March 7, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: Shake Shack reports Q4 results after the close, the options market is implying about a 10% one day move in either direction. I would note that in the 4 quarters the company has reported …

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July 13, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

A week ago, following Barron’s negative article on Chipolte (CMG), we took a look at the stock (below) and agreed with the fundamental take, but concluded: it kind of feels like a press on the …

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July 6, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Over the weekend Barron’s painted a fairly downbeat picture for Chipotle’s (CMG) prospects in the coming year as growth decelerates, suggesting that “the stock could lose another 15% to 20%” in their feature article Chipotle Losing Its Spice. …

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April 30, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

In late January McDonald’s (MCD) announced a CEO change as the stock was within a couple percent of the 52 week lows.  The stock has since rallied almost 10% and has been consolidating just above a key …

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April 29, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

On February 23rd I laid out a bullish cash for shares of Shake Shack (SHAK), totally disregarding valuation and bought the stock just below $43 on some (frankly) pie in the sky stuff, watch here: As …

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April 15, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

As someone who has traded through a couple verified stock market bubbles over the last 20 years, I can tell you that there are few single stock trade set ups as powerful as the short squeeze. And …

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