Last night Salesforce.com (CRM) reported fiscal Q2 results that were generally inline. They guided the current quarter down a touch, and left full year guidance intact. The stock was down 8% last night in the …
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Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Thursday’s trading: 1. MU – in front of today’s fiscal Q3 earnings options volume was more than 2x average daily volume with …
Continue readingEvent: DAL reports its Q4 earnings on Tuesday before the open. The options market is implying about a 5% one day move, which is above both the 4 qtr avg of about 4.5% and the …
Continue readingEvent: INTC reports its Q4 earnings tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 4% one day move, which is above both the 4 qtr avg of about 2.9% and the 8 …
Continue readingMorningWord 9/19/13: If you are feeling a tad used and abused by the Federal Reserve’s “communication” over the last few months as it relates to their plans to dial back bond purchases, don’t worry, misery …
Continue readingWhen I opened this JCP Aug17, Aug 23rd 14 call calendar more than a week ago I was targeting a move back towards $14 with one trading day to their highly anticipated Q2 earnings Tuesday …
Continue readingAdd a very bad week onto what has been a nightmare year for JCP. The stock is down about 22% since the press cited unnamed sources last week that CIT, leasing firm that does vendor …
Continue readingTrade Update May 15th, 2013 at 1pm: A little more than 2 weeks ago I bought the CSCO at the money straddle when the stock was essentially in the same spot to where it is …
Continue readingFor those of us who are a bit skeptical of committing new capital to equities, particularly in the U.S., we find ourselves in a bit of a tight spot from a trading perspective in the current environment as major indices once …
Continue readingMorningWord 4/26/13: The SPX’s strong performance out of the gate in 2013, despite early fears of fiscal cliff, sequestration and questions regarding the strength of the global recovery have made it a tad difficult for equity investors …
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