The largest trade in the options market so far today (single stock, etf or index) is an opening sale in JP Morgan (JPM) calls. Shortly after the open and when the stock was $67.29 an …
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Shares of Cisco Systems have under-performed the Nasdaq Composite in a fairly meaningful way so far in 2015, up only 3.6% to the Nas up up 7.2%. Despite rising nearly 30% from the 52 week …
Continue readingEvent: Cisco Systems reports fiscal Q3 results tomorrow after the close, the options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move which is a tad shy of the 4 qtr avg of about 5%. …
Continue readingHere is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Wednesday’s trading: 1.UAL – when stock was 61.18 a trader paid 5 cents for 10,000 of the May 95 calls to open. Break-even is …
Continue readingPresident Obama is speaking today in Silicon Valley at what is being called the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection, where he will, or already has signed an executive order designed to strongly encourage U.S. companies to …
Continue readingLast night Oracle (ORCL) reported fiscal Q2 results that were broadly better than expected, with forward guidance that was encouraging and much bullish commentary on the call. The stock is up 8.5%, making new 52 …
Continue readingEvent: WMT reports earnings tomorrow, Nov. 13th, before the open. The options market is implying a 2% move, which is above the 4 quarter average of 1.25%, but in line with the 8 quarter average of …
Continue readingEvent: CSCO reports its fiscal Q1 earnings tomorrow, Nov. 12th, after the close. The options market is implying about a 4% move, which is below both the 4 quarter and 8 quarter average move of about 6.5%. …
Continue readingVolumes remained low on Friday, especially in the options market. Overall market volumes were their lowest since early September. 1. BABA – BABA was green every day last week, rallying more than 15% in total on …
Continue readingOptions volumes were light once again for single stocks, with earnings season gradually winding down. The CBOE composite put/call ratio closed at 0.91. 1. DOW – The Jan15 57.5 calls traded 31,250 for 0.38 at the …
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