Earlier I previewed AAPL’s Q2 results due out after the close (below). Now I want to outline a few ways to play depending upon your current positioning (yes I know long) or directional inclination from …
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Event: Apple (AAPL) reports its fiscal Q2 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 5% one day move (and weekly move of about 5.5%) which is a tad shy of …
Continue readingYesterday I found myself doing some work on Chinese online travel company Ctrip.com (CTRP) that led to a trade (New Trade – $CTRP: Trip and Fall?) and this morning writing (MorningWord 3/5/15: Bull in a …
Continue readingEvent: TWTR reports Q4 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 11.5%* one day move vs the 4 qtr avg since going public about 15%. *with the stock at $42 …
Continue readingBelow 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 …
Continue readingEvent: LinkedIn (LNKD) reports Q3 results after the close tonight. The options market is implying about a 9% one day move in either direction, which is essentially inline with the 4 qtr average of about 9%, …
Continue readingWe previewed the Facebook earnings earlier (copied below) and much like TWTR yesterday we want to follow up with some options structures we like depending on your current FB holding or directional bias: Stock replacement/alternative …
Continue readingEVENT: FB is scheduled to report their Q3 results after the close tonight. The options market is implying a one day move in either direction for Wednesday of almost 8%, which is rich to its …
Continue readingEvent: GILD reports its Q3 results today after the market close. The options market is implying a one day move of about 4.75%, which is above both the 4 quarter average of 2.75% and the …
Continue readingEvent: BA reports Q3 earnings tomorrow, Oct 22nd, before the open The options market is implying about a 2.5% one day move, which is below both the 4 qtr avg move of 3.75%, and the 8 qtr avg …
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