January 4, 2017 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

Earlier we detailed a large call spread risk reversal trade in shares of CMCSA. That appears to be a popular trade structure today. When shares of Michael Kors (KORS) were trading $43.80 a trader apparently …

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May 27, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Tomorrow before the open Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) will report their Q1 results. The options market is implying about a 10% one day move, which is a bit rich to the 4 qtr avg …

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January 28, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Michael Kors (KORS) reports earnings on February 5th prior to the open. The options market is implying about an 8% one day move, which shockingly has been about the average move since the company reported …

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November 7, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

Despite some high profile disappointments in the last couple of weeks by retailers like ANF, COH, KORS, KSS and WMT, the sector as a whole has caught a rally of late. The  increased optimism about the U.S. …

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August 13, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

The story in U.S. retail has remained fairly consistent with over the past year, consumers have had tight grips on their wallets and retailers have had to discount aggressively to maintain market-share.  This dynamic has …

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July 16, 2014 by Enis • Commentary

Financials were the best performing sector yesterday after two strong earnings reports from JPM and GS.  IWM continues to underperform SPY and QQQ.  Options volumes were higher yesterday compared to the past couple of weeks. …

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