November 16, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Yesterday, we previewed Cisco’s (CSCO) fiscal Q1 earnings due today after the bell. I wanted to follow up with some trade ideas for those that are long or wish to play directionally. Currently the options …

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November 1, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Event: Alibaba (BABA) reports Q3 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 5.5% one day post earnings move, which is rich to the 4 qtr average one day post earnings …

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October 14, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Event: McDonald’s (MCD) reports Q3 results next Friday prior to the open. The options market is implying a 2.75% weekly move between now and next Friday’s close (most of which is for the event move, …

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September 16, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Unless you invest from under a rock, you know that the Federal Reserve meets next week to debate interest rate policy. Fed Fund futures are currently pricing about a 20% chance that the Fed will …

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November 6, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

While we’ve spent all this time debating when the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise the Fed Funds rate for the first time since 2006, there has been little discussion on wether the ECB will continue on its …

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November 6, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

In today’s MorningWord (Bulls in China Shop) we looked at China’s bear market rally (since the Aug lows) and tried to determine what is says about the health of their economy, and what it means for global …

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November 1, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC I detailed a bullish trade idea in Macy’s (M) and described a position hedge for long holders of Facebook (FB) into next week’s Q3 earnings. Cornerstone Research’s Carter worth gave his technical …

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October 28, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Amgen (AMGN) reports Q3 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 4% one day move tomorrow, which is rich the 4qtr average of about 2.75%.  

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October 16, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Today is a tale of two cities for industrial stocks, with General Electric (GE) trading up about 2.5% and at both a new 52 week and 7 year high after posting better than expected Q3 …

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