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Caterpillar – CAT Scratch

July 12, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Shares of Caterpillar (CAT) have been a sort of an anomaly at times over the last five years as the commodity super-cycle, and the promise of everlasting emerging market growth came undone. A look back at …

$AAPL Fiscal Q2 Earnings

April 26, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: Apple (AAPL) reports fiscal Q2 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 4.5% one day move, which is shy of the implied move prior to their Q1 report in late January of 6.25%, …

AA Can’t Wait

April 11, 2016 by Dan • Trade Updates

Event: Alocoa (AA) reports Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 7% one day post earnings move which is rich to its 4 qtr avg move of about 4.25% …

Partly Cloudy – $CRM

February 24, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: SalesForce.com (CRM) reports Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 9% one day move, which is rich to its 4 qtr average one day move of about 5.5% …

$AAPL Fiscal Q1 Earnings Preview

January 26, 2016 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Apple (AAPL) reports fiscal Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 6.25% one day move, which is basically inline with the implied move prior to their Q4 report in late …

Trade Idea – $COST Center

December 7, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Costco (COST) reports fiscal Q1 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 2.5% one day move, which is rich to the 4 qtr average of just 1%, and the …

Name That Trade – $LNKD: Awaiting Your Response

October 28, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Last night on CNBC’s Fast Money I highlighted a bullish trade in LinkedIn (LNKD). The company’s Q3 earnings are due tomorrow after the close. Watch here. To recap, when the stock was $210, a trader …

New Trade – $TGT / $XRT: Retail in our Sights

August 18, 2015 by CC • Commentary

Event: Target (TGT) reports Q2 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 3% one day move which is a tad rich to the 4 qtr avg of about 2.5%.

Name That Trade – $WYNN’s become a funeral pyre

July 29, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: WYNN reports Q2 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about an 8% one day move, which is rich to the 4 qtr avg move of about 6.5%. The implied move …

Name That Trade – $LNKD or Out?

October 30, 2014 by Dan • Commentary

Below we previewed LNKD’s Q3 results. I am hard pressed given the expectations, and investors sentiment toward large cap internet stocks that LNKD can rise on anything other than a sizable beat and raise. But …

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