April 22, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

Q1 earnings season is off to a sort of meh start. Last week, bank stocks rallied off of very low expectations, poor relative performance and results that were good enough to cause a bit of …

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April 18, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

On Friday’s Options Action, my co-panelist Carter Worth of Cornerstone Macro Research made the bullish case for a breakout of shares of Microsoft (MSFT) in the near future: Interestingly, Carter beat me to it, as I had …

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April 18, 2016 by CC • Trade Updates

Reminder: We’ll be hosting a webinar on Tonight at 8pm that concentrates on investing and trading during earnings season. If you haven’t already, register here. Dan will be discussing IBM’s earnings, due after the bell, …

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April 18, 2016 by Dan • Trade Updates

Event: IBM reports Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move tomorrow, which is about inline with the 4 qtr one day avg move. With the …

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April 12, 2016 by Dan • Trade Updates

If you’re like me, and you watched the final round of the Master’s golf tourney on Sunday, then you were subjected to what might be considered cruel and unusual punishment at the hands of IBM’s …

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