Thursday, December 19, 2024
Oil giant BP (BP) posted strong earnings last week, accompanied by a dividend hike and share buyback. The stock price jumped from $34 to over $38 in just two days. Judging by a block trade in BP options, the stock could remain elevated into March. A trader purchased 10,000 covered calls which collect about 1% […]
The world’s major oil companies have all reported record annual profits. And, despite what Wall Street is telling you, these are still stocks you want to have in your portfolio for both growth and dividends. One oil major in particular reported some great earnings on February 2, making it a buy. Let’s take a look… […]
Embattled gym equipment company Peloton (PTON) has reversed course in 2023. The stock is up a whopping 114% for the year. A recent block of PTON options suggest there could be another 30% of upside in the next month or so. An out-of-the-money calendar spread traded last week that is maximized if PTON ends up […]
When markets are choppy (like today)… You have to use more advanced tools beyond simple moving averages and oscillators to identify where the market may go next. I’m looking at implied volatility for a major ticker at the moment. The last 2 years, this ticker hit low volatility, we saw big pullbacks. I’ll share with […]
Higher interest rates have put a damper on the funding of venture capital investments from the private equity world. When interest rates were near zero percent, private equity firms could borrow money with no cost, which could be employed as venture capital investments. This led to some headline-grabbing returns. The higher rates brought on by […]
For almost a year, the U.S. stock market—as tracked by the S&P 500—has cycled through a narrow trading range, frustrating both bullish investors and bearish investors. The frustration may continue if you have been waiting for a signal that the market has found either a bottom or its next bull market. The current “no-trend” trend […]
Oil prices likely aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Not with all the geopolitical pieces at play. There’s 1 oil stock in particular that recently broke out of a 8 year consolidation. It’s pulled back to the support lines twice and recently pulled back this past week. I can see this stock exploding over the next […]
The Kraneshares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB) is a popular ETF for options trading with 120,000 contracts traded per day on average. KWEB can be volatile but it has rebounded significantly from November of last year. Last week, a trader purchased over 20,000 of what appear to be bullish call spreads in KWEB March options. […]
A reverse stock split usually occurs when a company in some sort of financial trouble is in danger of being delisted from the stock exchange. Because of the negative connotation, I was surprised to see, on January 20, business development company Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL) announce a 1-for-3 reverse stock split. A subscriber wrote in […]
2022 was a tough year for internet search giant, Alphabet (GOOGL). Could the share price recover in 2023? At least for the next 3 months, one trader or fund thinks the stock has over 10% upside potential. The trader placed a large block of covered calls, which allows for about $12 of upside in the […]
