Event: JP Morgan (JPM) is scheduled to report its Q3 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 2.2% one day move in either direction, which is lower than the 4 qtr average …
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Event: The Home Depot (HD) reports Q2 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying a 3% one day post earnings move, which is in line with the average over the last 4 quarters. Price …
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With the the S&P 500 breaking out to new all time highs after its recent consolidation on the heels of the second consecutive better than expected non-farm payrolls number this am, it makes sense to …
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Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was Sept 8th – Sept 11th: Monday Sept 7th: Market closed for Labor Day Holiday [hr] Tuesday Sept 8th: …
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If you are like us, you just got done watching the two hour Apple (AAPL) iPhone, iPad, TV & Watch Keynote and were generally unimpressed with the new iThinigies. Sure, as a customer you’re modestly …
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I’m in a forward timezone to New York. But when I sat down this morning to offer up a few thoughts on the global equity rout (while you were hopefully still sleeping despite knowing what futures were …
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By now you know the score. Small cap stocks in the form of the Russell 2000 (IWM), despite still being up on the year, have of late shown relative weakness to large caps, down 7.5% from its …
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Earlier I previewed Apple’s (AAPL) fiscal Q3 results due out after the close (read below). I now want to offer a few trade ideas using options as overlays to an existing position, or to express …
Continue reading3rd Update Sept 20th, 2012 at 2:36pm: FDX is down about 5% since I bought this Oct Put Spread on Monday afternoon as a result of the company’s weak earnings and forward guidance given Tuesday …
Continue reading2nd Update Sept 18th, 2012 at 1:28pm: The options market pricing of FDX’s Q1 earnings release led me to my trade in Oct. After the company had already pre-announced a weak Q1 back on …
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