Author: Jay Soloff

How High Is Apple Going to Climb?

How High Is Apple Going to Climb?

Apple (AAPL) shares have been on fire lately, as the company is nearing the $3 trillion market cap level. It would be the first company to reach such a lofty valuation.  The stock has been popular lately as investors have been in something of a flight-to-quality mode.  What’s more, investors appear to be excited about […]

Trade of the Week: TIP

Trade of the Week: TIP

Last week, a highly unusual amount of options action occurred in iShares TIPS Bond ETF (TIP).  TIP is a popular ETF for investing in TIPS bonds, which are treasury bonds that are indexed to inflation.  In other words, as inflation goes up, these bonds go up.  While the ETF has $38 billion in assets, it […]

Trade of the Week: TWTR

Trade of the Week: TWTR

Market volatility is back and it has resulted in quite a bit of options action.  One options chain that has been very active lately is Twitter (TWTR).  The popular microblogging site has seen its stock drop substantially since the latest earnings release.  Just this week, current CEO Jack Dorsey announced he is stepping down to […]

How To Get Paid While Owning Silver

How To Get Paid While Owning Silver

Precious metals have been active in recent weeks with inflation and interest rates frequently making headlines.  A popular method for trading silver is through iShares Silver Trust (SLV), an ETF which tracks physical silver.  One strategist feels that SLV will remain in the low $20 level through April of next year.  In order to create […]

Trade of the Week: SBUX

Trade of the Week: SBUX

Retails stocks have seen a lot of options action lately including Starbucks (SBUX).  The coffee giant normally trades about 55,000 options a day, but saw nearly double that on a day last week when the stock was up about 2%. Over 80% of the action was in calls, which tends to be a bullish sign.  […]

One Way To Trade CSCO After It Missed Earnings

One Way To Trade CSCO After It Missed Earnings

Networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO) dropped 5% the day after earnings were released last week.  The company’s’ guidance was disappointing to investors and revenues were lower than expected.  However, one trader used this opportunity to enter a covered call trade.  The trader purchased 1.35 million shares of CSCO (at $51.77) while selling 13,500 calls that […]

Trade of the Week: LCID

Trade of the Week: LCID

There’s been a crazy amount of options action in recent days in the electric vehicle industry.  Lucid Group (LCID) is one of the latest EV stocks to get lots of attention by traders.  The new company has a market cap larger than Ford (F), at least for the time being.  On a day when over […]

Is Inflation Going To Tank The Corporate Bond Market?

Is Inflation Going To Tank The Corporate Bond Market?

Inflation is what everyone in the market is talking about these days.  The financial markets are concerned that the Fed will have to hike rates much sooner than expected.  Higher rates will significantly impact fixed income products like Treasuries and corporate bonds.  Perhaps that’s why an institutional trader purchased 160,000 put spreads in iShares iBoxx […]

Trade of the Week: INTC

Trade of the Week: SLV

Last week was a big option week for iShares Silver Trust (SLV).  The popular physical silver ETF got a boost as inflation concerns bubbled to the surface following a larger than expected jump in CPI.  Over 460,000 options traded in one day last week, with calls making up nearly 90% of the volume.  Calls tend […]