Since posting the the Considering Our Options post just a bit ago stating our intention to close the RAX March 40/50 Call Spread for a gain prior to the stock’s Q4 report after the close, …
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A little less than a month ago we made a defined risk bullish play on RAX (below) when the stock was about 7% lower than current levels. The company is set to report their Q4 …
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We’ve been waiting patiently on our GLD call spread since we initiated the trade on the first trading day of 2014. After many starts and stops, GLD is making a new high for the year …
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On Friday Jan 31st I was a bit early legging into a near term bearish position by buying puts in GOOG after the stock’s Q4 results. When the stock was $1162 I Bought the Feb 1150 …
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We went over our VIX sturcture yesterday (below) and with the market down this morning and the spot VIX back over 20, the structure is trading about $2. So from a risk/reward perspective it makes …
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In December we re-initiated our go to VIX portfolio protection trade with the spot VIX around 13.33. With the recent selling in the market and the spot VIX flying higher than 20 yesterday, its a …
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On Friday morning, after GOOG gapped higher on its Q4 results that I would say were mixed (despite the price action suggesting investors thinking it was fabulous) I made a very bad entry on my …
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Our first trade in 2014 was a long call spread on GLD. The precious metal gapped higher on day one, and we took a position looking for a move to the $125 area on GLD. …
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A week ago I made the case (below) that GOOG was setting up to be one of the most crowded safe haven long trades in all of large cap U.S. equities. Last night the company …
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Earlier today we offered our fiscal Q1 Earnings Preview for AAPL (below), and on Friday introduced the earnings trade that we felt most convicted on (here). Aside from the call calendar, we wanted to offer …
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