Earlier we detailed a large call spread risk reversal trade in shares of CMCSA. That appears to be a popular trade structure today. When shares of Michael Kors (KORS) were trading $43.80 a trader apparently …
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With the broad market near all time highs, and the market enthusiasm stretching into the New Year, it appears that traders are looking for ways to better define risk on bullish bets in stocks that …
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Earlier we highlighted the weakness of a handful of consumer discretionary stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (here): Some of the worst performing stocks in 2016 in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are not …
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Here is some untied directional options flow that caught my eye in today’s trading:
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I’m on vacation this week and won’t be in front of my screens for the most part. CC and I will continue to post but some days may be slightly lighter on content. [hr] Here …
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To state the obvious, the price action yesterday in media stocks was atrocious, with both Disney (DIS) and Time Warner (TWX) closing down about 9%. What’s troubling about a one day moves of that magnitude …
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I n 2015, the Nasdaq Composite is the runaway U.S. equity winner. You know the score there, some of the largest mega cap biotech & tech stocks in the market weighted average index are up …
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On Friday after noon we outlined a trade idea in the Consumer Discretionary etf, XLY. The idea was not to press the weakness, but wait for a bounce and then enter the trade. With equities …
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Expanding on the consumer discretionary theme from earlier (New Trade – $LULU: Downward Dog?), I think it warrants taking look at a sector etf that has been more resilient then teflon, the XLY. All you …
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No major theme in options volumes yesterday. Earnings season is nearly over, which has led to lower single stock options volumes in the past week. 1. CMCSA – Comcast shares have bounced back rapidly in the …
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