade to Come

March 26, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

BBY ($27.37) reports it’s Fiscal Q4 earnings Thursday March 29th before the open. -The options market is implying about a 5.5% move vs the trailing 8 qtr average move of about 7.85%. What’s interesting about the price …

What’s the Story?

March 26, 2012 by CC • Commentary

Bloomberg Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernankesaid accommodative monetary policy is still needed to spur jobs. Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and Dell Inc. (DELL) advanced at least 1.4 percent to pace gains among the …

MorningWord: 3/26/12

March 26, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

MorningWord: 3/26/12: As I write at 9am, Fed Chairman Bernanke just got done speaking and the the S&P futures reacted positively, up about 5 pts since the headlines of his text hit at 8am: *BERNANKE SAYS ACCOMMODATION …

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