Retail stocks have been under a ruthless attack with the latest casualties Costco (COST) and Target (TGT) this morning. The Retail sector has been in our sights from the short side since early March. Here was our initial …
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On April 29th we initiated a bearish trade in Walmart (WMT) when the stock was $66.66 targeting its q1 earnings report due tomorrow before the bell. We expressed this view by financing a May regular expiration …
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Two days ago we updated our thoughts on trade management for our Walmart (WMT) calendar. We initiated this trade with the idea of financing downside puts that catch earnings (5/19, before the opening bell) by …
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With retail stocks getting slammed today as result of poor results and guidance from Macy’s (M) I wanted to take the opportunity to update a bearish leaning options trade discussed on CNBC’s Options Action on Friday April …
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Earlier, we posted an update our existing XRT trader (here), but since I’ll be discussing this trade on CNBC’s Options Action tonight I want to have a separate post isolating the new strikes without the profits …
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While about 70% of S&P 500 companies having reported Q1 earnings, the balance of high profile names yet to report will be heavily dominated by retailers like Costco (COST), The Home Depot (HD), Lowe’s (LOW), …
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Shares of Walmart are having their worst day today since its February 18th 3% decline following Q4 results that capped their first annual sales decline since 1980, and guided down for the current fiscal year 2017 vs …
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Event: Costco reports fiscal Q2 results after the close. The options market is implying a 4% one day move, which is more than double the 4 qtr average of a little less than 2% and …
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There was a lot of noise made about Walmart’s (WMT) relative out-performance to the S&P 500 (SPX) in 2016. It up about 8% on yesterday’s close vs the SPX down about 6%. The out-performance was …
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Event: Walmart (WMT) reports their Q4 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 3.25% one day move, which is just shy of the average one day move following the last four …
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