January 10, 2017 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Earlier I highlighted Intel’s (INTC) inability to fill in its earnings gap from late Oct when the stock declined 6% post results (read here).  Another stock that has failed to do so, despite the broad …

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October 18, 2016 by riskreversal • Big Printin'

Here is some apparently untied directional options activity that caught my eye in today’s trading: PYPL: Paypal reports Q3 results Thursday after the close. The options market is implying about a 5% one day move, …

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October 5, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money we discussed Facebook’s launch of their Marketplace feature, think internal Ebay: As Julia Boorstin reported, the Marketplace had a gaff at launch by not having a filter set for …

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November 13, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

After years of hype, mobile electronic payments, both consumer and peer to peer, have finally become a disruptive trend. And it suddenly seems there are hundreds of fintech startups as well as established tech behomeths …

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April 26, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was April 20th to 24th:   [hr] Monday April 20th: Name That Trade – $IBM: You’re My Boy Blue …

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