December 23, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

A couple weeks ago we highlighted the poor relative year to date performance of shares of General Electric (GE) to many of its peers in the industrial space and the broad market, up only 2%: vs …

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September 20, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: FedEx (FDX) reports their fiscal Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying nearly a 5% post earnings move tomorrow in either direction, which is shy of the 4 qtr one day average …

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March 15, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: FedEx (FDX) reports their fiscal Q3 results tomorrow after the close. The options market is implying about a 4% post earnings move. With the stock around $142, the March 18th straddle (call premium + …

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October 16, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Today is a tale of two cities for industrial stocks, with General Electric (GE) trading up about 2.5% and at both a new 52 week and 7 year high after posting better than expected Q3 …

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July 28, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

On Friday’s Options Action on CNBC, my co-panelist Carter Worth laid out a very convincing bearish technical take on shares of UPS, watch here: In Carter’s opinion, there are three charts to look at  as …

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June 15, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

Event: Fedex (FDX) reports fiscal Q4 results Wednesday before the open, the options market is implying about a 3.25% one day move which is a tad lower than the 4 qtr avg of about 3.6%, …

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March 17, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

A few weeks ago I took a look at FDX with an eye towards tomorrow morning’s fiscal Q3 report (below). I was particularly focused on the price of FDX options, while also taking a peak …

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