
Rick Ducat, CMT
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Lead Market Technician @SchwabNetwork I like charts, video games, cheeseburgers, and Excel. Important disclosures https://t.co/9vpBLtA95k
Joined May 2019
@CharlesSchwab leading voices @JeffreyKleintop,@LizAnnSonders, @KathyJones,@MikeTownsendCS & Omar Aguilar share their perspectives with @DianeKingHall on recent market volatility, global market trends, and approaches to helping safeguard your portfolio during uncertain times.👇
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Today is Final Fantasy music Legend, Nobuo Uematsu's (@UematsuNobuo) 66th Birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Uematsu-san! 🔥✨🎂
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“This is a make-or-break moment for the market right at these levels.” @KGBULLANDBEAR looks at price action from the overnight session following FOMC and breaks down the key levels to watch today with @OJRenick: $SPX $TNX #10Y_F 📊
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In today's 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 📝 👉 An economic data dump 👉 $NKE, $FDX, $MU earnings on deck 👉 The biggest premarket movers Read and subscribe below ⤵️ https://t.co/uI2XIJot0V
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In today’s 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁, @TomWhite_S covers everything you need to know before today's session including: 🔹 The start of the FOMC meeting 🔹 Tuesday's earnings & economic data 🔹 Stock upgrades & downgrades More at the link below ⤵️ https://t.co/t4o9P00GwO
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Unusual Options Activity: 1/22 Outsized trades that caught my eye today... $CHD: -5,750 FEB. 21 100 PUT @ $0.81 CREDIT (465k credit, 90% of options market) $ROST: -4,175 MAR. 21 135 PUT @ $1.95 CREDIT (814K credit, 96% of options market) $TXT: +1,000 FEB. 21 75 PUT @ $1.26
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🧵Unusual #Options Thread Jan. 7🧵 (3/3) One series of trades stuck out... ~9:24:18, +40,229 JAN 10 250 CALL @ $0.01 ~9:45:13, +12,553 JAN. 10 245 CALL @ $0.01 ~9:45:09, +18,691 JAN 10 240 CALL @ $0.01 $71k moonshot that needs a ~70% rally by Friday's close to break even? Or
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🧵Unusual #Options Thread Jan. 7🧵 (2/3) A lot of very big volume numbers in the Feb. 21 calls for 159, 160, 161 and 165 in particular. Those four contracts together are about 10.5% of total day's option volume.
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🧵Unusual #Options Thread Jan. 7🧵 (1/3) $NVDA is having a rough day, -4.8% drop after squeaking out some new intraday highs above 153 and big bearish engulfing candle. Major activity in the Jan. 17 140 calls, about 5% of total day's option volume in this one contract.
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🧵#Earnings Highlights Thread: Week of Dec. 9🧵 (2/2) Technology - Software: $ORCL, $ADBE, $AI, $BRZE, $YEXT, $CGNT Discretionary/Staples - Retail: $COST, $AZO, $CASY, $GME, $OLLI, $JOUT, $LITB Discretionary - Apparel: $ASO, $GIII, $OXM, $SFIX, $DBI, $VRA, $SPWH, $RENT
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🧵#Earnings Highlights Thread: Week of Dec. 9🧵 (1/2) Mon PM: $ORCL, $MDB, $TOL, $CASY, $AI Tue AM: $AZO, $OLLI Tue PM: $GME, $PLAY, $SFIX Wed PM: $ADBE Thu PM: $AVGO, $COST Themes - Technology: Software - Discretionary/Staples: Retail - Discretionary: Apparel
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🧵Earnings Highlights: Week of Dec. 2🧵 (4/4) Staples Food: $KR, $HRL, $CPB Financials Canadian Banks: $RY, $TD, $BNS, $BMO, $CM, $NTIOF
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🧵Earnings Highlights: Week of Dec. 2🧵(3/4) Technology - Software: $CRM, $SNPS, $ZS, $IOT, $GRWE, $DOCU, $GTLB, $RBRK, $S, $PATH, $DSGX, $SMAR, $HCP, $BOX, $NCNO, $ASAN, $CXM, $VRNT - Semiconductors: $OKTA, $MRVL - Hardware: $HPE, $PSTG
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🧵Earnings Highlights: Week of Dec. 2🧵 (2/4) Discretionary - Apparel: $LULU, $PVH, $AEO, $VSCO, $FL, $CAL, $LE, $ZUMZ, $CURV - Specialty Retail: $ULTA, $CHWY, $SIG, $WOOF, $BBW Discretionary/Staples - Discount Stores: $FIVE, $DG, $DLTR
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🧵Earnings Highlights: Week of Dec. 2🧵 (1/4) Major Themes - Discretionary: Apparel, Discount Stores, Specialty Retail - Technology: Software, Semiconductors, Hardware - Financials: Canadian Banks - Staples: Food
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$OTLK -65% on Friday However... BTIG lowered the firm's price target on Outlook Therapeutics to $9 from $50 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm says ONS-5010 did not surpass the 95% threshold for the primary endpoint in NORSE EIGHT despite the difference between
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Unusual #Options Thread 11/22, $XLI 4/4 Both legs together look something like this monstrosity...
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Unusual #Options Thread 11/22, $XLI 3/4 Leg 2 done at $6m debit, long call vertical paired with a short put vertical, but the short put vert not done with same number of contracts.... Kinda like a risk reversal with max loss near 130 and upside b/e near 147.33.
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Unusual #Options Thread 11/22, $XLI 2/4 Leg 1 mostly selling calls and puts, done at a $1.9m credit, starts to lose money once it gets above 146 (or theoretically below 47.20).
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Unusual #Options Thread 11/22 1/4 Stock: S&P Industrial ETF, $XLI One gigantic eight-legged spread totaling 435,000 contracts at a ~$4.1m net debit. Trade is ~98 of total options volume today, with sizzle of 20! I'll split it up into all the trades for each expiration. XLI
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