As he usually does, Michael Lewis stole the show in 2014. During the promotion of his book Flash Boys he made some fairly controversial claims that the U.S. stock market is “Rigged”, and while he …
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HLF got within sight of its 52 week low of $49.35 this am, as the selling has been relentless ever since Herbalife’s disappointing earnings report in late July. While Ackman’s presentation a couple of weeks …
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A few months ago we made a bearish bet in HLF to try to time Bill Ackman’s own options timetable with the thought that any fireworks in the stock would likely come in August expiration. …
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A week that was already scheduled to be newsy with a ton of Q2 earnings, a much anticipated Q2 GDP print, and the FOMC’s press release, just got a heck of lot newsier. This morning’s …
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The Herbalife story is about to get a lot weirder as Bill Ackman has scheduled a live webcast tomorrow morning at 10:00 am EDT to lay out his findings from a two year long investigation …
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Event: NFLX reports its Q2 earnings today after the close. The options market is implying about a 8% one day move, which is below both the 4 qtr avg of about 9.25% and the 8 qtr avg …
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Wednesday night EBAY reported Q2 results that were meh and guidance that was slightly below consensus. For the most part a fairly uninspiring event. The stock was up nearly 2% yesterday before giving back the gains …
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Event: EBAY reports its Q2 earnings today after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move, which is just about in line with both the 4 qtr avg of about 4.25% and the …
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We have waited patiently in our long RIG stock position since initiating back in late January, buying RIG for $45.15. We almost got stopped out of the position in mid-March when RIG approached the 5 …
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The weekly short call of our call calendar spread is set to expire today and wanting to keep the bullish nature of the trade on for now we’re going to close that portion and roll …
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