November 28, 2016 by CC • Trade Ideas

On August 30th, we wrote a recap of some trade ideas Dan presented on a panel at the Ameritrade Investools Conference. The ideas focused on 3 widely held stocks in big cap tech, media and …

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November 11, 2016 by riskreversal • Trade Ideas

On Wednesday (Big Printin’ – XOM Dec Calls) we highlighted some out of the money call buying in Dec expiration in Exxon (XOM): XOM… saw some fairly heavy short dated call volume that was 2.5x that …

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November 9, 2016 by riskreversal • Big Printin'

After some early weakness this morning, Crude Oil held at near term support, and is now threatening to break above the uptrend from the February lows: The technical set up here feels precarious at best, …

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August 30, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Today I had the pleasure to speak at TD Ameritrade’s annual Investools conference alongside my Options Action co-panelist Michael Khouw. As part of the discussion, he and I both detailed some options trade ideas in …

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August 3, 2016 by Dan • Big Printin'

In case you missed, the 24% decline in crude oil from its 2016 highs in early June above $50, to this morning’s low at $39.19 came to a screeching halt following today’s supply data: With …

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February 1, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: Exxon (XOM) reports Q4 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 3.3% one day move. With the stock at $76 the Feb 5th weekly 76 straddle is offered at about $2.55, …

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January 4, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Regular readers know that commodities and their related stocks aren’t usually my focus. Despite my tourist status, I have had some views on crude oil weakness since the end of 2014. Those views have remained steadfast …

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November 12, 2015 by Dan • Commentary

A little more than a month ago on Oct 9th (here) we made a defined risk bearish bet that shares of Exxon (XOM) would fail at the sharp downtrend near $80, that had been in …

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