June 29, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Over the last few weeks, we have had a few things to say about the underperformance year to date from stocks in the banking sector (read here and here).  On the desk on CNBC’s Fast …

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June 28, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Nike (NKE) will report their fiscal Q4 results today after the close. The options market is implying about a 5% move in either direction which is in line with its 10-year average one-day post-earnings move, …

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June 27, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Tomorow after the close, the Federal Reserve will announce the results of their annual stress tests, known as CCAR, that they conduct on all major banking institutions to gauge their resilience in the face of …

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June 27, 2018 by CC • Trade Updates

In March we checked in on the Semiconductor space a couple times, with some events on the docket from large omponents like Micron (MU) and Applied Materials (AMAT). After detailing an initial short biased trade …

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June 26, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Shares of Lennar (LEN) are up 6% as I write after the company reported better than expected earnings this morning, with their executive Chairman Stuart Miller suggesting: “Concerns about rising interest rates and construction costs …

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June 25, 2018 by Dan • Trade Updates

On Friday June 15th I detailed a bearish strategy in the FXI, the etf that tracks large-cap Chinese stocks (read here: YUAN TRADE WAR?) suggesting… looking at the FXI, the iShares Large Cap China etf, …

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June 25, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC my co-panelist Mike Khouw took a look at Nike (NKE) into their fQ3 print Thursday afternoon, watch here: The options market is implying about a 5% move in either direction …

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June 22, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Starbucks (SBUX) is down about 10% on the week following Wednesday night’s preannouncement calling for global same-store sales to come in well below the 2.9% expectation for the quarter at just 1%, citing weakness not …

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June 22, 2018 by CC • Trade Updates

In mid May we checked in on emerging market stocks and detailed a way to position for the etf EEM to break support at some point this summer. Here was the original trade, a put …

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