Famous Chinese Proverb: 山雨欲来风满楼 – Coming events cast their shadows before them The Chinese internet sector’s performance has been more tame in 2014 relative to 2013. Stocks within the sector have shown very divergent performance, with winners …
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We highlighted some interesting call options activity in BIDU in this morning’s TMO post: BIDU – BIDU has held up well after a breakout in July. Saw some call buying yesterday – trader pays 0.41 for 5,000 …
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Options volumes were very light on Friday, including in the macro-related ETFs that are usually more active. A lull in earnings reports contributed to the calm. Here were the standouts: 1. BIDU – New all-time high …
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BIDU is approaching its all-time high of $189.34 from March 7th (when many growth/momentum stocks topped). The stock’s impressive recovery from its early April low near $140 has been quite steady since mid-May: The stock …
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Single stock options volumes were very light on Friday, with most options volume concentrated in ETF options once again. Here are a few of the handful of stocks with options lines that had more than …
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I termed Chinese internet stocks the “Oasis in the Desert” in this Macro Wrap post in June. We expect attractive Chinese investment opportunities to remain few and far between in the coming years due to …
Continue readingOne of the worst performing stocks on my board yesterday was QIHU, down 9.5%. The company actually beat both earnings and revenues estimates, but expectations among traders was higher still. Guidance was actually better than …
Continue readingBIDU has been one of the big winners in 2013. The chart shows another comeback kid performance that has become par for the course among many high-fliers this year: The stock’s prior all-time high set …
Continue readingTrade Update April 23rd, 2013, 12:57 pm: BIDU has moved a bit higher from when we first put on this bullish risk reversal position. The company reports earnings Thursday after the close, and given the …
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BIDU is ripping higher today and we are looking at what to do with our current profitable position, especially considering an earnings event on the horizon on April 24th. To recap, when the stock was …
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