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Where's Apple Stock Headed? Options Market Offers Clues Amid Extended Rate Hike Anxiety
Thursday, June 22, 2023 - 5:49am | 388Major Wall Street indices closed in the red on Wednesday in the wake of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's testimony before Congress where he acknowledged the hardship caused by high inflation and reiterated the central bank's dedication to bringing inflation back down to the 2% goal. Apple Inc...
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SPY, QQQ: Crucial Trading Levels To Know This Week As Priced In By Options Market
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 - 7:31am | 378Major Wall Street indices closed in the red on Tuesday ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's testimony before Congress. The Nasdaq Composite closed 0.16% lower while the S&P 500 lost 0.47%. Another reason to cause concern among market participants is the higher-than-expected U.K....
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Tesla Stock Defies Options Market's Resistance Expectations: What's Next?
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - 6:00am | 350Shares of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) surpassed the $250 resistance level this week, potentially disappointing Call sellers. The stock has shown a similar pattern in the previous week and has experienced a notable 38% rally in the past month. Also Read: Everything You Need to Know...
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S&P 500: As Index Hits 14-Month High, Find Out Crucial Trading Levels Priced In By Options Market
Friday, June 16, 2023 - 5:30am | 439After the Federal Reserve‘s decision to pause the rate hike, economic data released on Thursday boosted market sentiment, propelling the S&P 500 to its 14-month highs. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose by 262,000 in the week ending June 10,...
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SPY, QQQ: Options Market Offers Clues About Crucial Trading Levels Ahead Of Fed Policy Outcome
Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - 7:00am | 397Major Wall Street indices ended in the green on Tuesday following the release of the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) report that showed inflation rose 4% on an annual basis, marking its lowest level in two years. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) closed 0.66% higher on Tuesday while the...
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Peering Into Oracle's Crystal Ball: After Post-Earnings Surge, Options Market Reveals Key Trading Levels
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 - 6:15am | 355Shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) surged nearly 6% on Monday following the release of strong fourth-quarter earnings, and the stock continued its upward momentum with an additional 3.63% gain in extended trading. The company’s revenue in the quarter reached $13.8 billion, marking a 17...
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Tesla Stock: Key Trading Levels Priced In By Options Market Ahead Of Fed Decision, Inflation Data
Monday, June 12, 2023 - 6:27am | 355Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares had a good run last week having gained over 14% to close at $244.40 on Friday. Shares of the EV maker made a whopping 45% gain in the last month and as enthusiasm over technology shares continues to persist, the stock may still see some more upside. Also Read:...
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Post-Bankruptcy Pivot: 3AC's Su Zhu And Kyle Davies Launch Exchange For Insolvent Crypto Firms' Claims
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 4:34pm | 418Open Exchange (OPNX), a crypto-focused exchange that offers to trade claims of bankrupt cryptocurrency companies, has officially launched, according to a tweet by CEO Leslie Lamb. OPNX provides a platform for trading claims related to crypto exchange bankruptcies, with a claimed market value of $20...
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Citigroup Passed On Alameda Research Partnership Due To Lack Of Risk Management: Report
Monday, January 2, 2023 - 10:44am | 510Banking giant Citigroup (NYSE: C) considered partnering with Alameda Research, a now-bankrupt crypto trading firm, to launch a crypto lending business in 2020, but decided against it due to concerns about the firm's lack of risk management. Austin Campbell, the former co-head of...
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Exclusive: Diginex CEO Talks Bitcoin, Says 'We Are Only Just Beginning The Run-Up'
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 5:25pm | 439Diginex Ltd (NASDAQ: EQOS) is a digital asset ecosystem, CEO Richard Byworth told "Power Hour" host Luke Jacobi on the Benzinga YouTube show Tuesday. Byworth continued by saying Diginex provides an exchange similar to Coinbase, but...
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Ex-Morgan Stanley Developers Launch Crypto Derivatives Exchange
Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 7:35am | 245A team of former Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) developers has launched a new, "high-speed" cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, according to Cointelegraph. What Happened Eight former developers from Morgan Stanley announced the launch of a "high-speed" crypto derivatives exchange...
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Jim Strugger's Options Strategy For Yelp
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 3:58pm | 346Shares of Yelp Inc (NYSE: YELP) have seen a continuous decline since September. In the last six months, the stock has lost more than 30 percent on the back of concerns that the company’s monetization strategy is not working. However, some analysts feel that the correction has ended and the...
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Are Ticketed Restaurant Reservations About To Go Mainstream?
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 2:22pm | 661OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) all but owns the online restaurant reservation space. That could change if Nick Kokonas has his way. Kokonas, a former derivatives trader, in 2011 came up with a unique restaurant-friendly dining out approach based on ticketed reservations. Moreover, the system may be...
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Senate Banking Committee Hears Complaints About Big Banks From MillerCoors
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 9:03am | 583Instead of “David versus Goliath,” the Senate Banking Committee had to sort out a “Goliath versus Goliath” scenario Tuesday, according to Reuters. Big aluminum buyers, represented by the second largest brewer in the U.S., charged that the largest banks in the country drove up their costs by...
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Options in Portfolio Allocation: A Significant Problem
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 9:23am | 1087How do you place a value on options positions within a portfolio? Actually, because of the nature of options it is extremely difficult – if not impossible – to accurately balance an asset allocation target that includes derivatives. For example, a portfolio of $1 million specified the...