Procter & Gamble (PG) reports their fiscal Q2 results tomorrow before the open, the options market is implying about a 1.7% one day move which is a tad shy of the 1.9% 4 qtr avg. …
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Lost amidst the international headlines this week are the earnings results from the first full week of Q2 earnings season. In the financials sector, the stock reactions were clearly much more a result of divergent …
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Event: JPM reports its Q2 earnings Tuesday before the open. The options market is implying about a 2% one day move, which is above both the 4 quarter average of 1% and the 8 quarter average of …
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A couple of weeks ago we initiated a slightly bearish play in BAC that looked to finance puts that would catch the impending Q2 earnings release (Aug regulars) with a sale of puts in the week …
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Event: WFC reports Q2 earnings tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 2% move, which is higher than both the 4 qtr avg move of 0.75% and the 8 qtr avg …
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Bank stocks have lagged the broad market in 2014 as money-center and investment banks fend off of a whole host of challenges from increased regulatory scrutiny that appears to be resulting in no shortage of multi-billion …
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BAC has been on our radar ever since a lackluster Q1 earnings report. We had a profitable bearish trade in the spring, which we closed for a triple. In the rationale for that trade, we outlined …
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BAC has fallen more than a dollar since we put on a long put trade in the stock a couple weeks ago. In our Considering Our Options post last week, we noted that we were …
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Very light options volume on Friday despite the intraday volatility in the indices. Most of the volume was in ETFs. 1. IWM – April puts were active, as traders re-adjusted protection positions after March options expired …
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Here is a list of some of the most interesting options activity that caught our eyes today: 1. AIG – the largest options block of a single stock traded in the name where a buyer …
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