July 21, 2017 by Dan • Trade Ideas

McDonald’s (MCD) is scheduled to report their Q2 earnings this coming Tuesday, July 25 prior to the open. The options market is implying about a 3% move in either direction, which is shy of the …

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July 21, 2017 by CC • Trade Updates

Last week, we previewed MSFT earnings (announced after the close last night). We detailed two trade ideas, one bullish and the other a bearish/hedge. With the stock slightly higher from entry, and down barely on …

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July 21, 2017 by CC • Trade Updates

Yesterday we previewed Visa (V) earnings and detailed a mildly bullish spread, looking for the stock to go higher, but find some resistance at 100. Following the report the stock did just that, now trading …

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July 20, 2017 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Visa (V) will report their fiscal Q3 results tonight after the close.The options market is implying about a $3 move in either direction tomorrow, or about 3.3%, which is rich to its 2.35% average one-day …

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July 19, 2017 by Dan • Trade Ideas

I’ll keep this simple, on a couple occasions over the last couple years I have owned AT&T (T), usually looking to add some yield (by overwriting) to a stock that already has a killer dividend …

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July 19, 2017 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Shares of Facebook (FB) made a new all time closing high yesterday, and following through today, placing the stock up 42% on the year and resulting in a nearly $150 billion ytd market cap gain. …

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July 18, 2017 by Dan • Trade Ideas

On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC, my-panelist Carter Braxton Worth of Cornerstone Research laid out a contrarian bullish technical case for oil stocks, expressing this view through the Energy Select etf XLE, watch here: I am not …

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July 18, 2017 by Dan • Trade Ideas

After the close tonight, IBM will report its Q2 earnings. The options market is implying about a 4.4% one day move tomorrow which is rich to the average of about 2% over the last four …

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