February 22, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Shares of Twitter hit a new all time low on February 11th, after reporting Q4 results that for the most part disappointed investors. Since then, shares have rallied roughly 30%. Despite the recent gains, the …

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February 22, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Shares of Intel (INTC) are down 15% on the year and down about 17.5% from its 52 week high made in the last week of 2015.  The stock declined 9% on January 15th following their …

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February 19, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Earlier in my MorningWord (Seeing the Forest For the Trees) I tried to explain why the relative out-performance in defensive stocks and sectors like U.S. telco, utilities, consumer staples and sectors like energy and materials (that …

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February 19, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Retail earnings for the holiday period have gotten underway in earnest this week, which for the most part were disappointing when you consider Walmart’s (WMT) guide down for the current year and Nordstrom’s (JWN) disaster this morning. …

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February 17, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: Walmart (WMT) reports their Q4 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 3.25% one day move, which is just shy of the average one day move following the last four …

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February 12, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

6Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money my friend Carter Worth of Cornerstone Macro Research laid out his technical view on the S&P 500 (SPX). He has been consistent for months, if not quarters that the …

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February 12, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Shares of JP Morgan have shown incredible relative strength to every major bank stock the world over, only down 19% from its 52 week highs and down about 14% in 2016.  In the U.S., large …

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