Tag: AAPL

  • Earnings preview Apple AAPL

    Apple (AAPL) is set to report its highly anticipated June results today i.e. July 24, after the market close. Besides Google (GOOG), Apple (AAPL) is another popular stock with option tarders to play earnings. What to Expect: According to briefing.com, here is what traders are expecting: The Street expects Q3 EPS to grow 33% year-over-year…

  • Will You Trade Apple Earnings Like Warren Buffett Traded Burlington Northern?

    Apple (AAPL) is scheduled to report earnings on April 24th. I have already shared some interesting things about this quarter that you may want to read before playing Apple earnings (Please read to get on-board). So, assuming you want to trade AAPL earnings, you need to answer following (for this earning announcement only) – Are…

  • Don’t Trade Apple Earnings Without Reading This First

    Apple Inc. (AAPL), the biggest publicly listed company on the planet is about to announce earnings on Apr 24th, after markets are closed. It is estimated that nearly 200+ Hedge funds have AAPL shares in their portfolio. And it is one of the most commonly talked about stock on almost every main stream financial media,…

  • AAPL +35.6%; MCO +3.5%

    Basic members were alerted for 2 free trade ideas. One is closed for nice gains while other trade has been successfully rolled to next month. Starting with Moody’s (MCO) trade idea. The basic premise for that trade was shorting of Moody’s by hedge fund manager David Einhorn, who correctly questioned the health of Lehman Brothers…

  • A Bearish Apple (AAPL) Trade

    The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (AWDC) is starting today and AAPL stock has been on an upward movement for past few weeks. At OptionPundit, we played this event around this time last year and made good gains. While the same approach (Bearish bias) has pretty good chance of making money, context however matters. This time…

  • A New World? or Is it the Same Old Thing?

    As of this writing, U.S. stock-index futures and Asian shares rose after Apple Inc (AAPL). and EBay (EBAY) Inc. reported profits that beat analysts’ estimates, fueling expectations the slowdown in consumer spending may be easing but let’s wait for UPS and others to tell us more. Bloomberg tells – Short sellers are increasing bets against…

  • Thrilling Expiration Friday

    Too much to handle for the week which slowed down the postings this week. What a “Rambo Fed” action that was (I was looking for a picture replacing Bernanke with Stallone but gave up after a few searches). But guess what, was this really surprising, I don’t think so. Uncle Ben has already made this…

  • Panic Before Everyone Else Does

    I have tried my best to warn OP readers of the upcoming storm, over and over again starting from November 2007. Fun fact, this is what I wrote then- But hey, if you do get a bearish market, then don’t forget to mention that you were told first hand here at OptionPundit. We are close…

  • A Terrible, and A Fantastic Week

    It was a terrible week for U.S. stocks and equally for almost every major stock markets worldwide. The Dow fell 157.47 points, or 1.5%, on Friday to close at 10,325.38, racking up a 7.3% drop for the week. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 29.33 points, or 1.5%, on Friday to close at 1,947.39 and lost 10.8% for…

  • Pre-Market Losers

    A fantastic day (of course assuming that one embraces volatilities well) for some bearish play. Bearish plays on a bearish day can yield significant returns but one needs to be very careful and should clearly defined entry and exit points well in advance. Before I share the list, pls note that we may play some speculative trades for…