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Sell to close the Nov. 18, 2016 put on VF Corporation (VFC) with a strike price of $62.50 at $4.40 or higher for an 80% gain. Symbol (VFC161118P62.5)When we bought these puts less than 3 weeks ago we expected to hold them for a longer period of time. However the… Read More

BrunswickDespite lowered second-quarter analyst earnings expectations of $1.18 from $1.21, the company’s stock shot up more than 4% last week.Investors seem hopeful that management will boost annual guidance. Third-quarter earnings expectations increased from 94 cents in April to 97 cents. And full year analyst earnings expectations are up a penny… Read More

The current price of the Lands’ End put is below the $1.40 level it traded at when we issued a sell alert this morning. Large price swings in heavily shorted, small cap stocks are not out of the ordinary. As the Lands’ End numbers were quite bad, I do expect the… Read More

On Monday we felt Land’s End (LE) would report a quarter worse than expected when it release results today, and we recommending betting the stock would drop by buying puts.We were right. the company reported a 6 cent loss per share, worse than the 4 cent loss expected. So sell… Read More

Buy to open the September 16, 2016 put on Lands End (LE) with a strike price of $17.50 at $.85 or lower. Symbol (LE160916P17.5)Lands’ End reports second quarter earnings before the market open on September 1. This trade should be placed before that event.Lands’ End has been unable to right… Read More

LydallOn Aug. 3 Lydall (NYSE: LDL) reported second-quarter earnings per share of 70 cents, which beat analyst estimates of 62 cents. The maker of industrial and automotive sound and temperature filters and barriers also reported revenue of $137 million for the quarter which beat analysts’ expectations by $2 million.CEO Dale… Read More

Buy to open the Nov. 18, 2016 put on VFC with a strike price of $62.50 at $2.60 or lower. Symbol (VFC161118P62.5)We are placing our second option trade on VFC. (Last month we bought and sold a VFC put for a 50% gain in less than two days.) This trade may be held… Read More

Air Transport Services GroupThe company reported second-quarter 2016 earnings on Aug. 8 that were in line with analysts’ expectations. Earnings per share for the quarter were 13 cents, which beat analyst estimates by a penny. And second-quarter 2016 revenue of $176.5 million was up 19% from second-quarter 2015 revenue of… Read More