The other day I updated with some thoughts on our VIX trade and what polls to watch for further spikes in volatility into the election. Today I want to update that trade to take off …
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Alibaba (BABA) Earnings Trade Updates
Yesterday we previewed of Alibaba’s Q3 results (released this morning). The stock is initially opened higher after the company beat expectations: Alibaba posted earnings of 5.26 yuan per share, up from 3.61 yuan a share …
Continue readingQualcomm (QCOM) – Chips on the Table
Event: Qualcomm (QCOM) reports fiscal Q4 results tomorrow night after the close. The options market is implying a 6% one day post earnings move which is shy of the nearly 8% average over the last 4 …
Continue readingAlibaba – BABA Oh Really?
Event: Alibaba (BABA) reports Q3 results tomorrow before the open. The options market is implying about a 5.5% one day post earnings move, which is rich to the 4 qtr average one day post earnings …
Continue readingUtility Playa (XLU) Update
Back in September we looked at the near term prospects for higher bond yields after U.S. Treasuries had just come off of historic lows and the likelihood that at least one rate increase by the FOMC …
Continue readingActivision (ATVI) – Calls of Duty
Regular readers know that most of our trade/ investment ideas start with something fundamental, usually some sort of catalyst, or relative valuation etc, but we also like to use as many inputs as possible to help formulate …
Continue readingUpdate – Paypal (PYPL) Refund
Hop into the Way Back Machine all the way to May 17th. On that day we wrote a post looking at Paypal (PYPL) into their first analyst day as an independent stock, following its 2015 …
Continue readingOptions Action Update: GE & MCD
Last Friday we detailed a couple set ups in two mega-cap down stocks that report tomorrow before the open, General Electric (GE – Choose Your Own Adventure) and McDonalds (MCD – Making A Meal Out Of It), …
Continue readingUpdate: Chipping Away in SMH
On October 6th we to a look at the technical set up for the semiconductor group via the etf SMH. We identified some of the fundamental reasons for the massive out-performance in the space that had has resulted …
Continue readingCitigroup (C) Q3 Earnings Preview / XLF Hedge Update
Event: Citigroup (C) is scheduled to report its Q3 results Friday before the open. The options market is implying about a 3% one day move in either direction, which is a tad higher than the …
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