January 10, 2017 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

Semiconductor stocks were one of the best performing sub-sectors in the S&P 500 (SPX) in 2017. The semiconductor etf SMH was up 37%. Compare that to the Nasdaq Composite, up only 7.5% and the SPX …

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January 4, 2017 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

With the broad market near all time highs, and the market enthusiasm stretching into the New Year, it appears that traders are looking for ways to better define risk on bullish bets in stocks that …

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November 1, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Event: Qualcomm (QCOM) reports fiscal Q4 results tomorrow night after the close. The options market is implying a 6% one day post earnings move which is shy of the nearly 8% average over the last 4 …

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October 19, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Updates

On October 6th we to a look at the technical set up for the semiconductor group via the etf SMH. We identified some of the fundamental reasons for the massive out-performance in the space that had has resulted …

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October 19, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

At this time yesterday I considered the reasons why shares of Netflix (NFLX) were up nearly 20% in the pre-market following better than expected Q3 subscriber results (here). Clearly investors were not expecting such a …

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October 18, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Event: Intel (INTC) reports Q3 results after the close. The options market is implying about 3.25% one day post earnings move which is shy of the 4 quarter average one day post earnings move of 4.2%, and slightly …

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October 6, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

In mid July, semiconductors as a group had a major technical breakout, with the SMH (the etf that tracks 25 semi stocks, Intel and Taiwan Semi making up about 30% of the weight) blowing through …

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September 21, 2016 by Dan • Big Printin'

Here is some untied apparently directional options activity that caught my eye in today’s trading: INTC: yesterday in this post I highlighted some out of the money call buying in November expiration (here), and today …

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September 20, 2016 by Dan • Big Printin'

Shares of Intel (INTC) made a new 52 week high last week following the companies positive pre-announcement for their current quarter: The company now expects third-quarter revenue to be $15.6 billion, plus or minus $300 …

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