In early May we initiated a defined risk near term bearish trade on CRM (here) with the idea that it would take a monster beat and raise for the stock to rise on Q1 results, despite …
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Whirlpool’s corporate results over the past 5 years are a microcosm of corporate America for a modern industrial company. Whirlpool grew sales 10% from 2009 to 2013, but earnings have more than doubled in that …
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Russia essentially invades Ukraine on Friday, so financial markets are reacting strongly this morning. A few general themes from the overnight price action: 1) Equities lower, Europe more than Asia. Notable that the biggest losers …
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Below is a list of some of the most interesting single stock options activity from today’s trading session: 1. S & TMUS: Lots of headlines over the past week as to whether or not a …
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Below is a list of some of the most interesting single stock options activity from today’s trading session: 1. TWTR – in front of the company’s first quarterly report options activity was fairly brisk with …
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Despite the overnight weakness in Asia, our equity markets found their footing right out of the gates after yesterday’s 2% drubbing. Below is a list of some untied single stock options trades that caught our …
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SBUX reports its fiscal Q1 earnings tonight after the close. The options market is implying a one day move of about 3.8% vs the 4 qtr avg one day move of about 3.25% Unlike many …
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MCD has broken above the $99 level that was my mental stop in the put butterfly position that I initiated 2 weeks ago. At this point, the trade is a bit of a double whammy, …
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On a very strong day for the broader indices on Friday, I noticed MCD still ended the day lower, one of only a few stocks in the S&P top 50 that was lower on Friday. …
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With the major averages seemingly making new all time highs on a daily basis (the Russell 2000 Index is up more than 30% in 2013 & the S&P 500 is up more than 23%), concerns about …
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