Sunday, May 19, 2024
We saw some unusually heavy option volume in Snap (SNAP) last week, with nearly 2x the average amount trading on a big up day in the stock. SNAP is the owner of Snapchat, a very popular social media platform. Some negative news on Facebook sent that social media stock down, and SNAP may have been […]
Watch today’s weekly options trade with Serge Berger above.
There was 3.5x the normal volume of options in Zoom Video Communications (ZM) on one day last week. 64% of the trade were calls, which suggests a slightly bullish bias. ZM had dropped quite a bit recently after releasing disappointing earnings. However, Cathie Wood and her ARKK fund decided to use the opportunity to buy more ZM shares. This […]
This past week, there was 3x the Carnival (CCL) normal options volume, the cruise line giant. Cruise line stocks have been very active during the pandemic, but CCL got a big boost last week when it announced that it would be ramping up capacity through the end of the year. What’s more, the company is […]
Long-term stocks are the key to compounding interest and retirement. We’ll explain why you want long-term holdings and how to pick them.
Preferred shares combine characteristics of both common stocks and bonds. We’ll take a look at this investment option and its benefits.
If you’re serious about earning dividend income, you should be using a dividend tracker. We’ll explain what you should be tracking and how.
An examination of implied volatility as it applies to the recent GME rally and crash.
There’s been a massive amount of unusual options activity in electric vehicles and related companies this past week. FuelCell Energy (FCEL) makes hydrogen fuel cells for power plants, although the technology is often talked about for use in electric vehicles, and has seen its share price climb 109% this past week. FCEL options traded 11x […]
Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech (BNTX) were explosive earlier this week. All on news PFE just said its COVID-19 vaccine is 90% effective. “Amazing news from Pfizer with 90% efficacy. This hopefully is the beginning of the end of our fight against Covid,” Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, said, as quoted by […]
