Facebook dominated options volumes following the company’s Q3 results and guidance which left investors a bit clueless to say the least. The stock this morning opened down 5% and then rocked to be up almost …
Continue readingProcter and Gamble is old school Americana, one the largest consumer staples companies in the world. The stock has had a nice run in 2013, up 20%, which is quite large for a boring old …
Continue readingFB stock has been spastic ever since its earnings report yesterday afternoon. We decided to put on an earnings trade in FB ahead of the event after considering the many push/pull fundamental and technical factors …
Continue readingI know lately we sound a bit like a broken record with some of these high-flying momentum names but while day-traders are having a field day with the volatility, both up an down, we are …
Continue readingMorningWord 10/31/13: Prior to the FOMC’s rate decision yesterday, major U.S. equity indices were in a fairly familiar place in the morning, at new or matched all time highs. As Enis detailed in his MacroWrap …
Continue readingYesterday’s FOMC release was not much of a surprise. I viewed the broad price action (stocks, bonds, commodities down, dollar up) following yesterday’s release as more likely due to complacent positioning than a real reaction …
Continue readingFB dominated options volumes ahead of earnings. Stock is currently up around 2% in the pre-market. FB – The Nov15th expiry 70 calls and the Nov15th 60 calls were the 2 most active lines (top 5 …
Continue readingI have a confession to make, I have no clue what to do here as it relates to equities. While this many not be a huge surprise to some of my fans on Twitter (I …
Continue readingFacebook’s performance over the last 4 months has been absolutely remarkable, adding more than $60 billion in market cap in less than half a year. And really, most of the fundamental shift rested on a …
Continue readingSODA was one of our favorite stocks on the long side in 2013 (see here, here, and here). We haven’t traded the stock in more than 2 months, but today’s price action caught my attention. …
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