Earlier today there was an options trade in Salesforce.com (CRM) that got me looking at the stock. First things first, the trade was fairly inconsequential, despite being a purchase of 12,000 March 95 calls for 7 …
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Facebook’s (FB) 15% gain yesterday, equaling about $45 billion in market capitalization in one fell swoop, makes sense on one level because they were undeniably a fantastic set of results. But they are surprising against …
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Event: Amazon (AMZN) reports Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about 8.5% one day move tomorrow, which is basically inline with its 10 year average one day move of 9%, and …
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If your Christmas clean up was like mine, it consisted of breaking down Amazon.com boxes. Ten years ago when I started as a Prime member, my wife and I didn’t say a word to anyone …
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At one point in yesterday’s session, share of Walmart (WMT) were up 5% on the day, and up 8% from its 52 week lows made on Friday. The two day gains obviously came off of …
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In August, fears of systemic financial risk briefly roiled our equity markets. That was the first time those fears had bubbled up since 2011. Since then, central banks globally have at least talked the talk …
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Facebook (FB) is up 5%+ today on a favorable reaction to their Q3 earnings and forward guidance. Yesterday we detailed a bullish stock alternative/replacement trade into the event. The trade defined risk to the downside …
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At the Dealbook Conference on Tuesday, Andrew Ross Sorkin (editor of the New York Time’s Dealbook blog and CNBC host) interviewed Stanley Druckenmiller, the founder of (now closed) hedge fund firm Duquesne Capital Management and Soros alum. …
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Apple’s (AAPL) muted reaction in the pre-market (so far) to its fiscal Q4 report / Q1 guidance means the stock is in a very different category than that of some of its mega-cap tech peers like Amazon (AMZN) …
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Earlier I previewed Apple’s (AAPL) fiscal Q4 results due out after the close (read below). We now want to offer a few trade ideas using options as overlays to an existing position, or to express a …
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