Exxon (XOM) has had a tough week, down about 4% vs the XLE (of which it is 16% of the etf’s weight) which is down only 1.5%. The under-performance is related to Warren Buffett’s disclosure …
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There has been a lot of talk over the last few days about the poor start for U.S. stocks in 2015, and what it means for the balance of the year. On Friday in this …
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The relative underperformance of the energy sector vs the rest of the market since July has been quite a sight. A simple chart of sector ETF performance in 2014 does the trick (XLE in white): …
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We often highlight unusual options activity, not because we have the intent of following, but more importantly as a gauge of sentiment and to get a better sense for large movements in capital flows. Yesterday …
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About a week and half ago we thought XOM was getting a bit oversold and fairly uncharacteristically made a bullish play (below) by financing out of the money calls by selling an out of the …
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On Friday Jan 31st I was a bit early legging into a near term bearish position by buying puts in GOOG after the stock’s Q4 results. When the stock was $1162 I Bought the Feb 1150 …
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Below is a list of some of the most interesting single stock options activity from today’s trading session: 1. S & TMUS: Lots of headlines over the past week as to whether or not a …
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Below is a list of some of the most interesting single stock options activity from today’s trading session: 1. TWTR – in front of the company’s first quarterly report options activity was fairly brisk with …
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Despite the overnight weakness in Asia, our equity markets found their footing right out of the gates after yesterday’s 2% drubbing. Below is a list of some untied single stock options trades that caught our …
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Back in late November, we thought the rally in XOM from the 52 week lows, to new 52 week highs in a bout 6 weeks was largely the result of Berkshire Hathaway’s accumulation of a …
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