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Trade Of The Week: Fastly
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Jay Soloff
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Monday, October 19, 2020 3:14 PM EDT
One of the market’s higher flying stocks this past month took quite the tumble last week. Fastly, a cloud, web development company, dropped nearly 30% in one day after lowering revenue guidance ahead of its earnings at the end of the month.
In this video: FSLY
Bull Put Spread Option Payoff Graph
Article By:
Gavin McMaster
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Saturday, October 17, 2020 1:56 PM EDT
Today we’re going to look at the bull put spread option payoff graph. A bull put spread is one of the easiest option trades and a great place for beginners to start their learning journey.
Thoughts For Expiration Friday And Earnings Season
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Interactive Brokers
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Friday, October 16, 2020 12:57 PM EDT
With the current retail buying in tech stocks, investors may need to keep a close eye on strikes.
Twitter Incurs Republicans' Wrath
Article By:
David Pinsen
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Thursday, October 15, 2020 1:22 PM EDT
Twitter angered Republican politicians from the President on down by censoring the NY Post's article on Hunter Biden on Wednesday. How to protect your long position in the company if the government acts against it this time.
In this article: META
Tesla Options Traders Still Showing Faith
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Interactive Brokers
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Thursday, October 15, 2020 12:47 PM EDT
By conventional measures such as P/E ratios, the stock’s valuation borders on insane. But investors who focused on the company’s technology and future prospects have been richly rewarded.
In this article: TSLA
Options Skews Are Skewed, Again
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Interactive Brokers
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020 11:44 AM EDT
We can see that the skew for NDX options is relatively consistent. There was a bit steeper skew 6 months ago, but we were emerging from the depths of the COVID-19 selloff that climaxed in late March.
AMD’s Bid To Acquire XLNX Spurs Bullish Activity From Options Traders
Article By:
Jay Soloff
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020 10:41 AM EDT
2020 will go down as one of the strangest years in investing history. We’ve seen a bit of everything. There’s been a full-on crash and recovery (in stocks). We have a company currently worth over $2 trillion.
4 Put Option Strategies To Try Now
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Money Morning
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020 5:47 AM EDT
The S&P 500 lost more than 30% in the coronavirus crash earlier this year.
The Real Holiday Trades: Amazon Prime Day, Apple 5G Day
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Interactive Brokers
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020 3:36 AM EDT
Many equity traders dislike today’s (Columbus Day) holiday. The main reason is jealousy. Why should we have to work when our fixed income brethren get the day off? That hardly seems fair. Yet in so many ways, the holiday is different in 2020.
Trade Of The Week: XOM
Video By:
Jay Soloff
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Monday, October 12, 2020 10:14 AM EDT
It’s been a long time since Exxon Mobil has been in the news. The oil powerhouse used to be the largest company in the world, but now it doesn’t even crack the top 50 companies in terms of market cap.
In this video: XOM
Pandemic Redraws The Map
Article By:
Paul Hodges
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Monday, October 12, 2020 4:10 AM EDT
Volatility has begun to rise in oil and bond markets, as we expected. China’s upcoming ‘Vision 2035’ seems likely to prove a major game-changer for its economic model over time.
In this article: BNO
Arbitrage-Free Pricing For Linear Instruments
Article By:
Brian Romanchuk
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Sunday, October 11, 2020 11:28 AM EDT
The core of any fixed income pricing model is a yield or discount curve. We are interested in pricing linear instruments that are assumed to be free of default risk.
VIX Creator Points Out Little Known Options Glitch That Causes "Windfall Transfers Of Wealth"
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Sunday, October 11, 2020 11:08 AM EDT
There appears to be a serious glitch in the market for options of exchange traded products. Robert Whaley, the man who created the VIX index, has been sounding the alarm on the "glitch" recently
