Weekly Issue: Continued Volatility Puts Us in a Holding Pattern
With volatility picking up day to day during the summer doldrums, with prospects for more, we’re in a holding pattern until next week’s IHS Markit Flash PMI data for August.
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Weekly Issue: Pull Back in Netflix Shares Offers and an Opportunity for Call Position
Bullish news for our Costco Wholesale and Dycom Industries call positions and we’re adding a new call position in Digital Lifestyle company, Netflix.
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Adding a Longer-View Call Option in Warehouse Giant
With markets still choppy day-to-day, we’ll take a longer view with a new call option position in Costco Wholesale and the largest 5G contract award keeps us bullish on our Dycom calls.
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A Market Environment Nightmare for Active Trades and Option Plays
With fundamentals essentially out the window, the back and forth of the potential trade war has the market trading day to day with the latest Washington trade policy meeting either hitting or propping the stock market. Given the relationship between a stock and its respective options, these gyrations have led to a large percentage of options positions being stopped out.
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Weekly Issue: Adding Two New Positions As We Pass the Summer Doldrums
We are adding two new call options to the Tematica Options+ Select List this week – one in Netflix and the other in Dycom. The Netflix add follows a pullback in the shares following the 2Q 2018 earnings report, while the Dycom one follows bullish North American 5G comments from Ericsson.
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WEEKLY ISSUE: Putting Some Defensive Calls in Play
As we prepare for the earnings onslaught to be had, we are adding some defensive call option positions to the Select List given rising concerns over the potential impact of tariffs on company earnings in the second half of 2018. We also recap some of the recent developments that relate to our call options in JPM, AMCX and DISCA shares.
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WEEKLY ISSUE: Positioning for Fed Stress Test Result
Ahead of the news on the next installment of the Fed’s stress test results for banks, we’re adding a call position in JPMorgan (JPM) and keeping our media M&A call option trades in play as Comcast (CMCSA) could make another bid for 21st Century Fox (FOXA)
read more »Weekly Issue: The Media Landscape is Posed to Once Again Change
We have a busy issue of Tematica Options+ as we boost our stop loss on the AMC Networks calls, add a call position in Discovery Inc. and scale into our MoneyOnMobile position.
read more »Positioning for the post AT&T-Time Warner ruling
A court ruling this week that paves the way for an AT&T-Time Warner combination will redraw the lines for how content and content delivery are paired together, redrawing the competitive landscape and more than likely setting off an M&A frenzy. We’re taking steps to prepare for just that.
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Trading inflation, the Fed and rising interest rates
With signs of inflation heating up and the Fed’s next FOMC meeting on tap next week, we’re adding a call option play to benefit from a rising interest rate environment.
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