What is Options Market Sentiment? and How Does One Use It?
I’ve provided a table of upcoming corporate events this week and the magnitude of the weekly move implied by current options prices for each of those stocks. Before we get…
A Few Big Moves Remain This Earnings Season
Nearly 90% of the Russell 1000 have reported earnings this season, so earnings season is drawing to a close we’ll start focusing on some other catalysts soon, but a few…
A Tale of Two Semi Earnings
What is moving and why? How are options traders positioning themselves now? We often spend the weekend looking ahead to potential market-moving catalysts. What are the major economic releases? Which…
An FOMC meeting, unemployment numbers and earnings for the biggest company in the S&P 500. It’s a big week.
Under “normal” circumstances, an FOMC meeting would highlight potential market-moving events, but this is not a normal week, and these are not normal circumstances. We now have significant military conflicts…
Microsoft (MSFT) Posts Magnificent Results. Alphabet Disappoints (GOOGL). Meta Platforms (META) Gets Sued.
One up, two down, and one to go. This article is for registered members - please login or click here to subscribe or register for free.
The First of the Magnificent Seven to Report Wasn’t. How Will The Others Fare?
Bellwether… Noun: a particular event, result, etc. that usually shows how a more general situation will develop or change… (Cambridge Dictionary) This article is for paid members - please login or subscribe for access.
Weekly Options Watch – Some of the stocks poised to move on earnings, and some simple hedges for macro risks.
Weekly Options Watch - What do options markets imply could move sharply this coming week? How to hedge an equity portfolio using ETF options. This article is for registered members…
A War in Europe, A War in the Middle East. Is a War on Stocks Next?
It can be hard to reconcile the headlines from the most prominent newspapers and the ticker tape. How is it that in the 30 days following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
Weekly Options Watch – Stocks can really move on earnings.
This article is for registered members - please login or click here to subscribe or register for free.
Is AI the new dot com?
Is AI the buzzword fueling another tech bubble? It certainly does have some parallels. I remember the dotcom (later dotbomb) era reasonably well and also remember how long and painful…