A few weeks ago Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA) and Disney’s (DIS) boards voted in favor of DIS’s $71 billion bid for most of FOXA’s assets, essentially knocking out a higher bid by cable rival Comcast (CMCSA). During …

Alibaba (BABA), the Chinese e-commerce giant is scheduled to report their FQ1 results on Thursday, August 23rd before the open. The options market is implying about an $11 move in either direction between now and the …

Applied Materials (AMAT) reports their fQ3 results today after the close, the options market is implying about a 5% one day move tomorrow in either direction, which is a tad rich to its four-quarter average …

Cisco Systems (CSCO) will report their fiscal Q4 results after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.5% move tomorrow, which is basically in line with the average one-day post-earnings move over the last …

Semiconductor stocks (as measured by the SMH, the etf that tracks the group) have nearly doubled the performance of the Nasdaq Composite (CCMP) and more than doubled the S&P 500 (SPX) since the start of 2016, …

Back in mid-May, we detailed a bearish strategy in the etf that tracks emerging market stocks, EEM (Emerging Volatility?) addressing  commentary from the WSJ on the on the impact of rising U.S. rates for emerging …

Walmart (WMT) will report their Q2 results on Thursday, August 16th before the market open. The options market is implying about a 4% one day move, which is rich to its 6% average one day move …

There was an interesting options trade today in Macy’s (M) prior to next week’s Q2 earnings announcement that highlights why lots of options market commentary is accompanied by technical analysis. First, let’s look at the event, due Wednesday, …