Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed, expired and considered (Name That Trades) in the week that was Nov 24th – Nov 28th:
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Like most of you, I am Thankful, for a loving family, pretty good health and being born in America. But beyond that, to proclaim being thankful for anything material, I’d sound like nothing short of an A-hole. I …
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Not a surprise that options volumes were near their lows of the past year ahead of Thanksgiving. VIX spot touched 12 on Wednesday for the first time since September. 1. XLE – Dec5th expiration puts were …
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TLT has actually outperformed SPY in 2014. That’s quite a feat considering we’ve had another double digit percentage gain year-to-date for the S&P 500 index. TLT has been in a very steady uptrend since its …
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Pandora has been a controversial stock in 2014. After gaining more than 50% by early March, making new all time highs, the stock has since fallen about 55% and is within 10% of the recent …
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The S&P 500 index has not closed down by more than 0.35% since Oct. 22nd. 10 day realized volatility remained below 5. I discussed the volatility backdrop in yesterday’s CotD post. 1. AAPL – Highest volume …
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Mobileye (MBLY) is one of the most successful IPOs of 2014, gaining 84% since its July 31st offering. The stock now sports a market cap of almost $10 billion. There is no doubt about it, the …
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Event: HPQ reports its fiscal Q4 earnings today after the close. The options market is implying about a 3.5% one day move, which is quite a bit alower than the 4 qtr avg of about …
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Heading into Thanksgiving, VIX futures have actually held up quite well. That’s especially true considering that SPX 10 day realized volatility has been below 5 for the past 2 weeks, and the S&P 500 index …
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With declining oil prices have come declining solar stocks. There is much debate as to the actual correlation of the solar projects based on the price of crude. Sitting on the Fast Money desk the …
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