I didn’t expect it to happen this quickly. But the fact that negative currency headwinds for U.S. multinationals has already trumped the benefit of lower input costs from the collapse in industrial commodities is quite …
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Event: Apple (AAPL) reports its fiscal Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 5% one day move (and weekly move of about 6%) which is a tad shy of …
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Here is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Monday’s trading: 1. C – saw some way out of the money call buying in the morning when stock was 48.52, a trader …
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As a part time market pundit there are few investing crutches that I hear that make me cringe the way “the stock is cheap” does. Stocks are cheap for a lot of reasons. And stocks …
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Procter & Gamble (PG) reports their fiscal Q2 results tomorrow before the open, the options market is implying about a 1.7% one day move which is a tad shy of the 1.9% 4 qtr avg. …
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Microsoft reports their fiscal Q2 results tonight after the close, the options market is implying a one day move of about 2.5% which is greater than the 4 qtr avg of only about 1.25%. The …
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The conventional investment wisdom for the last six years has been “Don’t Fight The Fed.” In hindsight those with blind faith in the Fed outperformed those who viewed the unprecedented monetary policy with a dose of …
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Here is some untied, generally directional options activity that caught my eye during Friday’s trading: 1. BABA – when stock was $104.50 a trader sold 5,000 Feb 6th 110 weekly calls at 1.59 and bought 4800 Feb 6th …
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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 Jan 20th to Jan 23th:
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After the close Tuesday Apple (AAPL) will report their fiscal Q1 results. The options market is pricing about a 4.5% one day move in either direction, which is a tad shy of the 5.35% 4 …
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