Summary of earnings season Q2: It's both right to be short and long

About 70% of S&P companies have reported earnings this week, which can be divided into two categories: average and particularly poor.

After losing the sense of urgency to raise interest rates, the market relaxed its demand for corporate results, and expectations fell to extremely low levels. In this case, only double-miss companies would fall.

This quarter will be a test of whether companies have the moat they need to be deep enough to weather economic headwinds. Obviously this kind of judgment method is not conducive to growth. So it is no surprise that the leading stock this week is the weight.

But stocks that have fallen sharply can also gain momentum when the broader market rebounds. This week showed just how difficult it is to short individual stocks in an uptrend. Do trade against the market, it is a test of mood, most people should be difficult to adhere to.

Like $Teladoc Health Inc.(TDOC)$ , which we mentioned earlier. Somebody traded a PUT with a strike price of $30 on July 7th.

On July 20, the man needed to move his position due to a rebound in the market and continued with a PUT option with a strike price of $35, resulting in a loss of half.

After TDOC's post-earnings drop on Thursday, this guy finally managed to make a profit.

However, it only made hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is not a show of wealth. Everyone who has experienced Q1 financial results knows that this decline can be doubled in Q1. He would have made more if it hadn't been for the broad headwinds.

As far as following the trend and placing short orders, I think most people will self-doubt and close their positions halfway through.

As with $Qualcomm(QCOM)$ , $Intel(INTC)$ and the $VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF(SMH)$ , contrarian shorting tests the mindset.

And seeing big short positions in the uptrend is equally shocking. Encounter this situation or need to global analysis, and then combined with the industry to judge one by one.

Despite the clear upward trend this week and in the coming days, there are still a number of stocks with big institutional short positions, such as SNAP, Google, Meta Bynd Pins, BAC, SQ, AMD, AFRM... If it is a deep PUT due in 2023, you can put it aside and focus on the recent trading trend. However, if it is a large deep put in the last two or three months, you are advised to avoid stock trading.

Chinese concept shares unknown plunge, continued concern.

Like some stocks, Alibaba jumped a lot of long-term deep intra-price puts on the 27th, some of which were closed positions, some of which were newly opened positions, indicating that it was still a long-term bearish situation. Likewise, I do not know the reason behind it.

sell put

To sum up, the suggestion of the current low valuation market is still sell put, not anything else, but stability.

I picked some stocks to sell put. Although the P/E ratio of META is very low, it also has too much depth PUT. Avoid it first. (Deep PUT is mainly for the long term, if it is for the recent trend, don't pay too much attention to the trade, the daily level is not very guiding)

Ticker symbol Annualized income Expiration date strike price Premium
$MSFT 20220805 265.0 PUT$ 20% 2022/8/5 265 1.19
$BRK.B 20220805 285.0 PUT$ 13% 2022/8/5 285 0.86
$KO 20220805 62.0 PUT$ 12.00% 2022/8/5 62 0.17
$PFE 20220805 49.0 PUT$ 22.00% 2022/8/5 49 0.25
$ATVI 20220819 77.0 PUT$ 12.00% 2022/8/19 77 0.59
$VMW 20220819 110.0 PUT$ 9% 2022/8/19 110 0.62
$SIMO 20220819 80.0 PUT$ 47% 2022/8/19 80 2.45

​​Wish you a happy weekend!

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  • RedpillBluep
    ·2022-07-30
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    Very interesting article! Thanks for sharing the information and tips, much appreciated. [Happy] 👍
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    • cuteypie
      OK
      2022-07-31
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    • KW1
      ok
      2022-07-31
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  • xuero
    ·2022-07-31
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    it's so difficult to predict the market movements...sometimes it rises with bad news and drops with good news ... [Sweats]or have I been wrong in my interpretation? [Thinking]
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    • Pepermintpat
      Even gurus can sometimes be wrong Tread with care dyodd
      2022-07-31
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    • YesMdm
      agreed.. 
      2022-07-31
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  • familoveyou
    ·2022-07-31
    Do you think the TECH stocks are worth buying now?
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    • ngchris
      let's see how this quarter goes. I think there is room before the mid term election in Nov.
      2022-08-02
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  • OldCat
    ·2022-07-31
    Please like this comment
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  • 叫我發先生
    ·2022-07-31
    Heng heng, pls give me a like
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  • YaleBrewster
    ·2022-07-31
    I think the high valued companies are worth buying now.
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  • Samluo
    ·2022-07-31
    Prefer larger IV stocks for higher premium
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  • davloh
    ·2022-07-31

    [Great] 

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  • greedycat
    ·2022-07-31
    like一个呗
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  • K734
    ·2022-07-31
    Thanks for sharing
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  • Bel8680
    ·2022-08-07
    pls like
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  • Ranchy
    ·2022-07-31
    thanks for sharing
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  • YorkTurner
    ·2022-07-31
    Thanks for your useful sharing.Like.
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  • fishinglo
    ·2022-07-31
    I hope the market will continue to rebounce.
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  • Alvis89
    ·2022-07-31

    Good 

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    • Alvis89
      Goo d
      2022-08-08
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  • Vikedios
    ·2022-07-31
    ok ok within expectations
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  • BadgeLeh
    ·2022-07-31
    the bigger picture shld be bearish
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  • zerolih
    ·2022-07-31
    thanks for sharing the strategy [Like]
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  • whitewolf69
    ·2022-07-31
    thanks for the read
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  • BossBoss
    ·2022-07-31
    Thanks for sharing
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