Trade Update May 6, 2013: QCOM has rallied back up to near its 50 day moving average after a disappointing earnings reaction. Whatever the merits of the fundamental story in the long-run, I am currently long …
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With AAPL a few dollars above our sweet spot in our fly it’s a good time to revisit the trade and consider the different options we have here. To recap, going into earnings we put …
Continue readingA quick update on where we stand after earnings with our trade in QCOM from yesterday. Original Post April 24th, 2013: $QCOM Q1 Earnings Preview Event: QCOM reports Q1 earnings tonight after the …
Continue readingQCOM’s a cheap stock, with good growth prospects, a decent yield and buyback, and a diversified business in the right area of the chip sector. But that’s been true for many, many months now, and …
Continue readingWe wanted to provide a quick update on the trade I initiated yesterday ahead of earnings. The main thought on this structure was that it was a way to take advantage of high implied volatility …
Continue readingOur AAPL Webinar yesterday ran through our in depth thoughts ahead of earnings. My personal thoughts when thinking about a trade structure are as follows:
Continue readingWebinar: Trading AAPL’s Fiscal Q2 Earnings With Options Here is the link for further review: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/4615196009414955008 OUR PROCESS: Anatomy of an Earnings Trade With Options 1. Determine the back of the napkin implied move calculations using weekly options, then walk through our …
Continue readingHere is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was Mar 25th through Mar 28th:
Continue readingTrade Update March 27th, 2013, 2:20 pm: SODA has been very quiet in the past 3 weeks since I put on the range trade, almost too quiet. This has been a volatile stock in the …
Continue readingAhead of AAPL’s earnings tonight, I just sold half of my Jan25th 525/550/575 call fly that I traded on Friday for a double. My thought is that I can take my premium off the table, …
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