August 30, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Today I had the pleasure to speak at TD Ameritrade’s annual Investools conference alongside my Options Action co-panelist Michael Khouw. As part of the discussion, he and I both detailed some options trade ideas in …

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August 9, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: Disney (DIS) will report fiscal Q3 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 3.3% one day post earnings move which is well below the 5% four qtr one day average …

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July 8, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

With the S&P 500 (SPX) on the doorstep of making new all time highs, traders are scrambling to find stocks that could play catch up.  Disney (DIS) is a stock that might be worth keeping …

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May 24, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

In my preview of Disney’s (DIS) fiscal Q2 earnings on May 10th, when the stock was $106, I saw very few scenarios where the stock would rally after the print: The 11% bounce in the …

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May 11, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Earlier today I highlighted the relative weakness from last year’s all time highs in the S&P 500 (SPX) of some prior market leaders that I have dubbed U.S. Consumer Teflong™ Portfolio (read here).  The group consists …

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April 5, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

After the close last night, Disney (DIS) announced that COO Thomas Staggs, long thought to be the successor for current CEO Bob Iger, has left the company after 26 years.  Shares of DIS are down nearly …

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March 28, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

I’m on vacation this week and won’t be in front of my screens for the most part. CC and I will continue to post but some days may be slightly lighter on content. [hr] Here …

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March 8, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

Shares of Disney (DIS) nearly touched $100 yesterday for the first time in two months. The approach to the nice round number caught the attention of one trader Monday shortly after noon when the stock …

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