January 25, 2017 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Something fairly extraordinary happened yesterday. AppDynamics was on the eve of their hotly anticipated IPO that would value the company near $2 billion. Now there won’t be an IPO. Because AppDynamics  was bought by Cisco …

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July 26, 2016 by CC • Trade Ideas

Earlier, Dan did a deep dive on Apple (AAPL) prior to tonight’s fiscal Q3 earnings report. He also reiterated our feelings on how we view (and be careful about) trading into and out of earnings events in his Morningword. With …

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March 24, 2015 by Enis • Commentary

CYBR is one of the lesser known IT security stocks in a very hot sector.  It did pick up notoriety on its huge run in February, doubling in value in just a few weeks.  The …

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August 14, 2013 by Dan • Commentary

Event: CSCO reports their fiscal Q3 earnings tonight after the close.  The options market is implying a one-day move of  ~6.5% vs the 4 quarter average move of ~7% and the 8 quarter average move of ~7.8%. …

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July 16, 2013 by Enis • Commentary

Event: IBM reports Q2 earnings Wednesday after the close.  The options market is implying about a 4% move, which is lower than the 4 qtr avg move of 5.25%, and lower than the 8 qtr avg …

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June 19, 2013 by Enis • Commentary

Event: ORCL reports its fiscal Q4 earnings tomorrow after the close.  The options market is implying about a 4.5% move post-earnings, which is in line with the 4 qtr avg move of about 4.5%, but lower …

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May 13, 2013 by Dan • Commentary

Event: CSCO reports their fiscal Q3 earnings Wednesday May 15th after the close.  The options market is implying about a 4.6%* move vs the 4 qtr avg move of ~6.4% and the 8 qtr avg move …

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February 13, 2013 by Dan • Commentary

Event: CSCO reports Q4 earnings tonight after the close.  The options market is implying about a 4.75%* move vs the 4 qtr avg move of ~6.75% and the 8 qtr avg move of ~8.4%. * with the …

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