In Thursday’s Blitz Daily with Lance Ippolito, we take a look at iconic automaker General Motors ahead of its upcoming earnings event.
The bulls tried their best with Thursday’s markets getting a nice earnings pop in the first 30 minutes, but bears weren’t having it…
Both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 flipped red by the afternoon while earnings orders turned bearish with the market… This of course also came after the gasbags at the Federal Reserve once again poured cold water on the fun.
Automotive names are feeling some pain after posting disappointing forward guidance from leading EV-maker Tesla, sinking its stock more than 7%.
The drop helped pull down other automakers including General Motors, whose shares have fallen 20% over the past five weeks.
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And judging from Thursday’s order flow, the intuitions are expecting more downside in GM as the company approaches its Oct. 25 earnings date.
My scanners spotted outsized bearish bets hit around 1 p.m. on the East Coast, with one trader picking up about 1,700 contracts of the Oct. 28 expiration, $34 strike puts for around $155,000 in premium!
Of course, that wasn’t the only name hitting Thursday’s tape…
- General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM): Oct. 28, $34 PUT.
- Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA): Oct. 28, $187 PUT.
- JD.com Inc. (Nasdaq: JD): Jan.20, 2023, $10.50 CALL.
Check out my short video and I’ll break down the day’s most unusual options order flow in no time flat!
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Blitz Daily With Lance Ippolito
At Weekly Blitz Alerts, we follow the big fish and what they’re buying. And we do that with my proprietary Blitz Scanner, which alerts me to big, institutional order flow through the day. Then we get in on these plays and follow the “smart money.”
The Blitz Daily with Lance Ippolito is where I go over a few options trades that hit the Blitz Scanner each day, Monday through Thursday. I break down the trades with the sexiest order flow and tell you what could happen with those stocks by the next day’s opening bell.*
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