October 19, 2018 by Dan • Trade Updates

On Wednesday I detailed my near-term bearish view on the Nasdaq 100, specifically the 4 or 5 stocks that make up a disproportionate amount of the index’s weight, read below. I wanted to quickly update …

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October 18, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

PayPal (PYPL) will report their Q3 earnings tonight. The options market is implying about a $4.80 move in either direction (or ~6%) between now and tomorrow’s close, which is rich to its 4.75% average one-day …

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October 18, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

American Express (AXP) will report their Q3 results today after the close. The options market is implying about a 3.5% one day move tomorrow, which is slightly rich to its 3% average one-day post move earnings move …

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October 17, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Shares of Netflix (NFLX) gapped up more than 10% this morning, briefly trading above $380 in the pre-market after posting subscriber growth that beat expectations. Shorts who were pressing the stock’s nearly 20% decline from …

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October 16, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Yesterday I previewed Netflix’s (NFLX) third-quarter results due out in a couple of hours (read here) and discussed my Options Action co-panelists Cater Worth’s bearish technical take on the stock and Mike Khouw’s defined risk bearish …

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October 15, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Tomorrow after the close Netflix (NFLX) will report Q3 earnings on Tuesday after the close. The options market is implying about an 8% one day move on Wednesday, which is above the 6.5% average one …

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October 12, 2018 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Regular readers know that since the Semiconductor group, as measured by the SMH etf topped out in March I have been rolling a bearish view, most recently in August (SMH MEH) and in September (A Semi …

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October 11, 2018 by Dan • Trade Updates

On September 12th I detailed my bearish view on bank stocks (‘You Come At the King, You Best Not Miss’) following some financial disclosures from a few of the large money-center banks regarding Q3 financial …

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October 11, 2018 by Dan • Trade Ideas

On September 18th I wrote a post detailing why I thought Facebook (FB) could break its late March low (Further Facebook Faceplant?), near term, but then set up to be a decent long: WIth the …

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