Regular readers know that we are a bit skeptical of Facebook’s (FB) $265 billion market cap. We know that investors are in near universal agreement that they are continuing to dominate the existing social web …
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At the beginning of June we placed a range trade on WMT that looked for the stock to find some footing after a recent sell off and possibly consolidate around the 75 level: …
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We have several trades expiring this week that I wanted to check in on and see what can be done as far as management what what we’re looking for as far as when to close. …
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Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was June 1st to June 5th:
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A little more than 2 weeks ago, we expressed a near term bullish view in U.S. Treasuries when the 30 Year Bond etf (TLT) was trading $121 (below), a little less than 2% from where …
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In early April we placed a defined risk bullish trade in shares of Walmart (WMT) when the stock was $81, using key technical support at $80 as a stop (read here). We closed the position for …
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Target has been a very weak stock ever since its earnings report. We initiated a slightly bullish position after the stock’s decline on that report, in anticipation of some stabilization in the stock on both …
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Back on Nov 1st we closed a Nov Call Butterfly in EBAY for a gain (here, immediately below) and rolled the exposure out to December with a wider call fly. Well, today the stock has …
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FB has remained near our $50 mid-point level of our long call butterfly trade. We discussed our decision in Thursday’s COO post, deciding to hold on to the trade. But with the trade structure a …
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Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was Oct 28th – Nov 1st: Monday Oct 28th: TRADE: AAPL ($529) Sold Nov …
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