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Anatomy of a Trade – $COST Savings

December 9, 2015 by CC • Commentary

In a sharp reversal from all time highs made just yesterday, Costco (COST) is down 6% on the day on investor disappointment with an earnings report that showed a continuing fall in comparable store sales …

Trade Idea – $COST Center

December 7, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Costco (COST) reports fiscal Q1 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 2.5% one day move, which is rich to the 4 qtr average of just 1%, and the …

Trading Diary: Sept 28th to Oct 2nd

October 4, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was Sept 28th – Oct 2nd:

Name That Trade – $COST Conscious

September 30, 2015 by CC • Commentary

Costco reported better than expected fiscal Q4 earnings results last night that featured strong membership fees. The results also marked the company’s second consecutive quarterly comp store sales decline of 1%. But excluding the adverse affects of the strong dollar …

Trading Diary: Aug 17th to Aug 21st

August 23, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was Aug 17h – Aug 21st: It has been our view for months that the fairly extraordinary volatility in global …

Trade Update – Getting a small rebate at $COST

August 21, 2015 by CC • Commentary

We had a couple of retail trades gone wrong recently (TJX, LOW, COST) but this selling has allowed us to get bailed out a little in at least one of them. Costco. Here was the …

Chart of the Day – $WFM A Whole Lotta Selling

August 19, 2015 by CC • Commentary

Whole Foods (WFM) is making new 52 week and 3 1/2 year lows today. The stock is now down 42% from its 2015 highs, and down 50% from its all time highs made in late …

Eat My Shorts – $PG, $COST, $BA

July 17, 2015 by CC • Commentary

I wanted to go over a couple shorts that we have placed in the midst of this rally and see what of anything we should be looking to do to minimize the damage. First, let’s …

New Trade – $COST Conscious

July 9, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Costco (COST) has executed fairly well in a difficult retail environment, and backing out their exposure to a strong dollar (30% of their sales come from outside the U.S.) and weak fuel prices the company …

Big Printin’ 6/30/15: $AMD, $BHI, $STX, $WMT

June 30, 2015 by Dan • Education

Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Tuesday’s trading: 1. WMT – made a new intra-day 52 week low and is quickly approaching massive long term support at $70. When the …

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