October 31, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Tomorrow before the open, Spotify (SPOT) will report their Q3 results. The options market is implying about a $15 move in either direction or about 10%, which is nearly double the average of about 5% the stock has …

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October 30, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Facebook (FB) will report their Q3 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a $13.50 move in either direction or about 9.5%, which is slightly rich to its 8.5% average over …

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October 29, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Regular readers know that I look at charts as one input when evaluating a trade set up, it is more likely to be the last on a list, that usually starts with a potential catalyst, …

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October 26, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

On Sept 18th I laid out a scenario where Facebook’s (FB) stock (then $161) retests its March lows near $150 in the near term, while also suggesting that earnings and sales estimates might have been lowered …

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October 24, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Microsoft (MSFT) will report their fiscal Q1 earnings tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 5.5% move in either direction which is rich to its 2.6% average one-day post-earnings move over …

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October 23, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Tomorrow morning before the U.S. stock market open Deutsche Bank (DB) will report their Q3 results. The options market is implying about a 6% move in either direction. The stock has been a trainwreck in 2018, …

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October 22, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

From its highs in 2014 to its lows in early 2016, crude oil had a 75% peak to trough decline, which corresponded with the end of our Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing (QE) in 2014 and the …

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October 22, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Tomorrow before the open Verizon (VZ) will report their Q3 results. The options market is implying about a 2.5% one day move tomorrow which is double the average one-day post-earnings move over the last four …

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