Event: GOOG reports its Q4 earnings today after the close. The options market is implying about a 6% one day move, which is essentially in line with the 4 quarter average of 6.35%, and the …
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Back on Jan 20th, the WSJ’s Jon Hilsenrath penned a story suggesting the FOMC would continue their reduction in bond buying at yesterday’s meeting, “Next Cut in Fed Bond Buys Looms” to a mere $65 …
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It’s been high season for Turkey jokes over the past week. I’m Turkish-American, so I’ve heard my fair share of Turkey jokes, though usually around Thanksgiving season rather than early January, and usually related to …
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Macro ETFs once again dominated options volumes as traders were more concerned with portfolio protection than individual stock situations. 1. SPY – The weekly 180 calls were actually the most active line, mostly trading ahead of …
Continue readingIn the last few weeks, we have seen some fairly bad earnings disappointments from components of the Transport sector like KSU in rails, JBHT in trucking and UPS in air and ground. FDX reported their …
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I can honestly tell you that I have never said these three words in succession before in my entire life: Tractor Supply Company. But I just did, from the floor, after falling off of my …
Continue readingEvent: FB reports its Q4 earnings today after the close. The options market is implying about a 10.5% one day move, which is slightly above the 4 quarter average of 9.5%, but below the 6 …
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Event: QCOM reports its fiscal Q1 earnings today after the close. The options market is implying about a 4% one day move, which is in line with the 4 qtr average of about 4.15%, and the …
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Below is our list of the most interesting untied stock, etf and index options activity on the day: 1. INTC – a trader sold 25,000 Jan 15 30/32 call spreads at .21 to close. 2. COH …
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Going into earnings we placed a trade on AAPL (below) that looked to finance a mildly bullish bet over the next few months by selling the earnings week options, basically betting on a small move on …
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