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Trading Block: What is going on in the market?

Options #QuestionOfTheWeek:

Earnings Straddles – $AAPL(4.5%), $FB(7%) & $AMZN(8%). Which will be the most accurate?

  • 45% Facebook – Close $108.89 (Straddle. $7.62) – Open $119.57: Difference. $10.68 / 9.8% – Missed by 40%
  • 29% Amazon – ??Close $602 (Straddle. $48.16), Open $666 – Difference. $64 / 10.6% – Missed by 33% – WINNER!!
  • 24% Apple – Close $104.35 (Straddle.$4.70), Open $96 – Difference. $8.35 / 8% – Missed by 77%
  • 02% Other

Earnings Straddle Battle:

  • TSLA – $241.75, Approx. 8.3%
  • BABA – $4.70, Approx. 6%

Odd Block: Call buyer in Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3x Shares, call buyers in Weatherford International PLC (WFT), and put buyers in Cabela?s Inc (CAB).

Strategy Block: Uncle Mike Tosaw discusses selling a put to get into a stock

Around the Block: Earnings!

  • Tuesday – CVS Health, Pfizer, Etsy, Avis Rental Car, Hyatt Hotels, GrubHub, Spring Corporation, Starwood Hotels
  • Wednesday – Tesla, Whole Foods, Merck & Company, Priceline Group, Zynga, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Kraft Heinz, FITBIT
  • Thursday – Alibaba, Occidental Petroleum, Chesapeake Energy,
  • Friday – Cigna Corporation

On the economic calendar this week are the ISM manufacturing index, international trade data and jobless claims on Thursday. Lastly, the week ends with the all-important monthly employment report for April.