Here is a list of some untied options activity/trades that caught our eye on an otherwise quiet day in the equity markets. 1. GLD – gold had one of its worst weeks in a very …
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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 …
Continue readingSince making new multi-year highs earlier this month, MSFT is now down about 7%, with last night representing its first close below its all important 50 day moving average (purple line below) for the first …
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MorningWord 10/25/13: Like most technology trends over the last decade, MSFT was late to the cloud, defending their dominance in desktop computing, with little acknowledgment of broad secular trends bombarding their turf. It is fairly …
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Event: MSFT reports its fiscal Q1 earnings tomorrow after the close. The options market is implying about a 4% one day move, which is below the 4 qtr avg of about 4.75% (skewed by the …
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About a month ago I took a look at MSFT into their Analyst Day and put on a slightly short delta put calendar taking advantage of the high implied vol into the event in the …
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A little over a week ago we initiated a trade in MSFT to take advantage of elevated front month vol into their analyst meeting to finance a further out bearish position with the thought that …
Continue readingMSFT shares have been on a bit of a roller-coaster ride this year, as have been their investors, employees and their customers for that matter. Despite all of the negative sentiment, regarding the declining PC …
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Single stock options blocks ruled the unusual activity on what was a volatile session in the morning, only to spend the afternoon praying for the weekend to come. AAPL: the three most actively traded single …
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Single stocks ruled the large options block trades today, on what was a generally sideways day. JCP : stock is up more than 10% this week, the options flow has been fairly mixed but heavy. In …
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