Hedge Fund Tips

Unusual Options Activity

Today some institution/fund purchased 6,500 contracts of January 2020 50 strike calls (or the right to buy 650,000 shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. at $50). The open interest was just 414 prior to this purchase. Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity”

Insider Buying

David Roberts – CEO of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (MITT) – purchased 50,000 shares of MITT in a follow on offering on 2/11/19. His out of pocket cost was $852,500.

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Hedge Fund Trade Tip (PIN) – Position Idea Notification

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Be in the know. 5 key reads for Thursday…

Bullish stock investors ‘too sanguine’ about U.S.-China trade talks, warns fund manager (Market Watch)
Cisco Stock Rises On an Earnings Beat and a Solid Outlook (Barron’s)
Bank Mergers Get Faster Under Trump (Wall Street Journal)
NHL’s Comeback: Loads of Goals and Surprises (Wall Street Journal)
US Retail Sales Collapse In December (Zero Hedge)

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AAII Sentiment Results and Interpretation

AAII Sentiment Survey results are out this morning. Bullishness remains elevated and Bearishness has collapsed. In the Dow Chart below I have noted those dates in the recent past where Sentiment was at similar levels Continue reading “AAII Sentiment Results and Interpretation”

PMO BUY SPX 78% (recent) Accuracy

Last night we covered the “PMO Buy All” indicator which had a 70% accuracy rate for predicting pullbacks. Continue reading “PMO BUY SPX 78% (recent) Accuracy”

Unusual Options Activity

Today some institution/fund purchased 13,377 contracts of March 21 strike calls (or the right to buy 1,337,700 shares of California Resources Corp. CRC at $21). The open interest was just 314 prior to this purchase. CRC reports Continue reading “Unusual Options Activity”

Insider Buying

Bill Stiritz – Director of Post Holdings, Inc POST – purchased 35,755 shares of POST at $97.75 on 2/8/19. The total cost was: $3,495,070

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Russell 2000 (top 30 weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions

In the spreadsheet above I have tracked the earnings estimates for the top 30 weighted Russell 2000 small cap stocks. I have columns for what the 2019 and 2020 estimates (if available) were: 11/22/18, 12/22/2018, 1/22/19 Continue reading “Russell 2000 (top 30 weights) Earnings Estimates/Revisions”