Rick Ducat, CMT

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@OJRenick My first strangle is when I learned a harsh lesson about “practical applications of implied volatility crush” haha

Pretty sure @RickDucat oversaw my first send. Was a strangle on a biotech into earnings that luckboxed like 6x - Norm Macdonald first time in Vegas. Worst thing can happen iIs you win

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“This is a make-or-break moment for the market right at these levels.” @KGBULLANDBEAR looks at price action from the overnight session following FOMC and breaks down the key levels to watch today with @OJRenick: $SPX $TNX #10Y_F 📊

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@KenRose_CMT Hope you are feeling better soon Ken

hey thanks for the feedback, good point, i should make it more clear that typically we present these as opening trades to give the size/scale of the dollar amounts. i will be more careful when talking about it in the future and will do the extra legwork to try to figure that question out better.

@SchwabNetwork @RickDucat @NPetallides The information provided in this segment about the $AAPL “Texas Hedge” was completely wrong. Look at the change in OI today for both strikes - both went down, which means those were closing trades. Rick needs to do better research if he’s going to do a segment on option trades.

𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿: 📉 $AAPL 📈 $TTWO 📊 $UAL @RickDucat examines Tuesday's unusual options flows with @NPetallides: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Unusual Options Activity: 1/22 Outsized trades that caught my eye today... $CHD: -5,750 FEB. 21 100 PUT @ $0.81 CREDIT (465k credit, 90% of options market) $ROST: -4,175 MAR. 21 135 PUT @ $1.95 CREDIT (814K credit, 96% of options market) $TXT: +1,000 FEB. 21 75 PUT @ $1.26 DEBIT & +1,000 FEB. 21 80 PUT @ $4.00 DEBIT ($526K debit, 75% of options market)

Yes it's an important point that trendlines/patterns are subjective so they can be tricky. I can see the thinking beyond $NVDA (rally followed by consolidation) but a more ideal bull flag-type setup would probably have a sharper, faster rally followed by a briefer, tighter consolidation and high volume on breakouts. A few recent examples on $BX... shape of the consolidation is not as important, can be sideways, triangular, downward.

@RickDucat I drew the lines a little differently than you. I saw that descending channel and wondered if I was seeing a bull flag. That morning it broke out and I felt vindicated. Today gave it all up. should I see this as a failed bull flag breakout ?

🧵Unusual #Options Thread Jan. 7🧵 (1/3) $NVDA is having a rough day, -4.8% drop after squeaking out some new intraday highs above 153 and big bearish engulfing candle. Major activity in the Jan. 17 140 calls, about 5% of total day's option volume in this one contract.

🧵Unusual #Options Thread Jan. 7🧵 (3/3) One series of trades stuck out... ~9:24:18, +40,229 JAN 10 250 CALL @ $0.01 ~9:45:13, +12,553 JAN. 10 245 CALL @ $0.01 ~9:45:09, +18,691 JAN 10 240 CALL @ $0.01 $71k moonshot that needs a ~70% rally by Friday's close to break even? Or maybe just closing out some short calls before expiration haha.

🧵Unusual #Options Thread Jan. 7🧵 (2/3) A lot of very big volume numbers in the Feb. 21 calls for 159, 160, 161 and 165 in particular. Those four contracts together are about 10.5% of total day's option volume.

🧵#Earnings Highlights Thread: Week of Dec. 9🧵 (2/2) Technology - Software: $ORCL, $ADBE, $AI, $BRZE, $YEXT, $CGNT Discretionary/Staples - Retail: $COST, $AZO, $CASY, $GME, $OLLI, $JOUT, $LITB Discretionary - Apparel: $ASO, $GIII, $OXM, $SFIX, $DBI, $VRA, $SPWH, $RENT

🧵#Earnings Highlights Thread: Week of Dec. 9🧵 (1/2) Mon PM: $ORCL, $MDB, $TOL, $CASY, $AI Tue AM: $AZO, $OLLI Tue PM: $GME, $PLAY, $SFIX Wed PM: $ADBE Thu PM: $AVGO, $COST Themes - Technology: Software - Discretionary/Staples: Retail - Discretionary: Apparel

🧵Earnings Highlights: Week of Dec. 2🧵 (4/4) Staples Food: $KR, $HRL, $CPB Financials Canadian Banks: $RY, $TD, $BNS, $BMO, $CM, $NTIOF

🧵Earnings Highlights: Week of Dec. 2🧵(3/4) Technology - Software: $CRM, $SNPS, $ZS, $IOT, $GRWE, $DOCU, $GTLB, $RBRK, $S, $PATH, $DSGX, $SMAR, $HCP, $BOX, $NCNO, $ASAN, $CXM, $VRNT - Semiconductors: $OKTA, $MRVL - Hardware: $HPE, $PSTG

🧵Earnings Highlights: Week of Dec. 2🧵 (1/4) Major Themes - Discretionary: Apparel, Discount Stores, Specialty Retail - Technology: Software, Semiconductors, Hardware - Financials: Canadian Banks - Staples: Food

@MaxanceRol bonjour... on one hand stock took a huge hit and BTIG did a huge PT cut... on the other hand still bullish and still looking for like +400% gain. definitely interesting, i will look for unusual options trades when the market opens.

@RickDucat C’est plutôt une bonne nouvelle non ?

$OTLK -65% on Friday However... BTIG lowered the firm's price target on Outlook Therapeutics to $9 from $50 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm says ONS-5010 did not surpass the 95% threshold for the primary endpoint in NORSE EIGHT despite the difference between ONS-5010 and ranibizumab falling within the pre-specified noninferiority margin at eight weeks. Despite NORSE EIGHT technically not meeting its primary endpoint, BTIG remains Buy rated. Outlook is now trading at a zero enterprise value, there is still a chance ONS-5010 could be approved, and the company is likely not getting any credit for ONS-5010's potential in Europe, where ONS-5010 is already approved and launch is expected to commence in 2025, the analyst tells investors in a research note.