HLF earnings analysis

#Earnings — $HLF reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Tue 10/30/2018 AC -2.61%
Wed 08/01/2018 AC +13.03%
Thu 05/03/2018 AC +4.47%
Thu 02/22/2018 AC +3.00%
Thu 11/02/2017 AC -2.92%
Tue 08/01/2017 AC -1.95%
Thu 05/04/2017 AC +11.57%
Thu 02/23/2017 AC -4.51%
Tue 11/01/2016 AC -6.19% Biggest DOWN
Wed 08/03/2016 AC +0.74%
Thu 05/05/2016 AC +9.08%
Thu 02/25/2016 AC +20.52% Biggest UP

Avg (+ or -) 6.72%
Bias 3.69%, strong positive bias on earnings.

With stock at 99.30 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 53.81 to 61.19
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 53.64 to 61.36
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (20.5%): 45.70 to 69.30

Open to requests for other symbols.

NUGT calls

#ContangoETFs $NUGT peeking above its recent highs. Sold June 30 calls for 1.35.

Final Trades and Expirations

#Earnings Sold to close $UAA Feb 15th 21 calls for .16. This was a sad one; bought the #LongStraddle for 2.50… the swings this week afforded opportunities to cut the loss to less than half, but my orders barely missed getting filled again and again. So although I did sell a few for 1.60, the stock ended the week right at my strike… not good for a long straddle!

#CoveredCalls #Assignment $PVTL stock called away via 18 and 19 calls. This was a September earnings trade, was assigned at 22.50 and through multiple rounds of covered calls I’m exiting at about break-even.

#DoubleCalendar Taking assignment of $NTAP stock, cost basis 64.79.

#IronCondor Closed $DECK short 145 calls for 1.30. Was able to exit some at .50 and .20, so overall this trade will be a small winner or a small loser across my accounts. Condor sold for .86 on Jan 31st.

Double Calendar performance

#Earnings #DoubleCalendar Here’s the performance this quarter of double calendars. It is performing better than last quarter, with over $1,700 in profit, using 5-lots.

NOTE: NTAP here is accounted as full loss, even though I will probably hold stock in to next week.
NOTE ALSO: INTC here is accounted as taking stock assignment and then closing all a week later. What I actually did was close only half, and converted the other half of stock into a #PieTrade.

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AMAT closed

#Earnings Sold to close $AMAT Feb15/Feb22 #DoubleCalendar for .28. Bought yesterday for .52. Couldn’t get off its ass enough to make it a winner.

SPX 1-dte

#SPX1dte Expiring: $SPX Feb 15th condor, sold yesterday for .85

Sold to Open $SPX Feb 19th 2705/2725-2800/2820 condors for 1.05 (IV: 7.7%, SPX 2768)

SPX ATM put spread closed

#SPX1dte Bought to close $SPX Feb 20th 2725/2700 put spread for 1.30. Sold for 8.40 on Feb 5th. Sold this as Upside Warning was firing, and sat through an uncomfortable dip before it came through. I don’t know how much more steam this rally has, so I’m taking it off to avoid weekend risk.

Econ Calendar for week of 2/18/19

FOMC minutes at 2pm ET on Wednesday

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Link to calendar: https://us.econoday.com/byweek.asp?day=18&month=2&year=2019&cust=us&lid=0

TAPped out

$Earnings Closed $TAP Feb15/Feb22 65 #DoubleCalendar. I needed to close the puts, tried to play the swings but then stock started rallying so took an additional .30 loss on the exit. Calendar bought for .34 on Monday.

WMT earnings analysis

#Earnings — $WMT reports Tuesday morning (after Monday holiday). Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Nov. 15, 2018 BO -1.96%
Aug. 16, 2018 BO +9.33%
May 17, 2018 BO -1.90%
Feb. 20, 2018 BO -10.17% Biggest DOWN
Nov. 16, 2017 BO +10.89% Biggest UP
Aug. 17, 2017 BO -1.58%
May 18, 2017 BO +3.22%
Feb. 21, 2017 BO +2.99%
Nov. 17, 2016 BO -3.08%
Aug. 18, 2016 BO +1.87%
May 19, 2016 BO +9.58%
Feb. 18, 2016 BO -3.01%

Avg (+ or -) 4.97%
Bias 1.35%, positive bias on earnings.

With stock at 99.30 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 95.03 to 103.57
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 94.37 to 104.23
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (10.9%): 88.49 to 110.11

Open to requests for other symbols.

CSCO closed

#Earnings Sold to Close $CSCO Feb15/Feb22 47.5 #DoubleCalendar for .30. Bought for .18 on Wednesday. Stock came down enough for a small profit, but was too far from strike to make it a good one.

NTAP dub cal

#Earnings #DoubleCalendar Was assigned stock on over half of my position in $NTAP; Feb 15th 68 short puts. I just sold the Feb 22nd LONG puts for 3.60. I will now watch for some intraday strength in the stock to sell the stock, as well as cover the remaining short puts that were not assigned. If I can net a .39 difference (the price of the original double calendar), the trade will be breakeven. Higher and it will turn a profit.

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AMAT dub cal

#Earnings #DoubleCalendar Bought to open $AMAT Feb15/Feb22 41 dbl cals for .52

SPX 1-dte

#SPX1dte Closed $SPX monthly condor for .35. Sold yesterday for 1.00

Sold $SPX Feb 15th 2685/2705-2785/2805 condors for .85. (IV 13.2%, SPX 2751)

Also, bought to close $SPX Feb 22nd 2670/2650 put spreads for 1.00. Sold for 3.45 on Feb 4th. Still holding the Feb 20th 2725/2700 put spreads, sold ATM for 8.40.

UVXY calls

#VXXGame Bought to open $UVXY April 100 calls for .60. I have these for Feb and Mar. Since Feb expire tomorrow adding the April batch. Will be used to sell lower strikes against if we get a re-test.

AMAT earnings analysis

#Earnings — $AMAT reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Nov. 15, 2018 AC +1.08%
Aug. 16, 2018 AC -7.71%
May 17, 2018 AC -8.24% Biggest DOWN
Feb. 14, 2018 AC +3.89%
Nov. 16, 2017 AC -2.33%
Aug. 17, 2017 AC +2.73%
May 18, 2017 AC +0.38%
Feb. 15, 2017 AC -0.87%
Nov. 17, 2016 AC +0.03%
Aug. 18, 2016 AC +7.08%
May 19, 2016 AC +13.81% Biggest UP
Feb. 18, 2016 AC +7.04%

Avg (+ or -) 4.60%
Bias 1.41%, positive bias on earnings.

With stock at 40.75 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 38.47 to 43.03
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 38.88 to 42.62
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (13.8%): 35.12 to 46.38

NVDA earnings analysis

#Earnings — $NVDA reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Nov. 15, 2018 AC -18.75% Biggest DOWN
Aug. 16, 2018 AC -4.90%
May 10, 2018 AC -2.15%
Feb. 8, 2018 AC +6.69%
Nov. 9, 2017 AC +5.26%
Aug. 10, 2017 AC -5.32%
May 9, 2017 AC +17.82%
Feb. 9, 2017 AC -2.37%
Nov. 10, 2016 AC +29.80% Biggest UP
Aug. 11, 2016 AC +5.59%
May 12, 2016 AC +15.20%
Feb. 17, 2016 AC +8.60%

Avg (+ or -) 10.20%
Bias 4.62%, positive bias on earnings.

With stock at 153.00 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 142.59 to 163.41
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 137.39 to 168.61
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (29.8%): 107.41 to 198.59

Futures drop

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SHOP fully closed

#Earnings Sold the last batch of $SHOP Feb15/Feb22 #DoubleCalendar for 3.10. Bought for 1.60 on Monday.

SPX 1-dte

#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX Feb 14th (monthlys) 2690/2710-2790/2810 condors for 1.00. These are monthlys, so they stop trading at Thursday’s close but settle Friday morning. I will close the trade before tomorrow’s close to avoid gap risk.

Expiring: Feb 13th condor, sold yesterday for 1.00.

NTAP dub cal

#Earnings Bought to Open $NTAP Feb15/Feb22 68 #DoubleCalendar for .39.

CSCO dub cal

#Earnings Bought to Open $CSCO Feb15/Feb22 47.5 #DoubleCalendar for .18.

Price has gone up on NTAP so looking to buy now.

NTAP and CSCO for earnings

#Earnings #DoubleCalendar Both $NTAP and $CSCO make very cheap double calendars. Especially NTAP, which can probably be bought for around .20 and may offer profits as high as 2.00, if there is not a super large move. Even with a modest move, this should still turn a profit, but if not, it’s only .20. CSCO will go for a similar price but will offer a lower return.

FOSL earnings analysis

#Earnings — $FOSL reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Nov. 7, 2018 AC +5.75%
Aug. 7, 2018 AC -11.63%
May 8, 2018 AC +9.06%
Feb. 13, 2018 AC +87.72% Biggest UP
Nov. 7, 2017 AC -17.22%
Aug. 8, 2017 AC -25.08%
May 9, 2017 AC -20.44%
Feb. 14, 2017 AC -14.82%
Nov. 3, 2016 AC +3.52%
Aug. 9, 2016 AC +0.69%
May 10, 2016 AC -29.07% Biggest DOWN
Feb. 16, 2016 AC +28.55%

Avg (+ or -) 21.13%
Bias 1.42%, slight positive bias on earnings.

With stock at 16.20 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 13.28 to 19.12
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 12.78 to 19.62
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (87.7%): 1.99 to 30.41

YELP earnings analysis

#Earnings — $YELP reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Nov. 8, 2018 AC -26.59% Biggest DOWN
Aug. 8, 2018 AC +26.65%
May 10, 2018 AC -7.81%
Feb. 7, 2018 AC -14.04%
Nov. 1, 2017 AC -0.10%
Aug. 3, 2017 AC +27.66% Biggest UP
May 9, 2017 AC -18.35%
Feb. 9, 2017 AC -13.64%
Nov. 2, 2016 BO +9.94%
Aug. 9, 2016 AC +12.83%
May 5, 2016 AC +23.71%
Feb. 8, 2016 AC -2.30%

Avg (+ or -) 15.30%
Bias 1.50%, slight positive bias on earnings.

With stock at 38.75 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 33.76 to 43.74
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 32.82 to 44.68
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (27.7%): 28.03 to 49.47

#longstraddle

SQ calls

#LongLEAPs #SyntheticCoveredCalls
Sold $SQ Feb 22nd 77 calls for 2.05. Earnings are the following week.

Closing more SHOP

#Earnings Funny story. I have two orders in to sell at 2.75, both 1-lots. And I had another order to sell 3 for 3.00. Guess which one filled?

Sold $SHOP #DoubleCalendar for 3.00. Bought for 1.60 on Monday.

TQQQ calls

#LongLEAPs #SyntheticCoveredCalls
Still licking the wounds of last few weeks of calls being blown through.
Sold $TQQQ Feb 22nd 48 calls for 2.20

Closing more

#Earnings Sold to close partial $UAA Feb 15th 21 calls for 1.25.
Sold to close partial $SHOP dbl cals for 2.55

SPX 1-dte

#SPX1dte Sold $SPX Feb 13th 2690/2710-2775/2795 condors for 1.00. Slightly more aggressive, with a .07 delta, because .06 or below was not enough premium. (IV: 11.0%, SPX 2747)

ATVI earnings analysis

#Earnings — $ATVI reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Nov. 8, 2018 AC -12.39% Biggest DOWN
Aug. 2, 2018 AC -3.69%
May 3, 2018 AC +4.51%
Feb. 8, 2018 AC +1.90%
Nov. 2, 2017 AC -3.43%
Aug. 3, 2017 AC -3.06%
May 4, 2017 AC +1.37%
Feb. 9, 2017 AC +18.87% Biggest UP
Nov. 3, 2016 AC -3.85%
Aug. 4, 2016 AC -0.66%
May 5, 2016 AC +8.47%
Feb. 11, 2016 AC -7.86%

Avg (+ or -) 5.84%
Bias 0.02%, no bias on earnings.

With stock at 41.20 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 37.23 to 45.17
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 38.79 to 43.61
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (18.9%): 33.43 to 48.97

TRIP earnings analysis

#Earnings — $TAP reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Nov. 7, 2018 AC +15.25%
Aug. 1, 2018 AC -11.22%
May 8, 2018 AC +22.79% Biggest UP
Feb. 14, 2018 AC +4.12%
Nov. 6, 2017 AC -23.22% Biggest DOWN
Aug. 8, 2017 AC +2.50%
May 9, 2017 AC +2.28%
Feb. 15, 2017 AC -10.96%
Nov. 8, 2016 AC -16.59%
Aug. 3, 2016 AC -8.49%
May 4, 2016 AC -1.72%
Feb. 11, 2016 BO +12.36%

Avg (+ or -) 10.96%
Bias -1.08%, slight negative bias on earnings.

With stock at 60.30 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 53.58 to 67.02
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 53.69 to 66.91
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (23.2%): 46.30 to 74.30

Earnings chart update

#Earnings All of the tentative symbols on the list for today are now being estimated for morning of 2/20: CRON, ICPT, SINA, and WB.

Closing SHOP

#Earnings Sold to close partial $SHOP Feb15/Feb22 175 #DoubleCalendar for 2.10. Bought yesterday for 1.60. Price moving toward strike so trying to close the rest for higher credit.

$TAP Dbl Cal is tapping out. Will need to see if a bounce comes into Friday. This was cheap (.34), so no biggie.

$UAA no gap but drifting higher so this may turn out well. #LongStraddle bought for 2.50.

Earnings trades today

#Earnings

Bought $UAA Feb 15th 21 #LongStraddle for 2.50. Need a 11.9% move. Average has been 16.1%.

Bought $TAP Feb15/Feb22 65 #DoubleCalendar for .34. Super cheap!

Looking at a calendar for $SHOP, also cheap.

UAA earnings analysis

#Earnings — $UAA reports tomorrow morning. Below are details on earnings FIVE-day moves over the last 12 quarters. NOTE: symbol UAA only lists history starting 1/31/17. The data before that date is for symbol $UA (below the line).

Tue 10/30/2018 BO +30.29% Biggest UP
Thu 07/26/2018 BO -4.60%
Tue 05/01/2018 BO -2.25%
Tue 02/13/2018 BO +22.00%
Tue 10/31/2017 BO -29.25% Biggest DOWN
Tue 08/01/2017 BO -8.14%
Thu 04/27/2017 BO +7.40%
Tue 01/31/2017 BO -28.47%
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Tue 10/25/2016 BO -21.24%
Tue 07/26/2016 BO -9.47%
Thu 04/21/2016 BO +6.00%
Thu 01/28/2016 BO +24.13%

Avg (+ or -) 16.10%
Bias -1.13%, slight negative bias on earnings.

With stock at 21.00 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 18.26 to 23.74
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 17.62 to 24.38
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (30.3%): 14.64 to 27.36

#longstraddle

SPX 1-dte

#SPX1dte Closed $SPX Feb 11th 2730 calls for .20. Stop level breached earlier.

TAP earnings analysis

#Earnings — $TAP reports tomorrow morning. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters. (5-day range was roughly the same)

Oct. 31, 2018 BO +9.94% Biggest UP
Aug. 1, 2018 BO +3.47%
May 2, 2018 BO -15.40% Biggest DOWN
Feb. 14, 2018 BO +6.26%
Nov. 1, 2017 BO +0.21%
Aug. 2, 2017 BO +2.95%
May 4, 2017 BO +0.92%
Feb. 14, 2017 BO +3.41%
Nov. 1, 2016 BO +1.44%
Aug. 2, 2016 BO -0.05%
May 3, 2016 BO +1.59%
Feb. 11, 2016 BO -0.65%

Avg (+ or -) 3.86%
Bias 1.17%, positive bias on earnings.

With stock at 65.00 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 60.77 to 69.23
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 62.49 to 67.51
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (15.4%): 54.99 to 75.01

SHOP earnings analysis

#Earnings — $SHOP reports tomorrow morning. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters. (5-day moves were similar, with a smaller range, meaning extreme 1-day moves are typically faded over the following days)

Oct. 25, 2018 BO +12.03% Biggest UP
July 31, 2018 BO -6.66%
May 1, 2018 BO -4.45%
Feb. 15, 2018 BO +0.28%
Oct. 31, 2017 BO -9.02% Biggest DOWN
Aug. 1, 2017 BO +5.77%
May 2, 2017 BO +7.40%
Feb. 15, 2017 BO +8.13%
Nov. 2, 2016 BO +6.84%
Aug. 3, 2016 BO +9.72%
May 4, 2016 BO -3.67%
Feb. 17, 2016 BO +9.12%

Avg (+ or -) 6.92%
Bias 2.96%, strong positive bias on earnings.

With stock at 177.00 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 159.33 to 194.67
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 164.74 to 189.26
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (12.0%): 155.71 to 198.29

Econ Calendar for week of 2/11/19

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Link to calendar: https://us.econoday.com/byweek.asp?cust=us

Upside Warning pullbacks

#VIXIndicator Since we’re in this pullback I looked back at other times we had a signficant pullback (more than 1%) after an Upside Warning fires. The chart below shows all of the instances since 1999.

Two of them resulted in no new highs, and we dropped significantly before the Upside Warning was technically canceled (the two rows with red in the right-most column). The other times all eventually went higher after the dip.

The center columns show the move 1-day, 2-days, etc, after the UpW. The right-hand columns show the number of days from the UpW to the new SPX high, and the percentage move to get there.

Also note that other than one time last April, this hasn’t happened any other time since 2011.

For me, the $VIX seems pretty unmoved by this week’s volatility and I still think we have higher to go before any major pullback.

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SPX 1 die

#SPX1dte Expiring today : $SPX Feb 8th 2630/2655-2730/2755 condors, sold yesterday for .90

Sold to Open $SPX Feb 11th 2635/2655-2730/2745 condors for .80. Yes, this is broken-wing as I had to make the call side narrower because the 2750 spike has insufficient volume. (IV: 8.33%, SPX: 2700)

SPX 1 die

#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX Feb 8th 2630/2655-2730/2755 condors for .90 (IV: 12.8%, SPX 2697)

MAT earnings analysis

#Earnings $MAT reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over its entire history.

Oct. 25, 2018 AC -2.81%
July 25, 2018 AC -4.17%
April 26, 2018 AC +1.35%
Feb. 1, 2018 AC +7.89%
Oct. 26, 2017 AC -8.91%
July 27, 2017 AC -7.79%
April 20, 2017 AC -13.56%
Jan. 25, 2017 AC -17.64% Biggest DOWN
Oct. 19, 2016 AC +6.00%
July 20, 2016 AC -0.30%
April 20, 2016 AC -5.78%
Feb. 1, 2016 AC +13.82% Biggest UP

Avg (+ or -) 7.50%
Bias -2.66%, negative bias on earnings.

With stock at 12.30 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 11.04 to 13.56
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 11.38 to 13.22
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (17.6%): 10.13 to 14.47

Open for requests on other symbols.

SKX earnings analysis

#Earnings $SKX reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over its entire history.

Oct. 18, 2018 AC +13.78%
July 19, 2018 AC -20.99%
April 19, 2018 AC -27.04% Biggest DOWN
Feb. 8, 2018 AC +7.54%
Oct. 19, 2017 AC +41.44% Biggest UP
July 20, 2017 AC +0.67%
April 20, 2017 AC -2.56%
Feb. 9, 2017 AC +19.32%
Oct. 20, 2016 AC -17.26%
July 21, 2016 AC -22.34%
April 21, 2016 AC +6.26%
Feb. 10, 2016 AC +3.93%

Avg (+ or -) 15.26%
Bias 0.23%, no significant bias on earnings.

With stock at 27.50 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 23.69 to 31.31
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 23.30 to 31.70
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (41.4%): 16.10 to 38.90

Open for requests on other symbols.

#longstraddle

FEYE and MPC closed

#Earnings Sold to close final $FEYE puts for 2.27.
Sold to close $MPC Feb08/Feb15 #DoubleCalendar for .85. Bought yesterday for .65

EXPE earnings analysis

#Earnings $EXPE reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over its entire history.

Oct. 25, 2018 AC +2.49%
July 26, 2018 AC +9.53%
April 26, 2018 AC +8.19%
Feb. 8, 2018 AC -15.46%
Oct. 26, 2017 AC -15.98% Biggest DOWN
July 27, 2017 AC +3.40%
April 27, 2017 AC -1.82%
Feb. 9, 2017 AC -0.48%
Oct. 27, 2016 AC +4.12%
July 28, 2016 AC -2.19%
April 28, 2016 AC +8.20%
Feb. 10, 2016 AC +9.56% Biggest UP

Avg (+ or -) 6.79%
Bias 0.80%, slight positive bias on earnings.

With stock at 127.50 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 118.87 to 136.13
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 118.85 to 135.15
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (16.0%): 107.13 to 147.87

Open for requests on other symbols.

Adding to SPY

Bought some more $SPY March 8th 277.5 calls for 1.44, adding to what started yesterday. This pullback makes me worry about Upside Warning coming through, but not throwing in the towel unless it is sustained. Pullbacks have been known to happen after the Warning fires… threw me off in Sept 2017, and then got my face ripped off to the upside.

FEYE earnings

#Earnings #LongStraddle Sold to close $FEYE Feb 8th 18.5 puts for 2.05 and 2.40. Still holding a few more. Straddles bought yesterday for 1.81. Smaller return that usual, but I’ll take it.

Working on $MPC exit. Also will not be as good as CMI was yesterday, but still a winner.

SPX 1-dte expiring

#SPX1dte $SPX Feb 6th 2710/2690 put spreads expiring worthless. Sold yesterday for 1.10.

Earnings trades

#Earnings Bought to Open $FEYE Feb 8th 18.5 #LongStraddle for 1.81. Need a 9.7% move, which is the 12-quarter average.
Bought to Open $MPC Feb08/Feb15 67.5 #DoubleCalendar for .65.

FEYE earnings analysis

#Earnings $FEYE reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over its entire history.

Oct. 30, 2018 AC +9.73%
Aug. 1, 2018 AC -1.91%
May 2, 2018 AC -9.70%
Feb. 8, 2018 AC +9.34%
Nov. 1, 2017 AC -10.32%
Aug. 1, 2017 AC +0.74%
May 2, 2017 AC +12.85% Biggest UP
Feb. 2, 2017 AC -15.72%
Nov. 3, 2016 AC +12.07%
Aug. 4, 2016 AC -12.05%
May 5, 2016 AC -19.02% Biggest DOWN
Feb. 11, 2016 AC -3.30%

Avg (+ or -) 9.73%
Bias -2.27%, negative bias on earnings.

With stock at 18.25 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 16.45 to 20.05
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 16.47 to 20.03
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (19.0%): 14.78 to 21.72

Open for requests on other symbols.

CMG earnings analysis

#Earnings $CMG reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over its entire history.

Oct. 25, 2018 AC +3.42%
July 26, 2018 AC +5.71%
April 25, 2018 AC +24.44% Biggest UP
Feb. 6, 2018 AC -10.55%
Oct. 24, 2017 AC -14.58% Biggest DOWN
July 25, 2017 AC -2.30%
April 25, 2017 AC +2.38%
Feb. 2, 2017 AC -4.54%
Oct. 25, 2016 AC -9.28%
July 21, 2016 AC +5.83%
April 26, 2016 AC -6.43%
Feb. 2, 2016 AC -2.92%

Avg (+ or -) 7.70%
Bias -0.74%, slight negative bias on earnings.

With stock at 521.00 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 484.07 to 557.93
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 480.89 to 561.11
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (24.4%): 393.67 to 648.33

Open for requests on other symbols.

Upside Warning performance metrics

#VIXIndicator Because I’m becoming an Excel geek, I made a new chart measuring a performance metric for the Upside Warning. This shows the rise we have gotten from past Upside Warnings in relation to how much the SPX had already recovered before the Warning hit. For instance, the upper-left-most dot represents a 32.2% rise in SPX AFTER the UpW; the UpW hit after SPX had recovered only 26% of its drop (horizontal axis).

I drew the sloppy red line showing the general trend: the less we have recovered from the correction when the UpW hit, the higher we can expect the rise to be after the UpW. Although the red line shows a trend, you can see that most are clustered in the same general area.

And for comparison today, we had recovered 65.5% at the close yesterday, when the UpW hit. (high 2940, low 2351, 20% drop. Close yesterday was 2737, which means we regained 65.5% of the drop).

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Earnings trades, CMI, SNAP, DECK partially closed

#Earnings #DoubleCalendar Sold to close partial $CMI Feb08/Feb15 149 dbl cal for 1.20. Waiting for price to move closer to my strike to close more. Bought yesterday for .65

#LongStraddle Sold to close partial $SNAP Feb 8th 7 calls for 1.75. Watching for a move higher. Straddles bought yesterday for 1.03.

#IronCondor Bought to close partial $DECK Feb 15th 105/110/145/150 condors for .50. Sold Thursday for .86.

SPX 1-dte

#SPX1dte Sold to Open $SPX Feb 6th 2710/2690 put spreads for 1.10. Selling only a .12 delta put spread. no call spread for tomorrow. This is based on upside warning going into effect. It still carries higher risk, because while an Upside Warning is a pretty sure shot for a move higher, we could always take a dip or a drop first. But I think this is sufficiently OTM to withstand a pullback, if one comes tomorrow.

SNAP straddle

#Earnings Bought to Open $SNAP Feb 8th 7 #LongStraddle for 1.03 (partial fill so far, may need to go to 1.04).

Upside Warning coming

#VIXIndicator Here’s the version of the past results I posted back in May. The blue bars with numbers on top represent the percentage move UP from the close of an Upside Warning day to the eventual SPX high before another pullback. The numbers at the bottom of each bar are the percentage move DOWN of the preceding correction, and the date of the Upside Warning. Please ask any questions you have! (you can click on the chart to see it full screen).

As you can see, the Upside Warning is pretty reliable for at least a couple percentage points higher.

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CMI dbl cal

#Earnings Bought to Open $CMI Feb08/Feb15 149 #DoubleCalendar for .65. (filled at .63 on TOS)

CMI earnings analysis – dbl calendar candidate

#Earnings — This one is a good double calendar candidate because it is cheap to buy. Premium for this Friday is not much lower than premium for next Friday. That gives us a pretty good range of profit; a range almost as wide as the max moves.

$CMI reports tomorrow morning. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Oct. 30, 2018 BO +2.29%
July 31, 2018 BO +4.08%
May 1, 2018 BO -4.11%
Feb. 6, 2018 BO -2.33%
Oct. 31, 2017 BO -1.92%
Aug. 1, 2017 BO -5.64% Biggest DOWN
May 2, 2017 BO +6.09%
Feb. 9, 2017 BO +3.06%
Nov. 1, 2016 BO -4.32%
Aug. 2, 2016 BO -0.62%
May 3, 2016 BO +1.77%
Feb. 4, 2016 BO +7.62% Biggest UP

Avg (+ or -) 3.65%
Bias 0.50%, slight positive bias on earnings.

With stock at 148.80 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 142.54 to 155.06
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 143.36 to 154.24
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (7.6%): 137.46 to 160.14

SPX put spread

#SPXcampaign This is based solely on the Upside Warning we will get at today’s close, barring a disaster.

Sold $SPX Feb 20th 2725/2700 put spreads for 8.40.

I’m not selling any call spreads, and I’ll probably buy one. I’m not yet sure about tomorrow’s #SPX1dte. Not seeing much premium.

SNAP earnings analysis – straddle candidate

#Earnings $SNAP reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over its entire history.

Oct. 25, 2018 AC -10.15%
Aug. 7, 2018 AC -6.78%
May 1, 2018 AC -21.93%
Feb. 6, 2018 AC +47.58% Biggest UP (the only UP)
Nov. 7, 2017 AC -14.61%
Aug. 10, 2017 AC -14.08%
May 10, 2017 AC -21.45% Biggest DOWN

Avg (+ or -) 19.51%
Bias -5.92%, negative bias on earnings.

With stock at 6.82 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 5.75 to 7.89
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 5.49 to 8.15
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (47.6%): 3.58 to 10.06

Cost of a straddle is about 1.10. The AVG move has been 1.38. Nice low risk straddle candidate.

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REGN earnings analysis

#Earnings $REGN reports tomorrow morning. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Nov. 6, 2018 BO +0.75%
Aug. 2, 2018 BO +6.99% Biggest UP
May 3, 2018 BO -1.25%
Feb. 8, 2018 BO -3.58%
Nov. 8, 2017 BO +2.66%
Aug. 3, 2017 BO -2.03%
May 4, 2017 BO +6.70%
Feb. 9, 2017 BO +1.91%
Nov. 4, 2016 BO +1.60%
Aug. 4, 2016 BO -1.80%
May 5, 2016 BO +4.73%
Feb. 9, 2016 BO -6.28% Biggest DOWN

Avg (+ or -) 3.36%
Bias 0.87%, slight positive bias on earnings.

With stock at 425.00 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 403.84 to 446.16
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 410.73 to 439.27
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (7.0%): 395.29 to 454.71

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DATA earnings analysis

#Earnings $DATA reports tonight. Below are details on earnings one-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Nov. 6, 2018 AC +15.35% Biggest UP
Aug. 2, 2018 AC -6.64%
May 2, 2018 AC +6.58%
Feb. 1, 2018 AC +8.97%
Nov. 2, 2017 AC -9.21%
Aug. 2, 2017 AC +9.02%
May 3, 2017 AC +6.12%
Feb. 2, 2017 AC +14.66%
Nov. 1, 2016 AC -12.11%
Aug. 2, 2016 AC -5.67%
May 5, 2016 AC -11.31%
Feb. 4, 2016 AC -49.44% Biggest DOWN

Avg (+ or -) 12.92%
Bias -2.81%, negative bias on earnings.

With stock at 132.00 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 119.66 to 144.34
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 114.94 to 149.06
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (49.4%): 66.74 to 197.26
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One more…

#VIXIndicator one more day with a $VIX close below 16.47 and we have an Upside Warning. I think today’s action foretells we are headed that way.

SPX roll

#SPX1dte Sold $SPX Feb 22nd 2670/2650 put spreads for 3.45. #Rolling the condor closed earlier. Selling only puts on presumption we are going higher in near-term.

SPX 1-dte

#SPX1dte My third attempt at a long condor is the first losing one. Looks like the Feb 4th one will expire worthless. We’ll see how things play out through tomorrow if an Upside Warning hits, and proceed accordingly for the Feb 6th expiry.

I also backed out of this roll trade with a profit, as it could get steamrolled on the call side. I’ll look to sell a put spread to replace it.

BTC $SPX Feb 14th (monthly) 2600/2620/2760/2780 #CondorRoll for 3.95. Sold for 6.05 last Wednesday.

GOOGL earnings analysis

#Earnings $GOOGL reports tonight. Below are details on earnings FIVE-day moves over the last 12 quarters.

Thu 10/25/2018 AC -4.90%
Mon 07/23/2018 AC +3.46%
Mon 04/23/2018 AC -3.94%
Thu 02/01/2018 AC -8.22%
Thu 10/26/2017 AC +4.20%
Mon 07/24/2017 AC -4.00%
Thu 04/27/2017 AC +5.12% Biggest UP
Thu 01/26/2017 AC -4.29%
Thu 10/27/2016 AC -1.45%
Thu 07/28/2016 AC +4.47%
Thu 04/21/2016 AC -7.00%
Mon 02/01/2016 AC -8.69% Biggest DOWN

Avg (+ or -) 4.98%
Bias -2.10%, negative bias on earnings.

With stock at 1135.00 the data suggests these ranges:
Based on current IV (expected move into Friday per TOS): 1082.60 to 1187.40
Based on AVERAGE move over last 12 quarters: 1078.50 to 1191.50
Based on MAXIMUM move over last 12 Q’s (8.7%): 1036.37 to 1233.63
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Downside Warning canceled!

#VIXIndicator Today’s $VIX close ends the 4-month Downside Warning. If we get two more closes at or below 16.47, it will trigger an Upside Warning, which usually means a strong rally for a few days or weeks.

SPX 1-dte long

#SPX1dte Bought to open $SPX Feb 4th 2645/2660-2740/2755 condors for .55. (IV 7.94%: SPX 2704)

I reduced to 15-wide to make it cheaper, and also went to the strike below .06 on each side. This lowers probability, but short strikes are only 80 apart, which is the lowest I have had on any condor in this strategy, long or short.

SPX 1-dte switch

#SPX1dte My short condor from yesterday will expire worthless (sold for 1.00)

I am going to BUY the condor for Monday, since volatility on the options chain plummeted to below 9%, after being above 15% all week. (today would have been a good day to sell a condor in the morning, and close it by day’s end)

AMZN closed

#Earnings BTC $AMZN Feb 1st 1600/1590 put spreads for .25. Not going to mess with this one if it decides to get cute. Condors sold yesterday for 2.00.

Econ Calendar for week of 2/4/18

**Jerome Powell speaks Wednesday at 7pm ET

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Link to calendar: https://us.econoday.com/byweek.asp?day=4&month=2&year=2019&cust=us&lid=0

EW closed, and remaining earnings trades

#Earnings #DoubleCalendar
Sold to close $EW Feb01/Feb08 170 dbl cals for 3.25 (avg price). Bought yesterday for 1.57.

#IronButterfly $NOW expiring at max loss of .65.
#IronCondor $AMZN expiring at full profit, sold yesterday for 2.00.
#LongStraddle $EBAY straddle bought for 2.23 on Tuesday. It had a subtle move, so I played the swings and managed to sell for 1.168. Even when long straddles miss, they aren’t too bad provided you have a few days and some swings.