Here are some apparently directional options trades that caught our attention in today’s trading: GLD: the shiny metal has sat out the explosion in metal and mining stocks over the last month or so, with …
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I concluded today’s MorningWord (Wake Me Up When September Ends) with a comment that events in the next few weeks might spark some market volatility (one way or the other) and how the options market …
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You’ll see us use the phrase “defined risk” when we talk about stock alternatives into uncertain events. Usually that takes the form of an options structure that is easily recognizable as far as how much …
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Yesterday we detailed some AAPL trade structures into their earnings for those that were long the stock or wanted to be long. I wanted to check back in on those trades today with the stock …
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Here’s a guest post from friend of the site (and Dan’s Options Action co-panelist) Michael Khouw. We talk a lot about implied moves here on the site and there’s some quick back of the napkin …
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Earlier I answered a a question over email from a subscriber who found himself in a bit of a pickle on a trade and wanted our thoughts. I want to share the situation because it’s …
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Qualcom (QCOM) stock has had a rough year and a half, topping out during the Summer of 2014 at $82 and steadily declining to recent lows around $46: A couple of weeks ago, when the …
Continue readingShares of GoPro (GPRO) are up 13% on a day with seemingly NO news aside from the fact that an analysts at FBR capital Dan Ives suggested in a note to clients that Apple (AAPL) should consider …
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General Electric (GE) has been one of the best performing stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in Q4, up nearly 24% since the end of September. In October the stock broke out to new 7 …
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On November 17th TJ Maxx (TJX) reported Q3 results that pleased investors. The stock had been down in sympathy with its retail peers into the event but investors seem to be placing TJ Maxx in …
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