Big Printin’ 6/30/15: $AMD, $BHI, $STX, $WMT

June 30, 2015 by Dan • Education

Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Tuesday’s trading: 1. WMT – made a new intra-day 52 week low and is quickly approaching massive long term support at $70. When the …

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Name That Trade – $TGT Practice

June 30, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

As goes the U.S. consumer, so goes the U.S. economy.  Bur trying to decipher the strength of the U.S. consumer by merely looking at some of the top performers in the retail space (what we …

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MorningWord 6/30/15: Another $AAPL Turnover

June 30, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Apple is hoping that today is the day you rethink how you purchase, collate, store, interact and most importantly listen to music.  Apple did this once before with the iPod and iTunes in the early …

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Big Printin’ 6/29/15: $AAL, $SPY, $XLU

June 29, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Monday’s trading: 1. AAL – about an hour before the close a trader paid $4.55 for 30,000 Jan 40 calls and sold …

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Considering Our Options – $CAT Nip

June 29, 2015 by CC • Education

A couple weeks back we entered a trade in Caterpillar (CAT) with the idea that we could fade a recent bounce to resistance while financing a bearish earnings trade in August expiration. Here was the trade from …

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Big Printin’ 6/26/15: $ASHR, $BHI, $MU

June 29, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Friday’s trading: 1. BHI – saw a large opening put buyer when the stock was 61.58 a trader paid .90 for 11,500 of the Oct …

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