NFLX

Sell the Index & Buy the Stocks

Submitted by msebastian on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 5:07pm

Goldman put out a comment prior to earnings season, which was something that I happened to agree with.  It basically pointed toward the fact that, while the VIX was overpriced relative to market movement, it didn't mean the component parts IV's were necessarily overpriced.  Their main point was that it might not make sense to  sell premium in individual names; in fact, they might be a buy.  At the same time, SPX IV is probably still a sale.  Something that might confirm the low SPX expectations are the overall flat VIX curve and the low JCJ (CBOE Correlation Index).  Let's quickly break down the trade

Don't Bet Against the Straddle

Submitted by msebastian on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 4:49pm

At 3:35 EDT time today I did a hit for Bloomberg TV's 3 vs Trish segment (Adam Johnson was filling in).  In it, I explained how I thought NFLX was no longer the most hated stock in the world, and it also wasn't 300.00 any more.  My conclusion, the IV was overpriced, and a selling plan made sense.  It was on this hypothosis that I decided that it made sense to be long NFLX via the 95/90 PS.

Clearly, I was wrong, take a look at the closing price and the current after hourse price:

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Netflix is streaming to a TV near you

Submitted by atg on Thu, 01/26/2012 - 8:25pm

The 4th quarter of 2011 is now viewed as the quarter of "the big growth momentum earnings wreck syndrome".   The big names like AAPL, NFLX and GMCR took it on the chin. So did much of the market as I recall, but I digress.   At least for the first two names for this earnings cycle that is not the case in the sunny land of 2012 (no problems fixed and the credit you want).   I am going to focus on NFLX for now, because I think the reason for the move is much different than AAPL’s, and there is a more interesting trade in there.

It's Only Theta if the Option Decay's

Submitted by msebastian on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 9:19pm

Today, during one of my option mentoring sessions an options mentoring student asked me about going long or short.  Specifically, we were look at Netflix.

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