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Shares of energy firm Northern Oil and Gas (NOG) have ratcheted higher in the past few weeks as energy prices have continued to rally. One trader sees that trend continuing. That’s based on the March $26 calls. With 156 days until expiration, nearly 6,250 contracts traded against a prior open interest of 126, for a 50-fold jump in volume. The buyer of the calls paid $4.20 to make the trade. With shares around $26.50 and a 52-week high, the option is ...
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While the recurring revenue model is one that can often lead to steady profits and returns for investors, a truly great company can essentially sell the same product repeatedly, marking up profits on top of profits. That’s the case with Take-Two Interactive (TTWO). The video game development company has seen shares surge on new that it’s remastered three of its classic Grand Theft Auto games. Players new and old alike are potential buyers, thanks to upgraded graphics and a repackaging for ...
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Jose De Jesus Loza, a director at Lemonaria (LMNR), recently picked up 10,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 3 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just over $156,000. This is the sixth buy from this director since mid-September, who has bought nearly 40,000 shares all told. That’s in contrast to a number of sales over the past year from insiders at higher prices. While insider selling has been heavy, overall company insiders own 16 percent ...
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Shares of private prison company The GEO Group (GEO) have been trending up since May, with a large spike higher on Friday. One trader sees the possibility for a move even higher. That’s based on the March $12 calls. With 157 days until expiration, over 70,830 contracts traded against a prior open interest of 662. That makes for a 107-fold leap in volume on the option trade. The buyer of the call paid $0.70 to make the trade. Shares of the stock ...
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Most companies are having a solid year, even when comparing their sales and earnings to post-pandemic quarters. However, a few sectors haven’t fared too well in recent months and have missed out on most of 2021’s gains. One such area is with pot stocks. These companies were popular at the start of the year, but have since been lagging the overall market. But that may be about to change. For instance, one industry leader, Tilray (TLRY) moved higher even after reporting ...
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Dustin Moskovitz, President and CEO of Asana Inc (ASAN), recently acquired another 500,000 shares. The buy increased his holdings by nearly 6 percent, and came to a total purchase price of just under $50 million. This marks the CEO’s third buy in the past month, now totaling over 1 million shares. Over the same timeframe, other company insiders have been sellers of smaller amounts of shares, showing considerable overall activity, even for a tech company. Insiders own nearly 14 percent of ...
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Shares of aluminum processor Alcoa Corporation (AA) have been moving steadily higher over the past year amid a booming commodity market. One trader sees that trend continuing into the first half of next year. That’s based on the June $55 calls. With 249 days left before expiration, over 6,525 contracts traded against a prior open interest of 161, for a 41-fold rise in volume. The buyer of the calls paid $5.13 to make the trade. Shares have traded as high as ...
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While many companies have reported trouble in finding workers right now, news of a strike is a different, pre-pandemic sort of labor problem. Yet that’s the case at Kellogg Company (K), where nearly 5 percent of the company workforce has gone on strike. While a prolonged strike could mean favorite cereal brands getting sold out at grocery stores, shares of the company were slightly up the day the story broke. Yet it does point to the relative value the company ...
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