On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC I detailed a short dated bullish trade idea in Microsoft (MSFT), a slightly longer dated bearish trade in Micron (MU) and gave a quick update the bullish Ford (F) trade idea from the prior week. Additionally, my …
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At the onset of earnings season we saw a handful of gaps lower in stocks that reported results below expectations. There were few that were as pronounced as the 9.25% one day decline by MSFT …
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I know you already know this, but the Russell 2000 severely lagged the S&P500 (SPX) in 2014 (up only 3.5% vs its large cap brethren up 11.5%). I know that you also already know that …
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On Friday’s Options Action my co-panelists Mike Khouw and Carter Worth offered a bearish view on shares of Coca-Cola (KO) from both a technical and fundamental standpoint (read and watch below). Here was the main issue …
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On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC I detailed a longer dated bullish trade idea in Ford (F) and gave a quick update the disastrous Disney (DIS) trade from the prior week, and a bearish trade idea in the Utilities etf (XLU) that …
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Yesterday in my MorningWord (Retail Therapy) I discussed the investor push and pull for U.S. retailers between those with little to no exposure to a strong dollar that benefit from lower oil (both from the benefit to their consumers and …
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On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC I detailed two trade ideas, the first in JP Morgan (JPM), a simple put purchase in front of next week’s Q4 results, and a long stock alternative in Twitter (TWTR). Additionally, my friends Mike …
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On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC I detailed a new trade idea in Tesla ($TSLA), a put butterfly to express a near term bearish view on what I believe is waning momentum in the stock and a rapidly …
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On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC I detailed a new trade idea in the QQQ, a put calendar. The goal is financing longer dated out of the money puts by selling the Dec 31st puts of the same strike …
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On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC I detailed a new trade idea in the XLF for those looking for a sort of “next derivative” trade for the crash in oil I also reviewed a protection trade in Apple …
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