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WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 05/02/2013
Stocks are broadly higher following a busy day for earnings reports. A number of widely helds, including GM, Facebook (FB), and Visa (V), are up on their respective results. Economic data showed a much bigger-than-expected drop on jobless claims ahead of key jobs data Friday morning. Commodities are mostly higher, with crude up nearly $2 [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/26/2013
Sorry for getting this out late. I was CBOE for a good part of the day, which was a slow one. Market averages were basically flat on mixed earnings news. VIX is at 13.61 and basically unchanged for a second day. Quiet day all around and probably some wait-and-see ahead of another flood earnings next [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/24/2013
Market action is mixed with earnings news driving a lot of the activity Wednesday. Apple Computer (AAPL) has been seesawing around the $400 level in the wake of its earnings report, but the stock isn’t much changed heading into the final two hours of trading. While the forward guidance disappointed, news of an increased buyback [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/02/2013
Stock market averages rallied through midday, but have come off their highs heading into the final hour. Gains across Europe after the Easter break helped set the tone for steady trading on Wall Street and heading into the only economic stat of the day. The report showed Factory Orders up a better-than-expected 3 percent in [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 04/01/2013
Stock market averages slipped on a poor ISM print, but the decline was orderly and only modest losses were suffered through afternoon trading Monday. Stock index futures wavered over night after the latest Tankan survey sent Tokyo’s Nikkei skidding for a 2.2 percent loss. Yet, trading was orderly across the Eurozone (closed for Easter) and [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/21/2013
Stock market averages fell, as investors digested mostly in-line data on jobless claims, Philli Fed, Existing Homes Sales, and the List of Leading Indicators. Earnings news was mixed. While KB Homes, Lululemon, and Ross Stores saw gains on the heels of their reports, Oracle (ORCL) is weighing on the tech sector in the wake of [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/20/2013
Stock market averages opened higher and are heading to their best levels of the day after the FOMC concluded its latest meeting on monetary policy. With no economic news to guide the early activity, investors brushed aside two days of Cyprus jitters (which is one level above Cyprus anxiety, but two notches below Cyprus Fear) [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/19/2013
Stock market averages opened steady on housing data, but then fell into the red on fresh headlines from Cyprus. A report released before the opening bell showed both Housing Starts and Building Permits increasing more-than-expected in February. The news helped take some of the focus off the worries about renewed problems in Europe, after Cyprus [...]
Whatstrading.com Options Recap — 03/07/2013
The grind continues. The S&P 500 traded in a 7-point range yesterday and in a 4-point range today. We get little blips of volume and volatility here and there, but the longer-term trend seems to be towards lower volumes and lower vols. ECB, BOE, and BOJ all concluded meetings on monetary policy and there didn’t [...]
WhatsTrading.com Options Recap — 03/04/2012
Stock market averages slipped early but continue to climb the Wall of Worry in afternoon trading Monday. With no economic news or earnings of importance to guide the early action, focus was on equity markets overseas. The Shanghai Composite Index suffered a 3.6 percent drop on reports Chinese officials are looking to curb the housing [...]
