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Sell to close the Staples (SPLS) December 13 call option at the market. Staples (SPLS) shares plunged today after the company reported sales and earnings in the second quarter that were well below expectations, which prompted the company to lower its guidance for the full year. The… Read More

Talk about the summer doldrums. Yesterday saw the lightest non-holiday trading activity on the New York Stock Exchange since summer 1997. And with stocks little more than 1 percent from their recovery highs, investors aren’t expecting much in the way of downside risk judging by the fact that the CBOE… Read More

This morning we closed out our Schlumberger November 72.50 call option for a 38 percent gain in less than three weeks. We added three other trades since our last update. On the long side, we added the Staples (SPLS) December 13 call option. The company will report… Read More

Sell to close the Schlumberger (SLB) November 72.50 call option at the market.   We’ve enjoyed a nice run in the price of Schlumberger (SLB) in the past two weeks, which has handed us a gain of close to 40 percent on our option. While the stock… Read More

Buy to open the Autodesk (ADSK) October 35 put option. Set a limit to pay no more than $2.45 per contract. Also buy to open the Symantec (SYMC) October 17 put option  with a limit order set at $1.00. We’re returning to software maker Autodesk (ADSK). Having… Read More

Buy to open the Staples (SPLS) December 13 call option. Set a limit to pay no more than $1.20 per contract. Staples (SPLS), the world’s largest office products company, will release its second-quarter results next week. After several quarters of weak to just so-so results, expectations for the company’s… Read More

Buy to open the Autodesk (ADSK) October 35 put option. Set a limit to pay no more than $2.45 per contract. Also buy to open the Symantec (SYMC) October 17 put option  with a limit order set at $1.00. We’re returning to software maker Autodesk (ADSK). Having rallied since we… Read More

Sell to close the Aeropostale (ARO) October 18 put option at the market. There’s a fire sale going on in the shares of Aeropostale (ARO) this morning after the company warned that its same-store sales in the second quarter declined by one percent. That number, which… Read More