Big Printin’ – XLY: Consumer Discretionary

October 17, 2016 by riskreversal • Big Printin'

Earlier we highlighted the weakness of a handful of consumer discretionary stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (here): Some of the worst performing stocks in 2016 in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are not …

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Rogue Bum – Disney (DIS)

October 13, 2016 by riskreversal • Trades and Updates

Shares of Disney (DIS) are trading at its lowest levels since mid February, down 13.5% on the year, and down 25% from its all time high made in August of 2015. $90 has certainly been …

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MorningWord 9/16/16: Follow the Leaders

September 16, 2016 by Dan • Morning Word

I’m literally dumbfounded by Apple’s (AAPL) 12% gains from Monday’s lows on seemingly no new news.  Sentiment around their new products was low, and now they are high. I thought the stock was a sale …

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Investools Conference Ideas – AAPL, DIS & XOM

August 30, 2016 by Dan • Trades and Updates

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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Disney (DIS) Fiscal Q3 Earnings Ideas

August 9, 2016 by Dan • Trades and Updates

Event: Disney (DIS) will report fiscal Q3 results tonight after the close. The options market is implying about a 3.3% one day post earnings move which is well below the 5% four qtr one day average …

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Finding $DIS

July 8, 2016 by Dan • Trades and Updates

With the S&P 500 (SPX) on the doorstep of making new all time highs, traders are scrambling to find stocks that could play catch up.  Disney (DIS) is a stock that might be worth keeping …

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$DIS – It’s A Vol World After All

May 24, 2016 by Dan • Trades and Updates

In my preview of Disney’s (DIS) fiscal Q2 earnings on May 10th, when the stock was $106, I saw very few scenarios where the stock would rally after the print: The 11% bounce in the …

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Put Put Golf – $NKE $UA $SBUX

May 11, 2016 by Dan • Trades and Updates

Earlier today I highlighted the relative weakness from last year’s all time highs in the S&P 500 (SPX) of some prior market leaders that I have dubbed U.S. Consumer Teflong™ Portfolio (read here).  The group consists …

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