On November 14th we looked at Pepsi (PEP) following a sharp near term sell-off that sent near term implied vol higher. It was an interesting case where one could take advantage of that implied vol …
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Since last Tuesday’s close, shares of Pepsi (PEP) are down nearly 7% in a straight line. Now a lot of things have gone down since then, but probably nothing more important for a company that …
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Event: Pepsi (PEP) is scheduled to report its Q3 results Thursday morning prior to the open. The options market is implying about a 2%* one day post earnings move which is rich to the 4 …
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Event: Pepsi (PEP) will report Q2 results tomorrow morning before the open. The options market is implying only a 2% one day post earnings move in either direction, which is rich to the 4 qtr …
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Event: Microsoft (MSFT) reports fiscal Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move, which is shy of its 4 qtr average of about 6.5%, but in …
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Here is some generally directional, untied options activity that caught my eye during Tuesday’s trading: 1. FXE – minutes before the close the etf that tracks the Euro saw a massive put spread purchase. When the etf was …
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Pepsi (PEP) just reported Q4 results and 2015 guidance, and the stock briefly made a new all time high in the pre-market. This is all a bit confounding to me. Given the lack of growth, …
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A couple weeks ago a laid out my view on Pepsi’s (PEP) value proposition from an investment standpoint (read below), and frankly I see little reason to own a consumer staple trading at 21x expected eps …
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Earlier today there was some call activity in shares of Pepsi (PEP) that got me thinking about a poorly time bearish trade that I initiated in late September in the stock (New Trade – $PEP: …
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Alibaba (BABA) was by far the biggest single stock story of 2014, at one point rising 75% from its $68 ipo price, sucking out, at its November highs, $300 billion from other equity investments. So …
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