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Even before the pandemic, video games were a huge business. In 2019, video game sales exceeded box office sales globally. That trend continued even higher in 2020, thanks to lockdowns and a new generation of video game consoles. The big winners in the space are often the video game design companies. Largely dominated by a few big players who keep turning out franchise titles much like a big film studio, these companies tend to see steady and growing revenues. For instance, Electronic ...
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Shares of Aurora Cannabis (ACB) have more than tripled since early November, as more states legalized marijuana, and as federal trends point towards lower enforcement, if not outright decriminalization. One trader sees a further move higher. The September 2021 $14 call option last saw a 23-fold rise in volume, going from 131 open trades to over 3,100. Expiring in 225 days, the option is the at-the-money trade, given that shares trade just under $14.00. The buyer of the option paid $4.63 to ...
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There are many ways to play the growing digitization of the economy. Traders are familiar with software companies, which can make money selling once or via monthly subscription models. Or hardware firms that create the tools needed to access it in the first place. But other trends in the digital age are out there. Ark Investments, one of the top tech investment funds, has been around for years. Its performance last year, however, has led to many close followers. Recently, one of ...
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Kevin Stephens, a director at Crown Castle International (CCI) recently picked up 2,000 shares. The buy increased his stake by nearly 96 percent, and came to a total cost of $328,000. This is the first insider buy of 2021. Insiders were both buyers and sellers in 2020, with directors picking up shares as C-suite executives generally being sellers at the firm. Overall, in the past few years, insider sales have exceeded insider buys. Despite the general sales of insiders, the company’s ...
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Enterprise data cloud platform firm Cloudera (CLDR) has seen shares rally nearly 70 percent since early November. At least one trader sees shares continuing to head higher. That’s based on the August 2021 $17.50 call option. Over 16,400 contracts traded against a prior open interest of 143, for a 144-fold rise in volume. The call option is at-the-money, given the current price of $17.43. The trader paid $3.88 for the trade on average. The trade expires in 198 days. Shares are ...
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Aluminum mining and production firm Ferroglobe PLC (GSM) has seen a large surge higher in shares in recent weeks, with the small-cap company more than doubling. At least one trader sees the trend continuing. That’s based on the September 2021 $2.00 calls. With shares near $2.40, the trade is already well in-the-money. Over 3,900 contracts traded against a prior open interest of 104, for a 38-fold rise in volume. The trader paid about $1.23 for the contracts on average. Shares would thus ...
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Robinhood traders are livid at the platform’s decision to cut off trading in popular trades over the past week. They’re looking to take their money elsewhere, which could quickly undo the million new accounts that were created in the last month. If that’s the case, there are only a few other brokerage firms that will allow full trading right now in every stock out there. But traders are also looking to get out of the system by buying cryptocurrency. That narrows the ...
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Robert Mehrabian, Executive Chairman of Teledyne Technologies (TDY), recently bought 10,000 shares. The purchase increased his holdings by 6.3 percent, and came to a total cost of $3.66 million. This marks the first insider buy at the company in over three years. Insiders have generally been sellers of shares on a regular and ongoing basis, as is typical of a technology company. The insider sales include both directors and C-suite executives. Overall, insides own just 1.5 percent of company shares. Shares ...
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