August 20, 2018 by CC • Trade Updates

10 days ago we previewed Walmart’s (WMT) Q2 results and detailed a bullish defined risk trade idea to take advantage of a breakout above 90 and a move back towards the round number of 100. …

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August 10, 2018 by CC • Trade Updates

On July 30th Caterpillar (CAT) reported better than expected second quarter results and the stock initially popped. It then preceded to give up those gains intra-day. It had a certain feel like there was more …

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July 27, 2018 by CC • Trade Updates

Yesterday, as Facebook (FB) was putting in the largest one day market cap decline in US stock history, we looked ahead to fellow FANGer Amazon (AMZN) and the asymmetrical risk reward into its print. Here’s …

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July 26, 2018 by CC • Trade Updates

In June we checked in on Comcast (CMCSA). The stock was down significantly in 2018 amidst uncertainty around M&A activity for itself and its competitors. But with that 27% decline from all time highs (at …

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July 20, 2018 by CC • Trade Updates

We’ve taken a look at Philip Morris stock a couple of times this year, first in early March when the stock was trading $110. We detailed a bearish trade idea (read here from March 9th) …

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July 17, 2018 by CC • Trade Updates

Yesterday we previewed Netflix’s (NFLX) impending earnings and trade ideas in either direction depending on your view. The trades targeted moves in line with the expected move given by the options market. The stock is …

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July 3, 2018 by CC • Trade Updates

In mid May we targeted emerging market stocks for a possible decline over the next few months, originally detailing a put calendar. From May 18th: EEM ($46.07) Buy June / Aug 45 put calendar for 80 …

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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 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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