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$ADBE – Calendar Shop

March 17, 2016 by CC • Trade Ideas

Earlier, Dan previewed Adobe’s (ADBE) Q1 earnings due after the bell. Like I did last week with ORCL and ratio spreads versus long stock, I want to use ADBE’s earnings event as an educational look into another …

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BA: Boeing Boeing Gone?

January 26, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: Boeing (BA) reports Q4 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 4% one day move, which is rich to the 4 qtr average one day move of 2.5%, and …

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Trade Idea – $XLU: Utility Playa

November 9, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

On the heels of Friday’s stronger than expected October jobs data, Utility stocks were the hardest hit sector in the market, with the Utilities select etf, the XLU closing down nearly 4%.  For the second …

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Name That Trade – $IBM: Blue’s Clues

October 19, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Last Monday we took a look at IBM following the announcement of DELL and EMC’s intention to merge.  While IBM could be a candidate to split some its faster growing cloud based businesses from their slower …

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Name That Trade – $SBUX: Tall Drip

July 23, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: SBUX reports fiscal Q3 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.25% one day move tomorrow which is basically inline with the 4 qtr avg of about the same. …

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Name That Trade – CSCO Systems Go

June 4, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Shares of Cisco Systems have under-performed the Nasdaq Composite in a fairly meaningful way so far in 2015, up only 3.6% to the Nas up up 7.2%.  Despite rising nearly 30% from the 52 week …

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Name That Trade $GM: Generally Unmotivated

May 29, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Earlier today (below) I discussed some recent consolidation chatter in the auto industry. While it could seem a bit “pie in the sky” or “top of the market” the potential reasons make sense as it …

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