VIX spot fell almost 2 points yesterday, with the entire VIX futures curve down more than 1 point. That’s a huge move for VIX futures. Especially with payrolls today, and elections on Tuesday. Most interesting …
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After taking a long hard look at SBUX into tonight’s print, I come to the conclusion that it is kind of hard to press the short given the current set up. While some of the competitive data …
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Event: SBUX reports fiscal Q4 earnings tonight after the close, the options market is implying about a 5.3% move on earnings* vs the 4 qtr avg move of about 5.6%. *the Nov 2nd weekly 46.50 …
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Dan laid out a strong two-way bull / bear debate on LNKD in the preview earlier today. From a growth perspective, LNKD is the creme de la creme of the internet companies, and one of …
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Event: PCLN reports fiscal Q3 earnings tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 8.5% move, vs. the 4 qtr avg move of 9.25% and the 8 qtr avg move of about 8.25%. …
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Event: LNKD reports Q3 earnings after the close tonight, the options market is implying about a 11% move vs the ~9.5% avg over the last 5 qtrs since going public in 2011.
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MorningWord 11/01/12: Yesterday’s trading felt a bit like the day after Thanksgiving, or Christmas Eve, few participants, light volumes and whippy action (less the holiday cheer of course). If you missed it most of the …
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I mentioned in yesterday morning’s wrap that the SPX index hadn’t moved in a week. However, in that period, we’ve had several days where there have been big underlying single stock moves. In other words, …
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