JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) is in the news after executives labeled analysts expectations as “a bit too optimistic.” Social media mentions are up 700% in the last 24 hours and the stock dropped nearly 6% yesterday. We’ve seen investors overreact to bad news on JPM...
I’ve got good news and bad news and some more good news. First the good news. Options trading has taken the financial world by storm! The Options Clearing Corporation, which processes every option order in the United States, reported that they cleared 11.05 billion...
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC) appeared on our list of compressed stocks this morning. You don’t need an indicator to see that the stock is trading flat near $5 a share. We use compression signals to identify stocks that are likely to break out of narrow...
Big news in the tech world this morning. Palantir and Dell are getting added to the S&P 500. But perhaps the biggest news is AAPL’s gigantic annual event where the company traditionally announces the latest update to the product line that makes up the bulk of the...
Crocs, Inc. (CROX) appeared on our list of compressed stocks this morning. As the charts below show, the convergence of the moving averages is signaling that a breakout move could be right around the corner. Looking at the charts below you can see that five out...
Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR) is trending in the news. Social media mentions are up 117% in the last 24 hours after the company announced disappointing earnings. The stock fell 22% after the company lowered its forward-looking guidance. For the first time since they...
Every once in while we like to buy cheap volatility insurance using options on the Cboe Market Volatility Index (VIX). If you’ve been with us for a while you already know this. The last time we did this we bought a VIX call debit spread back on May 29th of this year...
Intel Corporation (INTC) is certainly trending in the news and social media. They are getting hit by a wave of bad news. Their last earnings report was bad. Then in their attempt to recover, it looks like INTC is having an identity crisis. Should INTC become a chip...
Logitech International S.A. (LOGI) appeared on our list of compressed stocks this morning. The stock has a history of making big moves shortly after a compression signal, and the volatility expectations for the October 18th options expiration are relatively low....
Chewy, Inc. (CHWY) is trending in the news and social media after the company announced earnings yesterday before the open. CHWY reported that customers were spending more on their pets. This caused CHWY to raise their full-year profit margin guidance and the stock...