Saturday, April 20, 2024
When investors hear the term “meme stock,” the first thing to come to mind is typically something like AMC, GME, or the Robinhood investing app. Meme stocks are the ones that get popular on Reddit forums like Wall Street Bets. They can have huge daily swings and are often traded on Robinhood. But with all […]
Last week, we saw quite a bit of options action in Coinbase (COIN). The company runs a popular exchange for trading cryptocurrencies and has recently had an IPO. On a day when the stock was up about 7%, 68% of the options volume was in calls. When significantly more calls than puts trade, it tends […]
This past week, we saw an unusually large amount of options action in Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The chipmaker saw over 1 million options contracts trade, which is 2.6x the normal amount. Almost 80% of the volume was in calls, which tends to be a bullish signal. AMC is up sharply after news that competitor […]
This past week’s big political and economic news came from a long-awaited bipartisan agreement on a physical infrastructure bill. There is still a long way to go before the bill can pass, but it does seem like the groundwork is there. The most recent iteration of the agreement is only focused on physical infrastructure. The […]
The meme stocks have continually been the most active traded options contracts over the last few weeks. However, you never know which meme stock will be in the spotlight from week to week. This past week, Workhorse (WKHS) was one of the big movers, up nearly 10% on one day in particular. On that day, […]
The world economy was basically on hold for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic (and now variants of the virus that causes COVID-19). Some countries, like the U.S., are mostly back to normal operations. Other countries are still dealing with lockdowns and widespread infections due to a lack of vaccinations. Overall, though, […]
On the day of the FOMC meeting results last week, there was quite a bit of unusual options activity in Financial Select Sectors SPDR Fund (XLF). XLF, the most heavily traded financial sector ETF, traded about 2.5x its normal options volume. 67% of the activity was in calls, which is generally a bullish signal. The […]
As low as interest rates have been lately, it doesn’t seem to have diminished investors’ appetite for government bonds. A yield under 1.50% for 10-year Treasury notes is not a detriment, apparently, when the rest of the developed world is also in an ultra-low rate cycle. Bond investors may have assumed the looming threat of […]
While the meme stocks have been getting most of the headlines lately, Roblox (RBLX) continues to have very active options. One day last week, around 140,000 options traded, with 70% of the activity on the call side. That tends to be a bullish signal. Several of the larger trades looked to be bullish as well, […]
Of the largest 20 stocks (by market cap) in the U.S., which one do you think has the best performance year-to-date? Is it Apple (AAPL), the world’s largest company my market capitalization? Is it electric vehicle powerhouse and crypto-investor Tesla (TSLA)? Given the semiconductor shortage that’s pushing up chip prices, maybe it’s NVIDIA (NVDA)? Despite […]
