Very light single stock options volume on Thursday, as most of the activity remained in ETF options. The CBOE composite put/call ratio closed at 0.82, its lowest level in a month. 1. EWZ – The Brazilian …
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On more than one occasion of late, we have highlighted CSCO’s inability to keep pace with some of its mega-cap peers like INTC, MSFT and ORCL, all which have made new 14 year highs in the …
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Event: CSCO reports its fiscal Q4 earnings tomorrow after the close. The options market is implying about a 5% move, which is below both the 4 quarter and 8 quarter average move of about 6.75%. Sentiment: Wall Street …
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Back on June 30th when CSCO was at the same levels it is now we wanted to play for a breakout to the prior highs (below). To refresh here was the trade: New Trade: CSCO …
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Back in 1999/2000, there were two kinds of bubble stocks – those that had earnings with proven business models like CSCO, INTC & MSFT, and those that had healthy losses but sold the promise of …
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Yesterday, I initiated a bullish trade in Cisco (CSCO) that had less to do with fundamentals but more to do with the technical and sentiment setup in the stock (read here). Here is the thesis: …
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Tight range of only 6 points in the S&P 500 index yesterday on relatively low volume. Single stock options activity was focused on calls once again, with many of the trades looking out 3-6 months. …
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Cisco (CSCO) is a stock that we haven’t traded a whole heck of a lot lately because it hasn’t done a whole heck of a lot for the last year, trading between $21 on the downside …
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Last night CSCO reported their fiscal Q3 qtr that came in a bit better then the fairly low expectations with forward guidance that was above the prior midpoint, the stock is trading up 7.5% in …
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After hitting a 1 month low on Monday, the CBOE composite put/call ratio jumped to its third highest level of the past 6 months, closing at 1.08. Overall volumes were still very light. 1. CSCO …
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