Earlier this week we previewed Gamestop (GME) earnings and detailed a stock alternative. The idea for the stock alternative was that GME had already pre-announced, and shown that buyers lurked below, in large part because …
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GameStop (GME) will report their Q3 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 6.75% one day move tomorrow, which is above the 4 qtr one day average move of 4.8% …
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2015 may be remembered as the year the U.S. consumer Netflix’d and Chilled. In between episodes of House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, Americans bought their organic foods from their Instacart app, their …
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Event: GameStop (GME) reports their Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about an 8% one day move. The March 27th weekly expiration 39 straddle is offered at about $3.10, if …
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The CBOE composite put/call ratio closed on Friday at 0.74, its lowest level since August 21st. Single stock options activity was focused on the tech sector. 1. EMC – The stock broke out above $30 last …
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GameStop (GME) reports their Q3 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying a whopping two day move (using Nov 22nd expiration options) of about 10%. The Nov 44 straddle (the put and …
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Often cheap stocks are cheap for a reason. High volatility in options is usually the same way. But while stocks that trade at a discount to their peers or the broad market are usually in …
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Options volumes remained very light, even in the index ETFs, which are now near the highs of the year. The chip sector was the most active in options, even as most chip stocks have already …
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Macro ETFs dominated options volumes as intraday volatility has heated up in the past week. Outside of ETFs, commodity-related names were the most active. 1. IWM – IWM reversed after touching its lowest level of 2014. …
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I bought GME nearly a month ago ahead of the company’s Q2 earnings report, with the following thoughts and structure: We like the fundamental situation, so we are going to buy GME stock here after …
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