Here is some large siazable options activity that caught my eye in today’s trading: XOP: the S&P Oil & Gas etf was down more than 2% as Crude Oil has one of its worst days in …
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Back in September we looked at the near term prospects for higher bond yields after U.S. Treasuries had just come off of historic lows and the likelihood that at least one rate increase by the FOMC …
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Regular readers know that most of our trade/ investment ideas start with something fundamental, usually some sort of catalyst, or relative valuation etc, but we also like to use as many inputs as possible to help formulate …
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You know the drill… BOJ, Fed, Oct Jobs this week. Election next. I suspect BOJ surprises to the downside on less than expected commitment to monetary stimulus, but will be muted. I expect the Fed …
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The S&P 500 (SPX) took a brief hit this afternoon after the FBI announced to Congress they are reviewing new emails recovered from then Secretary Clinton’s private email server. After the quick 1% drop, the …
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Event: Facebook (FB) reports Q3 results on Wednesday November 2nd after the close. The options market is implying a little less than 6% one day move, which is equivalent to about $23 billion in market capitalization. The stock …
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AT&T (T) had a newsy week, starting off with their $85.4 billion bid for Time Warner (TWX) followed by their Q3 earnings report which might have highlighted their reason for attempting such a transformative acquisition. …
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Yesterday in this space I did a little compare and contrast between expectations into Amazon.com (AMZN) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Q3 earnings due out last night (here). In a nutshell, I emphasized: AMZN is likely the one …
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Here is some apparently untied directional options trades that caught my eye in today’s trading: TSLA: Shares of Tesla opened up 5% following Q3 results that showed a small profit, only its second in history. …
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Earlier we highlighted the implied move in the options market (along with a few other fun facts) for Alpabet’s (GOOGL) Q3 results due out after the close. The options market is predicting about a 5% …
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