On the final day of 2013, I wanted to take a look at some of the biggest market cap internet stocks that have been big winners this year. My hunch is that their start to …
Continue readingBloomberg had a story this morning that caught my eye on IBM, the only stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average that will likely close down on the year, titled, “IBM’s Revenue Slump Turns Stock …
Continue readingCBOE put/call ratio closed below 0.80 for the 7th straight day, the first time that has happened in more than 3 years. 1. DIS – Stock hit a new all-time high yesterday, capping off a very …
Continue readingMark Zuckerberg can count trading as one of his many skills. He sold a good chunk of stock on December 20th at $55.05. FB stock had rallied 20% in the prior 4 weeks, and FB …
Continue readingAs the year comes to an end, many traders/investors like to take a hard look at what transpired in the 12 months past and set a course for the 12 month ahead of them. While …
Continue readingOn December 20th we placed a bet on AAPL closing the year above $550 (below) and structuring the trade in a way that would take advantage of decay over the slow holiday weeks. Here was that …
Continue readingAs reported by the WSJ last night in their story about the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, “Google, Apple Forge Auto Ties“, the battle for your car’s dashboard is on, and between the …
Continue readingLast week was the lowest volume week in 2013, and this week is likely to be another snoozer, with New Year’s Day on Wednesday. Friday options volumes were light, but here were the standouts: 1. …
Continue readingWe want to take the opportunity to thank all of our readers for their support during 2013, a year that saw RiskReversal continue to improve the quality, and quantity of our content while also broadening …
Continue readingJust after the latest FOMC meeting we re-initiated our go to VIX portfolio protection trade with the spot VIX around 13.33. Since then the market has done nothing but rally and the spot VIX has …
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