December 8, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Airline stocks were the clear beneficiary of the washout in crude oil yesterday, as detailed in this space highlighting a large bullish roll up and out that took place in Delta (DAL) calls (here): There was …

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November 11, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

I know I had a lot to say about Apple (AAPL) yesterday (Trade Idea – $AAPL Harvest), but I wanted to highlight on more thing: Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money my friend Carter Worth, chartist-extraordinaire …

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August 4, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money we had a discussion about the impact of imploding commodity prices on the economy and the financial markets. I am the farthest thing from an economist, but since crude …

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June 29, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Monday’s trading: 1. AAL – about an hour before the close a trader paid $4.55 for 30,000 Jan 40 calls and sold …

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April 27, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Earlier I previewed AAPL’s Q2 results due out after the close (below).  Now I want to outline a few ways to play depending upon your current positioning (yes I know long) or directional inclination from …

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April 27, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event:  Apple (AAPL) reports its fiscal Q2 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 5% one day move (and weekly move of about 5.5%) which is a tad shy of …

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April 21, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Back on Feb 10th, following KO’s Q4 results, we placed a short term bearish trade as we felt the stock’s gains of 3% on the results delivered was unwarranted. A month later the stock was …

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