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MorningWord 12/19/16: There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept

December 19, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

In the days following the U.S. election in early November, investors got it in their head almost immediately that the outcome didn’t mean some newfound economic populism and trade wars, but traditional Republican supply side …

Name That Trade $BBY: Best Buy Puts?

May 20, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Best Buy (BBY) reports their fiscal Q1 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 6.5% one day move vs the 4 qtr avg of about 5%.

Name That Trade – The $GME is the Game

March 26, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: GameStop (GME) reports their Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about an 8% one day move. The March 27th weekly expiration 39 straddle is offered at about $3.10, if …

Name That Trade – $BBY: Peak Squad?

March 2, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Best Buy (BBY) reports Q4 results tomorrow morning before the open. The options market is implying about a 6% one day move which is shy of the 4 qtr average of about 4.7%. It …

Name That Trade – $GME: Play or Get Played

November 20, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

GameStop (GME) reports their Q3 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying a whopping two day move (using Nov 22nd expiration options) of about 10%. The Nov 44 straddle (the put and …

Name That Trade – $GME: LameStop

May 29, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

Last Thursday GME issued a better than expected Q1, and saw its stock gain more than 4% on the day but has since filled in a bit of the gap. We laid out a bearish trade …

Trade Update $GME – Taking Off Put Calendar for Quick Gain

January 10, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

GME has been attempting to hold the $45 support level (from December as well as the rising 200 day moving average). The stock was down 8% on Tuesday after news of Sony’s potential new streaming …

Too Many Options: $BBY, $EEM, $FB, $XLF, $VIX, $VLO

January 7, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

1. FB – the stock came a few cents away from a new intra-day all time high today. There was a very large roll up in calls where a trader sold 60,000 Feb 55 calls …

New Trade $GME – It’s All in the Game

January 7, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

GME was a stock that we traded on the short side near the end of 2013, mainly with a technical view that the stock had broken down below important support in the $50-$51 area, so …

Deep Dive – From the Bottom of the $DECK

January 6, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

Deckers was one of the “Back-from-the-Dead” stocks of 2013 (NFLX, GMCR, BBY, etc.). DECK had declined from a high of $118.90 in November 2011 to a low of $28.53 in November 2012, quite a descent …

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