I’ll make this easy for all of you traders out there just dying to pick a spot and step in on the long side of TWTR. I wouldn’t touch it prior to their Q4 earnings …
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The S&P 500 closed yesterday less than 1% from its all-time high on December 31st. After yesterday’s rally, I noticed a few large cap stocks breaking out to new all-time highs as well. Given that …
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The annual Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas will be something that resembles a cross between a Star Trek convention and Mark Zuckerburg’s upcoming 30th birthday bash. A lot of geeks and little …
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MorningWord 12/16/13: On more than a couple occasions in 2013, we have attempted to crack the code of EBAY’s embarrassing performance in a raging bull market. In the last couple months we have used the …
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Event: FB reports its Q3 earnings tomorrow after the close. The options market is implying about a 12.5% one day move, which is below the 5 qtr avg (FB has reported 5 times in its …
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MorningWord 10/22/13: We have been trading AAPL from the long side for a few months now, largely because we think investors expectations on the product front and what the company can actually deliver to consumers …
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We posted our detailed thoughts on NFLX in our earnings preview this morning. NFLX stock is up 24% since October 9th, a huge run into earnings including today’s 5% move higher to another new all-time …
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Trade Update: On Friday I closed the Oct/Nov 500 Call Calendar that I was long for more than a double and rolled a portion of the proceeds into a Oct 25th / Nov 1st 515 …
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MorningWord 10/21/13: When I started in this business in the mid to late 1990s the notion of getting a “double” in a stock was something that the old timers told me told me could be …
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CBOE composite put/call ratio hit its lowest level of 2013, closing at 0.68. GE – Oct 25 calls traded over 70k after GE rallied 3.5% on earnings, right through the $25 level, breaking out to its …
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