Smart money is constantly hunting for the next big technological service, standard or platform. To get a sense what that smart money is looking at (to eventually bet on), I follow a bunch of VC …
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On Twitter last night I got a question regarding a protective collar on shares of Facebook that I detailed on the site (here) and on Friday’s Options Action on CNBC (watch here): @RiskReversal Great analysis & I …
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I put on a bearish FB trade about a week ago, and the stock has quickly moved down to near my $70 put strike, much more quickly than I had expected. Since my $70 put …
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One aspect of the FB story recently that has gotten very little press is the potential impact of the newly awarded WhatsApp shares on FB stock. From this morning’s Notable Options Activity post: Facebook closed …
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Update Dec 1st, 2011: This thing has been all over the place, I got the direction right, but timing and the magnitude wrong. Since putting this calendar on a couple weeks ago, the stock went …
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Groupon options were listed today and as one might expect the implied volatility is through the roof and as a result of the ridiculously high rates to borrow the stock to short, the puts are trading at a …
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