Earlier, Dan previewed the FB earnings event and looked at some hypothetical overlays for existing longs. You can read that here. As we said earlier, the options market is implying a one day move of …
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Michael Kors (KORS) reports earnings on February 5th prior to the open. The options market is implying about an 8% one day move, which shockingly has been about the average move since the company reported …
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Facebook (FB) reports their Q4 results after the close, the options market is implying a one day move of a little less than 7%. With the stock at 77, the Jan30th weekly expiration 77 straddle is offered at …
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Earlier I gave a few anecdotal thoughts on AAPL’s Q1 results and Q2 guidance and some thoughts on the true believer mentality of retail investors. There was nothing about the report that said SHORT, but …
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AAPL’s fiscal Q1 was nothing short of a blowout, and the Q2 guidance which seemed inline-ish would have been a lot stronger if not for the negative effects of foreign exchange. This was not unexpected. …
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Usually in this space I highlight directional options activity that I find interesting in the prior day’s trading, but this morning I want to focus on a few situations that may be helpful to understand how we …
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Well, you know the deal, its Apple Day, so we are gonna over do it on posts. Early this morning I previewed AAPL’s fiscal Q1 report (at bottom of post) and just a bit ago …
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Earlier this morning I previewed AAPL’s Q1 report due out after the close (below). I wanted to quickly follow up with some trade ideas given the sharp rise in short dated options prices. In …
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Going into the ECB QE we looked at the idea that the rally in U.S. treasuries was possibly long in the tooth and a reversal could be in the cards for TLT. We expressed that …
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Yesterday we made a bearish play into PG’s Q2 results reported this am (read below). With the stock down after the miss we are going to take the quick profit and move on. But this …
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