Earlier Dan previewed Apple’s fiscal Q2 results (here) due after the bell. Now we want to detail a couple options trade ideas for those with existing positions who may be interested in hedging, or for those looking …
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On Friday afternoon I previewed a bearish trade in shares of the Technology Select etf, the XLK (below), and discussed on Friday’s Options Action on CNBC: I think I was pretty clear that I wanted to …
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Dan had a detailed preview of Twitter’s Q1 earnings report (due after the bell). The main point is that we have a somewhat agnostic view of the stock into this report but a longer term …
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Event: Apple (AAPL) reports fiscal Q2 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move, which is shy of the implied move prior to their Q1 report in late January of 6.25%, …
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Event: Twitter will report their Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about an 12% one day post earnings move, which is a tad rich to the 4 qtr one day average move …
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Yesterday on CNBC’s Fast Money, infamous bank analyst Dick Bove was critical of Goldman Sachs’ (GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein. In particular, he criticized Goldman’s inability to react to new regulations since the financial crisis. That …
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For week’s now my co-panelist on CNBC’s Options Action, Carter Worth of Cornerstone Macro Research has been making the bullish case for the Biotech stocks, specifically looking at the IBB, the iShares Nasdaq Biotech etf. …
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Event: tomorrow before the open 3M (MMM) reports Q1 results, the options market is implying about a $5.25 move in either direction, or about 3%. The average move one day post earnings over the last …
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Apple (AAPL) reports their fiscal Q1 results tomorrow night after the close. While the stock is flat on the year it is down nearly 7% from its 2016 high made just a couple weeks ago …
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Earlier today I offered some thoughts on Q1 earnings season (read here), but the quick take-away as we finish the second full week of results is that stocks that had low expectations and had not …
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