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MorningWord 8/27/13: $JCP – Ackman’s Hate Sale 27 Aug 2013 | 06:26 pm

MorningWord 8/27/13:   Last night Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square hedge fund sold its entire stake in JCP of 39.1 million to Citi, who is now in the business of placing it with investors.  Given the fac...

Macro Wrap – Pullbacks in U.S. Risk Assets Have Been Shallow All Year, $SPX 27 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm

Risk-off reared its head after Sec. Kerry’s speech yesterday afternoon about a potential intervention in Syria.  This morning, we’re seeing classic risk-off, with both EUR/USD and USD/JPY lower, and T...

Too Many Options: $XLF, $EFA, $FB, $TSLA, $ONXX 27 Aug 2013 | 01:58 am

On a very low volume day until the last hour of trading, a few trades stood out. XLF - Seller of around 70k of the Sept 30 puts to close at 0.32 and 0.31 in the morning.  XLF closed the day as one of ...

Considering Our Options – $FB Diagonal 27 Aug 2013 | 12:25 am

Facebook has been on a tear in the past week, eclipsing the $40 level in one fell swoop on Friday, and continuing higher again today.  We want to discuss the calendar (now diagonal) trade in Facebook ...

New Trade $MSFT – Wanna Be a Ballmer Shot Caller 26 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm

Microsoft’s reaction to Steve Ballmer’s departure on Friday is a funny commentary on the market’s perception of Ballmer’s value to the company.  But a renewed optimism towards MSFT shares, with hopes ...

Chart of the Day – Big Blue $IBM 26 Aug 2013 | 07:31 pm

The DJIA has been a major laggard relative to the other U.S. equity indices in the past month, and one big reason has been the weak performance of IBM.  Given that the Dow Jones 30 is a price weighted...

Macro Wrap – Great Expectations Often Lead to Burnt Aspirations 26 Aug 2013 | 05:12 pm

Emerging markets have encountered severe turbulence in the past 3 months.  Central bankers are at the center of the rocky ride, with U.S. tapering concerns serving as the trigger, and the emerging mar...

MorningWord 8/26/13: $MSFT – A Window Into All That Sept Call Buying 26 Aug 2013 | 04:05 pm

MorningWord 8/26/13:  The primary goal of RiskReversal.com is to help educate readers as to the alternative ways to express (or augment) views in the equity markets using options, usually with a stron...

Trading Diary: Aug 19th – Aug 23rd 26 Aug 2013 | 02:38 am

Here is a quick recap of all of the trades that we initiated, closed, managed or expired in the week that was Aug 19th through Aug 23rd:    

Trade Update $FB: Rolling Aug Calls, Still Long Oct 24 Aug 2013 | 12:29 am

Pressing our luck on the 38 line cost us a little money today as the FB ripped higher on an upgrade note from JPM. Bad timing on the weekly expiration. We’re going to stay in the trade though as it’s ...

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