Earlier we highlighted the implied move in the options market (along with a few other fun facts) for Amazon.com’s (AMZN) Q3 results due out after the close: The options market is predicting about a 7% …
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Alphabet (GOOGL) and Amazon.com (AMZN) report Q3 results tonight after the close. Their combined market capitalizations are nearly $1 trillion, almost 20% of the weight of the Nasdaq 100 (NDX). The two companies have gained …
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Here is some apparently untied directional options trades that caught my eye in today’s trading: AAPL: shares of AAPL are down 2.5% as I write (read my analysis of the quarter and guidance here from …
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Yesterday we previewed Apple’s (AAPL) fiscal 4Q earnings and offered some trade ideas for those with existing positioning or a directional inclination into the print. We now want to recap those ideas and discuss how they fared and how …
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Event: Texas Instruments (TXN) reports Q3 results tonight after the bell. The options market is implying about a 4% one day post earnings move, which is essentially in line with the 4 qtr avg one …
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Event: Tesla (TSLA) reports Q3 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 6% one day post earnings move, which is essentially in line with their 4 qtr average one day …
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Apple (AAPL) reported their fiscal Q4 results last night. In a quarter whose last two weeks benefited from pre-orders and initial sales of their highly anticipated iPhone 7 & 7+, the company’s press release instead highlighted …
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Here was some large possibly directional options trades that caught my eye in today’s trading: GM: Shares of General Motors are having one of their worst days in months, down 4.25% following Q3 results that …
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Earlier we previewed Apple’s (AAPL) fiscal 4Q earnings, due after the bell. Now we’want to detail a few options strategies for existing holders, and one for those looking for defined risk long exposure. First we want to detail a …
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Event: Apple (AAPL) reports their fiscal Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 4% move in either direction, which is shy to the average of 5.85% over the last …
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