March 11, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

On Tuesday we detailed a bearish long premium directional trade idea in the IWM, the etf that tracks the Russell 2000, the small cap U.S. index (read here).  Here was our view about the current …

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March 9, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

In a previous post I gave my thoughts on crude oil (here) and the recent 45% rally over the last month. The bounce in the commodity has eased investor’s concern in credit, currency and equity markets. …

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February 26, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

In case you missed it, I am not a buyer of stocks after the 8% rally in the S&P 500 (SPX) from its 52 week lows made Feb 11th.  Regular readers know that I feel quite …

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January 15, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Yesterday in my MorningWord (Skyfall for Treasury Yields?) I offered my take on the prior night Fast Money guest Raoul Pal‘s view U.S Treasury yields were likely to go lower over the course of the next year, …

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April 15, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

On Monday I previewed NFLX’s Q1 results due out after the close (below).  The implied one day move is now about 9.5%, the April 17th weekly $472.50 straddle (the put and the call premium) is …

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April 7, 2015 by CC • Commentary

At the beginning of March we looked at Salesforce (CRM) following its late February earnings announcement that saw the stock gap higher above $70 for 2 days, which was quickly followed by a gap fill towards $64. …

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March 16, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Earlier (below) I closed the March 65/67.50 call spread that I entered nearly one month ago in Macy’s. The original trade was to express a bullish view into the company’s Q4 earnings.  As I stated in …

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