Biotech and Healthcare stocks are down a couple percent today after an epic bounce following the surprise outcome of the presidential election. A few weeks ago we detailed defined risk trade ideas in the S&P …
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With the election results decided, and the market not down the 5% it was as indicated by the futures last night, you may be forgiven for thinking that we basically have market status quo from yesterday’s …
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Event: NetApp Inc (NTAP) reports Q3 results after the close. The options market is implying about a 8.5% one day move, which is rich to the 4 qtr avg one day move of about 6%, …
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Here is a quick recap of trades that we initiated, closed, or debated in the week that was Nov 2nd to Nov 6th.
Continue readingTime Warner (TWX) reported Q3 results this morning and issued forward eps guidance for 2016 that was below expectations, the stock is down 7% (was down 10% at its lows). Lowlights from Bloomberg: Prior to …
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Update, Oct 2nd, 2012, 12:35 PM EDT: In yesterday’s CotD post (copied below), I highlighted the rise of implied volatility in Herbalife heading into the Value Investing Congress, as traders focused on Einhorn potentially revealing …
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To get a feel for the verbal power of a well-known hedge fund manager like David Einhorn, look at the 1 year chart of Herbalife stock: Over the course of 3 trading days …
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