Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was Jan 13th – Jan 17th:
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Yesterday we highlighted some unusual options activity in HLF over the last week (Big Options Activity Looking for Herb to Get Smoked) that has led many market participants to speculate that a certain known short in …
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Bill Ackman has been designated the Big Loser in the HLF battle with Carl Icahn last year. HLF hit a new all-time high in late 2013, less than a year after Ackman first laid out …
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The S&P 500 index traded in a tight 20 point range all of last week. Single stock options activity on Friday included some rarely traded stocks. 1. AA – Alcoa stock declined 5.5% on Friday after …
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10 day realized volatility in the S&P 500 has fallen to 7 as the indices remain quiet while single stocks make the headlines to start the new year. 1. VIX – Trader sold 107k of the …
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Generally a quiet day in the markets until late in the afternoon where most indices gave up all of the the morning gains. Here is a quick recap of some of the most interesting options …
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Back in May, we highlighted the persistence of high short-interest in some of the big year-to-date-winners. Dan posted commentary with the title, “Concentrated Longs with High Short Interest are a Trader’s Dream” which highlighted TSLA, …
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MorningWord 8/8/13: Yesterday I wrote a post on JCP (here), where I detailed a few of the issues troubling the beleaguered retailer on the fundamental front, but also that the stock’s 23% decline in …
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We looked at doing some trades in HLF and COH who both reporting before the open tomorrow morning (HLF tonight, COH tomorrow morn). In case you missed it, here’s Dan’s preview of HLF. We ended …
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Event: HLF reports their Q2 earnings tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 10% move on earnings, which is very rich to the 4 qtr avg move of about 3.75% and …
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