January 4, 2017 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Shares of Apple (AAPL) closed up 10% in 2016, gaining a little more than $60 billion in market capitalization in a year that saw their first year over year decline in earnings and sales since …

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November 28, 2016 by CC • Trade Ideas

On August 30th, we wrote a recap of some trade ideas Dan presented on a panel at the Ameritrade Investools Conference. The ideas focused on 3 widely held stocks in big cap tech, media and …

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November 21, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

You know the old expression, and Apple a day keeps the doctor away… well I had some thoughts on the stock on Friday (Home for the Tax Holidays) as it relates to some hot-button political …

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November 18, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Apple (AAPL) has been at the forefront of technological innovation for the last three decades. But this past Summer, European Union competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager claimed that their financial innovation shielded profits from taxes over …

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November 3, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Since reporting calendar Q3 results in the last week or so, Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL), Amazon.com (AMZN) and Facebook (FB), have lost between 5 and 10%. That is equal to nearly $200 billion in combined market …

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October 31, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

You know the drill… BOJ, Fed, Oct Jobs this week. Election next. I suspect BOJ surprises to the downside on less than expected commitment to monetary stimulus, but will be muted. I expect the Fed …

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October 26, 2016 by Dan • Big Printin'

Here is some apparently untied directional options trades that caught my eye in today’s trading: AAPL: shares of AAPL are down 2.5% as I write (read my analysis of the quarter and guidance here from …

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