November 20, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

Event: CRM reports their Q3 earnings tonight after the close, the options market is implying about a 7.5% move following earnings which is basically inline with the 4 qtr avg move of about 7.25% and …

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August 7, 2012 by Enis • Commentary

Event: PCLN reports fiscal Q2 earnings tonight after the close.  The options market is implying about a 7% move, vs. the 4 qtr avg move of 7.5% and the 8 qtr avg move of about 9%. …

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April 13, 2012 by CC • Commentary

With the stock down this morning this trade is marked down but has alot of potential over the next month or so. We’ll let the April weeklies expire worthless and hold onto the May calls …

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April 12, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

Update Apr 12th, 2012:  The Implied move for earnings has actually softened a tad in the last day now sitting at atbout 6.3%, in this case I am just taking the Apr13th weekly $645 straddle …

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April 11, 2012 by Dan • Commentary

GOOG ($634.20 ) reports Q1 earnings on Thursday April 12th after the close.  The options market is implying a 6.5%* move vs the avg over the last 8 quarters of about 8%.  There are very …

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February 29, 2012 by CC • Education

We’re starting a new occasional series where we look at a recent trade and analyze what went into the pricing and how it played out. We think this will be useful as an educational tool …

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