May 2013
29 posts
Volatility Spreads For The Win
This morning we closed out our Bull Put Spread on VXX for a gain of $17 per spread, or a 15% return on capital. It was a trade that took almost three full weeks to come to fruition, one in which we were patient and waited until nearly expiration to close.
We originally identified this trade because of the relatively short time to expiration (a May weekly contract that was about 30 days out) and...
Winning Trades Feel Good
It’s been a nice run for us here at TickerTank, with 5 winning trades in a row, most recently a modified Short Strangle in TSLA. If you’re already a member you can review this trade, and we’re going to discuss it here. We identified a security with both a quick increase in price and a quick increase in implied volatility, we decided that a short strangle was the best strategy to...
Earnings Trade Alert - MCP Slam Dunk!
Did somebody say home run? The MCP earnings strategy worked out beautifully! Yesterday we sold to open MCP Jun 5 Puts @ 0.35 credit. The stock is trading 20% higher this morning, and we just covered the Puts @ 0.15 for + 0.20 per contract. We sold 30 contracts since the BP effect was so low…that’s a nice $600 gross profit overnight. Not a bad way to end the week. It’s Friday, so...
Earnings Trade Alert - MCP 5.9.13 after the bell
Members received this trade alert 2:54pm EST. Join the Earnings Trade Alerts family and get in on the action!
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Today’s top two candidates are MCP & NVDA. There is not enough IV inflation in NVDA to get us excited. On the other hand, MCP has plenty of IV to work with. This is...
marcthetrader asked: Q. How do you copy and paste the trade in TOS? I have tried several times with no luck.. Thx!!
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Strangling Profits Out of LNKD
With LNKD trading @ 184 premarket, the probability is extremely high that the May1 165/240 Short Strangle will expire worthless. With that in mind, it’s time to put on our finest Kentucky Oaks apparel and hit the track to continue this win streak! We filled two Strangles @ 0.78, and two more @ 0.96 for an average credit of 0.87. Couldn’t resist that second round when we saw the...
Earnings Trade Alert - LNKD 5.2.13 after the bell
UPDATE 1 (3:14pm EST): filled two strangles @ 0.78 credit
UPDATE 2 (3:31pm EST): filled two strangles @ 0.96 credit, avg of 0.87 credit
It’s Derby week here in Louisville, KY so for the sake of good fun and successful betting, we are sharing today’s LNKD earnings trade (below) with everyone before the close, not just our awesome members.
Check out the rest of the blog to view all...
Earnings Trade Alert - FB Profit + today's...
FB is settling in nicely today. The stock is currently trading at 28.25, well within the max profit range of the FB May1 24/31 Short Strangle we played. The Risk Profile is currently showing a 100% probability of the Strangle expiring worthless tomorrow for max profit. We would say more like 98% since there’s always a chance for rally, tank, or unforeseen event. Regardless, we have...
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Earnings Trade Alert - FB 5.1.13 after the bell
Earnings Trade Alert members received this alert @ 3:13pm EST today. We filled the Strangle @ 0.25 credit. Get in on the action, sign up now!
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Quite a few earnings trade cadidates today. FB, TSO, & LVS being the best. STX, V, SFLY, & YELP being decent as well. And then there WLT which is supposed...
Fed Maintains QE Pace, Prepared to Alter as... →
The Federal Reserve said it will maintain its bond buying at a pace of $85 billion a month and is prepared to raise or lower the level of purchases as economic conditions evolve.
April 2013
39 posts
Earnings Trade Alert - Nothing Today, but Tomorrow...
There are several names reporting earnings today after the bell and tomorrow morning before the bell. Among them are GNW, RGC, AUY, VRTX, JMBA, FLEX, MTW, LEAP, CLX, H, & MRK. Nothing on this list is even close to meeting our earnings trade criteria. The only candidate that offers weekly options is MRK so it would qualify as the best candidate, but with implied volatility on May1...
Earnings Trade Alert - Lots of Reports, but No...
There are several names reporting earnings today after the bell and tomorrow morning before the bell. Some of the names that caught are eye include HLF, NEM, BWLD, SU, BUD, X, FLWS, MSO, OSK, DDD, THC, & LM. As you know we have strict criteria for earnings based trades and practice discipline when stocks don’t meet it. Regardless of today’s long list, nothing is quite on target...
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Earnings Trade Alert - AMZN, BIDU, & SBUX follow...
If you follow us on twitter, you already know we sold five AMZN Apr4 240/310 Strangles @ 1.40 credit, bought one BIDU 90/92.50 Bull Call Spread @ 1.30 debit (it was directional, so we kept it extra small), and never got filled on the five SBUX 55/65 Strangles we were trying to short @ 0.25 limit. Here’s a reminder of the strategies we played. Here’s the results…. AMZN stayed...
Earnings Trade Alert - AMZN, BIDU, & SBUX 4.25.13...
Here’s what Earnings Trade Alert members received just after 3:00pm EST today.
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Today is going to be a little different. We are doing a few earnings based trades, so rather than explaining one trade in detail we are going to share the trades we intend to put on after this email...
4.25.13 Earnings Trade Candidates
As you know we sat the sidelines yesterday, but shared three earnings trade strategies we had highly considered. This morning we have received several emails from Earnings Trade Alert members saying they took on our top pick FFIV Apr4 70/72.50 Bull Call Spread and sold it this morning for gains as high as $160 and as low as $100. Congrats to those that took the information we provided and managed...
Earnings Trade Alert - Nothing Attractive Enough
This is the message we sent Earnings Trade Alert members today at 3:00pm EST.
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Today is tough. The names we like most as potential earnings trades are CLF, FFIV, and QCOM in that order. That said, we haven’t been able to nail down a strategy we love in any of them. Selling the CLF Apr4 16 Puts @ 0.12 is somewhat attractive, but...
Earnings Trade Alert - YUMmy Profits!
Remember our AAPL comment yesterday? We said since emotions going into this earnings events are higher than ever and people are expecting a huge move, it probably won’t move. That’s exactly what happened (aside from the immediate and short lived spike as soon as the report released). A great example of fading the public opinion. Now on to more important things…the trade we...
Earnings Trade Alert - YUM 4.23.13 after the bell
Earnings Trade Alert members received this trade alert today at 2:08pm EST. Sign up now!
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Today’s top two candidates are YUM & AAPL. Emotions seem higher than ever going into this AAPL earnings announcement which probably means the stock won’t move, but we don’t feel the IV inflation...
Earnings Trade Alert - NFLX Leg Out + today's...
NFLX is up just over 22% after reporting strong earnings. It looks like their first attempt at content creation is a hit with their show “House of Cards,” which gives the street confidence that NFLX can grow their brand and revenue in a big way long term. There is no reason to exit the entire NFLX Iron Condor earnings trade and realize all four legs of exit commission. We opted to...
Earnings Trade Alert - NFLX 4.22.13 after the bell
Earnings Trade Alert members received the following trade alert at 2:53pm EST today. Join in on the action today!
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Today’s top earnings trade candidate is NFLX…no question. The earnings season is still young, but we have noticed the majority of the big movers staying within their expected move range thus far. We...
GOOG Earnings Trade Success: Iron Condor Leg Out
As you know, we traded GOOG earnings via an Iron Condor Strategy. GOOG stayed well within the expected move range, leaving us with a healthy profit to close the week on.
We are currently noting some intraday strength into the NY lunch hour, and decided to cover the GOOG Apr 800 short Calls we had open. We’re leaving the rest of the spread alone to minimize exit commission exposure. The...
Earnings Trade Alert - SNDK Back Ratio Leg Out...
As a reminder, here’s the SNDK Double Butterfly earnings strategy we played…
SNDK broke 52.50 intraday lows support with a vengeance and has continued to move lower. We are going to take this opportunity to leg out of the trade in a manner that gives us minimum exit commission exposure. We will be selling the 52.50 Long Put and covering the 50 Short Puts on each Put Butterfly, while...
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Earnings Strategy: GOOG 4.18.13 after the bell
Here’s the GOOG Earnings Strategy Alert that members received at 2:54pm EST today. Join the Earnings Alert family today!
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Our favorite earnings candidates today are GOOG & IBM. The rest of the names on the potential candidates list...
Earnings Trade Alert - SNDK 4.17.13 after the bell
Earnings Trade Alert members received the following trade alert at 3:31pm EST today. Get in on the fun, join the family today!
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Candidates were slim today. AXP didn’t make the cut due to lack of attractive IV differential. EBAY looks decent, but after looking at several different strategies nothing was compelling enough to risk...
Starting the Season off with Profits...YAHOO!
We have ourselves a winner! YHOO was down as low as 22.55 in pre-market trading, but it rebounded before the open and quickly climbed towards 24 once the opening bell range. The pre-earnings IV has now been sucked out of YHOO Apr Options. Yesterday it was 61%, at the moment it’s 34%….big difference. That’s the beauty of being on the correct side of the IV crush (aka vol crush). As...
