On December 22nd we detailed a trade in McDonalds (MCD) that looked to fade the recent breakout in the stock. We chose a slightly out of the money put fly to express this view and …
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Event: Intel (INTC) reports their Q4 results tomorrow after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move which is rich to the 4 qtr average one day post earnings move …
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On November 13th we detailed a bullish leaning trade in Paypal (PYPL). We wanted to establish a position where we had leverage in the event of a breakout, but offered a reasonable buffer to the …
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You know the drill, just as risk assets overshoot fundamentals on the upside, they can do so on the downside. In instances like 2000 in tech stocks, in 2008/2009 in financial stocks and with crude oil and …
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Under Armour has been an astonishing growth story with great products, ballsy management, and a surging brand thanks to attractive endorsers, but the stock has been in a serious funk since its all time highs made …
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Back in late November we took a look at the technical set up in General Electric (GE), as the stock approached multi-year highs around $30 (Trade Idea – $GE Whiz). At the time we advocated call …
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On Monday’s Fast Money on CNBC you might have missed my Final Trade because my 10 year old daughter Ellie kind of stole the show: Once you get through Ellie hamming it up you see …
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Shares of Walmart (WMT) are up nearly 6% in 2016 after closing down nearly 30% in 2015. Back in mid November after WMT management took a an axe to current year guidance. So much for …
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To state the obvious, positive returns in U.S. equity markets were hard to come by unless you were invested in a couple dozen large cap growth stocks. And from a trading perspective it was a fool’s …
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On November 20th we wrote about Tesla (TSLA). As always we tried to differentiate between what we think about the company, its products, ambitions and its founder (we’re fans) and what we think about the …
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