November 14, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Updates

Shares of Twitter got a boost this morning when it was revealed that activist investor Jana Partners took a small stake.  I am not sure this news should be viewed too positively as it could …

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September 26, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

In case you missed the stories on Friday, it’s not likely that Twitter (TWTR) remains an independent company much longer. From CNBC’s David Faber: Since founder Jack Dorsey formally returned to the company a year …

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September 15, 2016 by Dan • FREE ACCESS

I want to hit a few things on my radar this morning… First things first, Apple iPhone 7 pre-order sales. I think it is safe to say that the stock’s nearly 10% gains since Monday’s …

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August 5, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Prior to Nike’s (NKE) fiscal Q4 earnings report in late June, the stock was trading at 2016 lows, which was down almost 25% from its 52 week and all time highs made in late December …

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April 15, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

On CNBC’s Fast Money this past week we ran a couple of segments on how traders on the desk incorporate Twitter in their daily market work flow. Here was mine from Wednesday’s show: .@RiskReversal tells …

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January 19, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: Netflix reports Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 14% one day move, which is shy of the 15.5% 4 qtr average move, and rich to the 10 year …

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March 1, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Hi Traders, I wanted to take the opportunity to detail some emphasis in our writing style that you may have noticed. Regular readers know that we put a lot of time, research and consideration on …

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February 22, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed, expired and considered (Name That Trades) in the week that was Feb 17th to Feb 20th:  

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