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Options Flow Suggests Bullish Activity in Shares of Facebook
One player in the options market seems to be anticipating positive news and opened a sizable spread trade on the stock ahead of the announcement.
Henry Schwartz Analysis: 5 Names Seeing Bullish Flow
The old adage 'don't fight the tape' seems to be in force at the moment, with several names seeing bullish flow this week that might warrant a long view, outright or in an outperformance type of strategy.
Massive VIX Trade Looks Like a Defensive Position
Traders' focus is back on US and global economic conditions, tapering and the slew of earnings data set to be released over the next two weeks.
3 Stocks to Watch This Week
In the options market, we noticed some positioning in three names ahead of the upcoming catalysts. Two are retailers and one is an earnings play.
Will 2014 be a Good Year for Options Traders?
We expect 2014 to be another good one for options traders, as the basic motivating factors (hedging and leverage) are persisting and continued macroeconomic issues driving steady volume.
Twitter Trading Frenzy
Twitter options blew past all other single-stocks for total volume, including Facebook, Apple, Tesla. In fact only the SPYs traded more contracts than TWTR on Thursday. Here is my gut feeling.
S&P 500: Top 10 Best Annual Return Since 1947
In my view, this year is why a major part of eveyone's (including trader's) assets should be locked away in a 401k/529/IRA etc account and untouched for decades.
Facebook Call Buyer: Let it Ride
One big player in the options market made a decisive bet yesterday that this bull has more room to run.
What About Earnings?
This is what options flow is suggesting into some big earnings reports this week.
Hedge Check Into the end of the Year
The combination of SPX puts and VIX calls open today indicates a moderately high level of hedging into year end, which should help avoid an ugly spiral downward if the broad market continues to slip lower.