Back in early May, we placed a bullish trade in Pandora (P) as we felt the stock was a tad oversold from its recent highs, and the rumored acquisition of Beats by Apple could place the …
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Last night NKE reported a fairly solid quarter, highlighted by slight beats to consensus on eps, sales, gross margins and futures orders (albeit against mildly lowered guidance in March that caused the stock to decline 5% …
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The tech sector dominated the single stock options volume yesterday. TWTR was the major standout, breaking above the $40 level for the first time since April. 1. TWTR – Calls traded 3x the average one month …
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Valero is down almost 10% this week after a huge volume day yesterday. I detailed the large options volume and reason behind the move in this morning’s TMO post: VLO – Stock declined to its lowest …
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After a string of success, our most recent trade in the VIX was a loser (full post here). However, the process behind this trade is more important than its most recent outcome. We hit an …
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A few weeks ago we made a defined risk contrarian bullish trade in EBAY, predicated on the belief that the stock could rally into their Q2 earnings scheduled for July 16th. At the time we …
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Last night Bed Bath and Beyond reported a disappointing fiscal Q1 and offered guidance below analysts expectations, the stock is down about 8% in the pre-market, making new 52 week lows. In a Name That …
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The energy sector was the most active for the second straight day, as XLE bounced back after its heavy selling on Tuesday. Outside of energy, options volumes were lighter than the average over the past …
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We’ve received several questions in the past week asking for our thoughts on Google. The company’s developers conference (Google I/O 2014) kicks off today (CNBC’s live blog of the event is here). The options market is …
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A few weeks ago I made a slightly bullish play in QCOM looking to finance the purchase of out of the money calls in QCOM, hoping to play for a breakout into and out of …
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