Trading Tips Blog

Shares of American Airlines (AAL) have roughly doubled since the announcement of a Covid vaccine in early November. One trader sees a further move higher in the next month. That’s based on the April $29 calls. With 31 days until expiration, over 24,200 contracts traded, a 33-fold rise in volume from the prior open interest of 724. The option buyer paid about $0.62 for the contract. With a share price near $23.50, shares would need to rally another 23 percent in the ...
Read More

Gordon Crawford, a director at Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF-B), recently picked up 100,000 shares. The total cost of the buy came to just under $1.6 million, and increased the director’s stake by over 62 percent. This marks the first insider buy of the year. Insiders have been active buyers in the past 18 months, but before that were more likely to be sellers, at a far higher price than where shares trade today. Overall, insiders own just over 2 percent of ...
Read More

Health care and biotech companies have had some big moves over the past year, but seem to be settling back into the relative underperformance that marked the pre-pandemic era. That’s also applied to pharmaceutical companies too, including those who have developed Covid vaccines. The drug industry’s historically rapid development of a vaccine seems to be no longer impressive. Neither does the likely profits to be had thanks to government support and backing. Case in point? Pfizer (PFE). Shares have shed more than ...
Read More

Stock buybacks and dividends were slashed or eliminated last year. Many firms are starting to resume either or both, and point to which companies are likely to continue to fare well in the post-pandemic world. One company just reported strong growth following a merger, and surprised even more with the possibility that a buyback of up to $60 billion would occur within the next few years. The company? T-Mobile (TMUS). The telecom company merged with Spring last year, just in time for ...
Read More

Randall Stephenson, a director at Walmart (WMT), recently picked up 7,725 shares. The buy came to a total purchase price of $1.2 million, and increased the director’s holdings by over 1,300 percent. This is the first insider buy in over three years. Insiders, typically members of the Walton family but also some executives, have exclusively been sellers in the past three years. Even with the large, regular sales by company insiders, they still own over 51 percent of shares. Shares of ...
Read More

Lodging platform app Airbnb (ABNB) has been trending up since it first went public late last year. Following better than expected earnings, shares have been trending higher. One trader sees a further move ahead. That’s based on the June $210 calls. With 94 days until expiration, over 9,200 contracts traded, a 49-fold rise in volume from the prior open interest of 187. The buyer paid about $24.50 for the calls. Shares are just around $200, so they would need to rally just ...
Read More

Tech stocks may be off their lows, but traders aren’t quite ready to embrace the space quite yet. That’s resulted in a few relative bargains. Especially when a company is capable of posting massive growth right now. That’s the case with Oracle (ORCL). The software giant has been shifting to a subscription revenue model, which has made for stronger and more consistent earnings. Profits are now up 20 percent compared to a year ago. Besides trouncing on earnings, the company just ...
Read More

Alex Morrison, a director at Gold Resource Corp (GORO), just picked up 17,900 shares. The buy increased his stake to over 51,500 shares in total, and came to a total cost of just over $47,000. This marks the first insider buy at the company this year. Insiders have been both buyers and sellers over the past few years, with company insiders generally having the edge over sellers. Insiders own 3.3 percent of shares. Shares of the gold mining company have just bounced ...
Read More