Chinese internet stocks have been ablaze in 2013. They really found their stride this summer, though signs of strength were evident in the spring. We covered the sector in our Macro Wrap in mid-June, with …
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Light stock and options volumes for the 3rd straight day. AAPL – Weekly calls were the most active lines, with the 550 and 530 strike calls trading the highest volume. Stock is essentially unchanged in the …
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As I stated in our quarterly preview (below) and the Name That Trade post from earlier this afternoon (here), the Sept 23rd statement from the company suggesting that revenues and gross margins will be at …
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We wanted to quickly lay out a couple yield enhancement strategies for long holders of AAPL heading into tonight’s Q4 print. As I stated in our quarterly preview (below), the Sept 23rd statement from …
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Event: LNKD reports its Q3 earnings tomorrow after the close. The options market is implying about a 9% one day move, which is below both the 4 qtr avg of about 11.25% and the 8 …
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MorningWord 10/28/13: On a daily basis I scroll about 200 large cap one year charts of stocks that I trade. I use this scroll to get a quick sense for where stocks have been and …
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With the major averages seemingly making new all time highs on a daily basis (the Russell 2000 Index is up more than 30% in 2013 & the S&P 500 is up more than 23%), concerns about …
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No major theme in Friday’s options volumes. MSFT – Stock neared its high of the year, and ended up 6%. The Nov 37 calls and the Jan14 40 calls both traded over 25k, as traders looked …
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Event: AAPL will report their fiscal Q4 earnings Monday after the close. The options market is implying about a 6%* one day move vs the 4 qtr avg of ~4.66% (which is a tad misleading …
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Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was Oct 21st – Oct 25th:
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