This is a bit of a think piece so please bear with me, but if you get bored skip to the bottom, there is an options trade idea on Amazon (AMZN). With Kohl’s (KSS) down …
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From where I site, and what I am looking at, 2016 could end very differently than 2015. With the S&P 500 down 2.5%, the NASDAQ Composite down 9% and the Russell 2000 down 14% from …
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Earlier, we posted an update our existing XRT trader (here), but since I’ll be discussing this trade on CNBC’s Options Action tonight I want to have a separate post isolating the new strikes without the profits …
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Interesting read from Mohamed El-Erian, the chief economic adviser to Allianz: FYI, thoughts on recent #markets developments and outlook, & the implications for #investment portfolios https://t.co/SGlbxTtXPB @FT #stocks — Mohamed A. El-Erian (@elerianm) May 4, 2016 Usually …
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With earnings season comes idiosyncratic single stock risk. We all know that and in many ways its one of the very things that attracts us to trading individual stocks vs etfs. But what can be …
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Earlier, Dan previewed Amazon’s Q1 earnings due after the bell. As always with Amazon most metrics you would judge a 20 year old company with go out the window. Also different about a company that’s …
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Event: Amazon.com (AMZN) reports their Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about 8% one day move tomorrow, which is shy of its 10 year average one day post earnings move of 9.2%, …
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There was a lot of noise made about Walmart’s (WMT) relative out-performance to the S&P 500 (SPX) in 2016. It up about 8% on yesterday’s close vs the SPX down about 6%. The out-performance was …
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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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Last night after the close, LinkedIn (LNKD) reported Q4 results that were better than expected, but guided down their outlook for the current quarter and 2016, shares are down 30% in the pre-market. My initial …
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