August 25, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

On Tuesday I previewed Workday’s (WDAY) fiscal Q2 results that were reported last night. Regular readers know that I am skeptical of stories like this. Stocks that trade at ridiculous multiples, are massively unprofitable on a …

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August 18, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

The technology industry is full of ‘collaborations’.  Established players that are slow to innovate and adapt to increasingly rapid change often invest in, or partner with smaller companies for a whole host of reasons. I …

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March 14, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Oracle (ORCL) reports fiscal Q3 results tomorrow after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move, which is slightly high of its 4 quarter average of about 4.25%, but in …

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March 1, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Shares of enterprise cloud software provider Workday (WDAY) are up nearly 14% today after reporting fourth quarter sales that beat expectations, and grew a whopping 43% year over year (despite guiding the current qtr lower). …

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February 25, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: Palo Alto (PANW) reports their fiscal Q2 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 10% one day move, which is rich to the 4 quarter average of about 5%. …

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February 24, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: SalesForce.com (CRM) reports Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 9% one day move, which is rich to its 4 qtr average one day move of about 5.5% …

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February 2, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

Earlier today there was an options trade in Salesforce.com (CRM) that got me looking at the stock. First things first, the trade was fairly inconsequential, despite being a purchase of 12,000 March 95 calls for 7 …

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December 16, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Last week I previewed Oracle’s (ORCL) fiscal Q2 earnings report due out after the close (here). With just a few hours to the print, the options market is implying about a 5% move between now …

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December 9, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Adobe Systems (ADBE) reports fiscal Q4 results tomorrow after the close. The options market is implying about a 6% one day move, which is rich to the 4 qtr average of about 4% and …

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