$AAPL Fiscal Q1 Earnings Preview

January 26, 2016 by Dan • Trade Ideas

Event: Apple (AAPL) reports fiscal Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 6.25% one day move, which is basically inline with the implied move prior to their Q4 report in late …

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Big Printin’ – $JD Degrees

January 25, 2016 by Dan • Trades and Updates

Chinese economic slowdown apologists point that the adjustment from an industrial lead economy to a services based economy will be a massive boon for consumer facing companies like Alibaba (BABA) and their competitor JD.com (JD). …

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MMM Dough Nuts

by Dan • Trades and Updates

Event: 3M (MMM) reports Q4 results tomorrow before the close. The options market is implying nearly a 3.5% one day move, which is rich to its 4 qtr and 10 year avg one day move …

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FB: Fly on Your Wall

January 22, 2016 by Dan • Trades and Updates

It was a pretty volatile week for most risk assets the world over. At one point here in the U.S. and Europe on Wednesday it felt as though we were nearing a crash.  Things have …

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Hedge Idea – Bobbing for $AAPL

by Dan • Trades and Updates

Event: Apple (AAPL) reports fiscal Q1 results Tuesday night after the close.  The options market is implying about a 6% one day move. That’s essentially in line with the implied move prior to their Q4 results …

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Update – $VZ Phone Charger

by CC • Trades and Updates

It’s a scary time to be committing new capital to equities. We’ve been very clear about the caution that investors should be showing in this environment. We detailed tactical portfolio hedges right before the New …

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SBUX Caffeine High

by Dan • Trades and Updates

Event: Starbucks reports fiscal Q1 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 5% one day move, which is rich to the 4 qtr one day avg move of 3.25% and …

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