Hypothetical Trade – RiskReversal

Name That Trade – $AAPL Sauce

September 25, 2015 by CC • Commentary

Regular readers know that we are very happy long time consumers of almost every Apple (AAPL) product, both personally and professionally. We spend a good bit of time writing about AAPL the stock as it …

Name That Trade – $WYNN: Catch a Falling Knife Edition

September 25, 2015 by CC • Commentary

On Sept 2nd (Name That Trade – For the $WYNN) we took a look Wynn Resorts when the stock was $72. At the time it was already down 50% from its 2015 highs, down 71% …

Trading Diary: Sept 8th to 11th

September 13, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was Sept 8th – Sept 11th: Monday Sept 7th: Market closed for Labor Day Holiday [hr] Tuesday Sept 8th: …

Name That Trade – $DIS: Let it go

August 31, 2015 by CC • Commentary

Earlier in his MorningWord, Dan said that some of the best trades on the board after last week’s late week bounce in the fade the bounce of some of the market’s fallen angels, like Disney (DIS): …

Trading Diary: Aug 10th – Aug 14th

August 16, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was Aug 10th – Aug 14th:

Name That Trade – $SPY: Reconsidering Portfolio Protection

August 12, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

By now you know the score. Small cap stocks in the form of the Russell 2000 (IWM), despite still being up on the year, have of late shown relative weakness to large caps, down 7.5% from its …

Name That Trade – $QCOM: San Diego Poo

July 22, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: QCOM reports Q2 results tonight after the close, the options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move which is shy of the 4 qtr average one day move of about 6.5%, ranging …

Name That Trade – $IYT: Those Aren’t Pillows

July 20, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

In this weekend’s Barron’s there was a great QnA with the CIO of Bessemer Trust, Rebecca Patterson that is well worth a read, Why Bessemer Trust’s Chief Investment Officer Is Still Bullish. An answer to a …

Name That Trade – $MU: Huge Loss of Memory

June 26, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

The nearly 19% drop today in shares of Micron (MU) is staggering. Especially for a stock that came into the trading session down 30% from its 52 week highs, and is now down 45% on the …

Name That Trade – $TWTR: Building a Bird’s Nest

June 19, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Twitter (TWTR) has itself a sort of Fairy God Father in the form of their pre-ipo investor Chris Sacca. Sacca, on his VC firm’s blog (LowerCase Capital) has issued two very detailed posts critical of management and current strategy. …

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