by Bob von Halle | Nov 19, 2018 | Commentary, Options
A bit late on this, but noticed an interesting series of trades last Friday (11-16). Perhaps unrelated to each other, but some of the largest single name stock option trades that day were energy sector names that have been severely punished so far this year. Might be...
by Bob von Halle | Nov 2, 2018 | Commentary, Options
Great example today of what can happen to a forlorn company with large short interest, that modestly beats reduced earnings expectations. Newell Brands (NWL) is definitely a forlorn stock having dropped from mid 20’s down to the mid teens since this summer, as...
by Bob von Halle | Oct 29, 2018 | Commentary, Options
Payment Infrastructure firm, First Data (FDC) is getting hammered today on what amounted to a very modest revision to 2018 EPS guidance, almost entirely due to adverse foreign currency swings (as opposed to anything fundamental in their business). As of this writing,...
by Bob von Halle | Oct 29, 2018 | Commentary, Options
From the folks at Trade Alert, LLC (www.trade-alert.com), an options trading service that I use on a regular basis to track large block trades across option exchanges: US options markets notch second busiest week of the year! Over 138M contracts traded this week as...
by Gary S. Morrow | Oct 15, 2018 | Chart of the Day, Charts, Options
American Airlines ended last week with a seven day losing streak. Over the last eleven sessions AAL has managed one gain. Today shares are beginning to lift after returning to oversold territory. At this morning’s early low the stock was down nearly 30% from...
by Gary S. Morrow | Oct 12, 2018 | Chart of the Day, Charts, Market Update, Options
Applied Materials has had a rough go since the mid March highs. After putting in lower monthly highs in mid April and mid May the stock took a nasty post earnings spill(-8.25%)on May 18th. AMAT mounted a slight rebound before turning lower in early June after...
