The general rule of thumb when selling volatility is to do so when options prices are high relative to the broad market, the underlying’s movement, and most importantly to its historical options prices. Sometimes though, …
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Apple’s success in the smartphone and tablet market is undeniable. Whether they created the categories is debatable, but they certainly refined the offerings and brought an elegant, easy-to-use solution to the masses. Since the 2007 introduction …
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Apple-mania is back…well sort of. The stock’s 35% gains off of the January lows has been fueled by a combination of very poor sentiment, aggressive stock buybacks and once again the hope for new innovative products. …
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In case you missed it, Apple’s still got it. The “It” is a certain je ne sais quoi. While putting on a great show to a very sympathetic audience, the company redefined the smartphone conversation without really introducing …
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Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed, expired and considered (Name That Trades) in the week that was May 27th – May 30th:
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Monday at 1pm eastern Tim Cook takes the stage at their annual World Wide Developers Conference. Its been a busy week for Apple leading up to the event, kicked off by what seems some well …
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MorningWord 6/18/13: Yesterday shortly after 1pm our Twitter-feed lit up like a Christmas tree after I reported the following trade in AAPL: @cnbcfastmoney @CNBCOptions Monster Bullish Trade in $AAPL, a trader buys 10,200 of the …
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MorningWord 6/11/13: OK Lets get a few things out of the way, the investment world is in near universal agreement that AAPL’s stock has bottomed, but having little to do with the product roadmap. It …
Continue readingWith heightened focus on AAPL stock ahead of the conference keynote at 1pm EST today (AAPL will be live-streaming Tim Cook’s keynote today at 1pm eastern: http://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2013/ need to be on safari or iOs device), I wanted …
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Webinar Reminder: Summer Trading Strategies – A Return to Volatility? – Mon, Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/84096497664919552 [hr] Earlier in the week I wrote a post previewing AAPL’s Word Wide Developers …
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