Event: Restoration Hardware (RH) reports Thursday night after the close. The options market is implying about a 8% one day move in either direction (based on Apr implied volatility at 46 and May implied volatility at …
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CYBR is one of the lesser known IT security stocks in a very hot sector. It did pick up notoriety on its huge run in February, doubling in value in just a few weeks. The …
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While the VIX is back near its 2015 low, closing at 13.40 yesterday, volatility in global financial markets as a whole has been much higher over the past few months. Currencies and commodities have been …
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IPG Photonics (IPGP) is one of those rare companies that is at the forefront of groundbreaking technology. IPGP is focused on fiber lasers, as laid out in its annual report: Although low-power fiber lasers were …
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Rite Aid seemed on the verge of imminent bankruptcy for a 10 year period from 2002 to 2012. The stock traded in a range between $0.20 and $6.74 throughout that entire period. More importantly, one …
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With Dan out for a few days on vacation, I will be filling in here a little. And I wanted to work through some thoughts about the underlying state of today’s market landscape after a 6 …
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EBAY has moved lower with the market in the past week, and is now nearing the $55 midpoint of our range trade that we put on in mid-November (full post below). At this point, the …
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With the holiday season in full swing, the VIX move back into the low teens is not a major surprise. Traders anticipate another week of quiet before the start of 2015 on Friday, Jan. 2nd. …
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EBAY has traded in a very tight $54-$56 range since we first put on a range trade in mid-November, with the following rationale (full post below): TRADE: EBAY ($54.35) Buy to Open the regular expiry …
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The S&P 500 index closed up 0.64% yesterday, the largest one-day percentage gain since Oct. 31st. Interestingly for an up day, the CBOE composite put/call ratio closed at 1.13, its highest level since Oct. 22nd. …
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