Trade Updates

On July 30th Caterpillar (CAT) reported better than expected second quarter results and the stock initially popped. It then preceded to give up those gains intra-day. It had a certain feel like there was more …

So the big story of the day is Apple (AAPL)’s trillion dollar market cap. That’s a pretty amazing feat, and settled the debated on whether it was going to be Amazon or Apple first. So …

Yesterday, as Facebook (FB) was putting in the largest one day market cap decline in US stock history, we looked ahead to fellow FANGer Amazon (AMZN) and the asymmetrical risk reward into its print. Here’s …

In June we checked in on Comcast (CMCSA). The stock was down significantly in 2018 amidst uncertainty around M&A activity for itself and its competitors. But with that 27% decline from all time highs (at …

We’ve taken a look at Philip Morris stock a couple of times this year, first in early March when the stock was trading $110. We detailed a bearish trade idea (read here from March 9th) …

Yesterday we previewed Netflix’s (NFLX) impending earnings and trade ideas in either direction depending on your view. The trades targeted moves in line with the expected move given by the options market. The stock is …

In mid May we targeted emerging market stocks for a possible decline over the next few months, originally detailing a put calendar. From May 18th: EEM ($46.07) Buy June / Aug 45 put calendar for 80 …

In March we checked in on the Semiconductor space a couple times, with some events on the docket from large omponents like Micron (MU) and Applied Materials (AMAT). After detailing an initial short biased trade …

On Friday June 15th I detailed a bearish strategy in the FXI, the etf that tracks large-cap Chinese stocks (read here: YUAN TRADE WAR?) suggesting… looking at the FXI, the iShares Large Cap China etf, …

In mid May we checked in on emerging market stocks and detailed a way to position for the etf EEM to break support at some point this summer. Here was the original trade, a put …