Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Tuesday’s trading: 1. GLW – earlier in a post I highlighted the short dated put volume in the stock, with total options …
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Technology stocks, particularly component suppliers to the PC and Smartphone supply chain have been under pressure of late as weak results and pricing from semiconductor / memory suppliers have weighed on the largest sector by …
Continue readingHere is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Wednesday’s trading: 1. AAPL – shortly after the open when the stock was $122.88 a trader paid 44 cents for the April …
Continue readingRealized volatility remains elevated in the S&P 500 index, as it has moved more than 0.5% in either direction on 10 of the last 12 days. 1. YHOO – YHOO gapped higher after a strong earnings …
Continue readingAside from a large in contract terms (75,000) very low delta 190/180 put spread that appeared to be bought in the SPY Sept 30th quarterly options yesterday, single stock options attracted most of the attention, while …
Continue readingApple’s last new product introduction was in April 2010, more than 4 years ago… with the press release in January of that year calling it a “Magical & Revolutionary Device at an Unbelievable Price“. In …
Continue readingCorning is down nearly 10% on its earnings results, its largest move on earnings since October 2012. GLW missed the consensus EPS estimate by a penny ($0.37 vs. $0.38 expected), but the real disappointment was …
Continue readingBroadcom has jumped 13% this week after announcing on Monday morning that it planned to exit its cellular baseband business. This Bloomberg article from Monday had the details: Broadcom Corp. (BRCM), struggling to make a …
Continue readingBack in early November we bought GLW at $16.47 after the stock had pulled back from a euphoric gap higher on a long term deal to supply LCD glass to Samsung. At the time we …
Continue readingHere is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was Jan 6th – Jan 10th:
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