Big Printin’

It’s been a tough few years for department stores. The investment world is clearly wondering if we need Macy’s and Dillard’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and Nordstrom, Kohl’s and JC Penny in the same world as …

Back in late January, prior to United Parcel Service’s (UPS) Q4 results we detailed a bearish trade idea when the stock was in the high one hundred and teens (UPS – Package Waiting). The stock is …

There was an interesting options trade today in a relatively uninteresting stock, Kellogg (K). When the stock was trading $74.15 a trader paid 14 cents for the March 80 / 85 / 90 call tree, 20,000 …

I’ll offer one of our usual disclaimers when it comes to discussing unusual options activity, we don’t place a whole heck of a lot of credence in it, without intimate knowledge of the trade, the trader’s …

Yesterday on Fast Money we discussed some unusual Options Action in Home Depot (HD) which hit a new high of 142.66 today. Specifically we saw an opening buyer pay .42 for 1,332 March 150 calls. Ultimately …

Shortly before noon there was a large print in Lowe’s (LOW) calls that I thought was worth discussing for a handful of reasons. First, the stock is up nearly 2% today, trading at 5 month …

Yesterday, on CNBC’s Fast Money I highlighted some substantial bearish activity in Freeport-McMoRan (FCX). Specifically short-dated puts traded over 81,000 contracts, well above the 31,600 20 day average put volume. Most of the activity was …

Gilead (GILD) is one of the hardest hit stocks in the healthcare space, down nearly 35% from its all time highs made last April.  The chart from the highs is a textbook example of how cheap …

Yesterday in this space we discussed the price action in crude oil as it nears an important psychological level of $50 ($XOP til You Drop) and the year to date under-performance in energy stocks.  Shares of …

Earlier today my pal Brian Kelly argued If Oil Breaks $50 The Investing Game Could Change: The predominant theme in the markets is the “reflation” trade. For those who have been living in a Scientology compound …