hey there, a quadruple witching day. the guys are behind me getting ready. >> out of gas. >> that's what some traders are saying about the banks and there's one name in particular that looks vulnerable. plus, how would you like the play sprint for a takeout and be pay a dime? >> it's my way of sticking it to the man. >> we'll show you how. and suddenly, nike shares are hot again. >> is it the shoes? >> no. it's not the shoes. it's the charts. and there's something in them that suggests nike shares are going higher. the action begins right now.

>> let's get right to it. despite the rate like and talk of deregulation, the financials were the worst performing sector this week. down about a percent. morgan stanley, bank of america. is this just the beginning of a money breakdown? >> i'm going to piggyback off something i saw earlier. a tour deforce about the bank stocks versus the broad market. and it got me thinking. >> total shout out there. >> this group has paused. we know the reasons why they ran up. obviously the hope of deregulation and higher interest rates. i'll let him talk about the relative performance. one the of issues that i think is first and foremost as the new administration is bogged down is the potential for dodd frank to change meaningfully. it is not particularly great. i think there may be some move

toward mid-size and smaller banks to get things going again in that capacity. but the big ones, jpmorgan, bank of america, citibank, they navy good news in the near term. one of the things i want to look at. those are the year to date. jp is up about 12%. it is really, really lagging. >> for this particular week, we can't ignore there was a real bid higher in bonds sending rates lower. >> as dan was pointing out, one of the issues for a bank is how do they make their money. what rate do you borrow at? that's what the net is working. on the yield has flattened from december. it has steepened. lately it has flattened. so that's not so good for banks. and we aren't seeing significant commercial lending growth. we're seeing some disstregs in the auto lending space.

the one bright spot for citispbs has been costco. er they have a million new customers from that. but there are plenty of things that can create pressure for the financials here. >> all the things we've just covered are the problem. in the sense that, the first thing is expectations were too high. of t interest ratesing nowhere. and to put these three numbers into perspective. s&p 500 up 6.5%. the sector financials, up 5.5%. and regional banks, up 2. and this is a higher area are than the market. it is not doing well. the presumption is what will change that? >> yeah. i want to look at city. also the fact they report on april 13 before the opening. the options market, it is a ways

out. but it is implying a 4.5% move. that doesn't mean a whole heck of a lot. we have a one-year chart. it's been the support level here i suspect as carter makes it around the seat. maybe testing the low near february. so today, i want to look to the expiration where the stock was trading, paying a dollar for that. buying one of the i am a puts. selling one of the 55 puts at 15 cents. the risk is that dollar. you can make up to $4 between 59 and 55. 55 may be a little bit of an aggressive target but my play here is pretty simple. when these had go to guide for q-2, they're not going to have a lot of color as far as deregulation is concerned. and they won't have too much about the net interest mortgage.

we haven't had a heck of a lot happen. you had a pretty dovish raise. >> it is also the problem that it has been the laggard and the problem that it has the biggest global foot print. it is in areas being closed down. so not great. >> do you like the trade? >> yeah. i do like the trade. dan's point is a very good one. dodd frank which is where they're stuck right now. everything that trump is doing is being pushed out. it looks like deregulation is getting pushed out if it happens at all. if people were baking in that good news and now they won't get it, that limits the upside. >> the one outlier is that the ceos can go on the conference call and talk about all the animal spirits that are happening within businesses that are creating more businesses. >> i'm a bit skeptical of that.

they don't look that way by their actions. if they can't get some policy instituted, they may start thinking twice about how they'll deploy their resources. let's to go a stock that has gone from worst to first. nike shares one of the best performing dows. it dropped nearly 20% this 2016 make go at this time worst in the dow last year. rerngs next week. there could be more gains ahead. what do you see? >> all this flip flopping. herring was so bad. energy so good. and now so bad. and often, there is something to see. there are definite strategies. nike sets up well to my eyes. >> here's a what? 2011, 2017. the first thing that comes the

mind is this. the second thing that comes to mind is this. well, guess what. we're popping out of top of that formation. a nice set-up. a period of massive underperform yabls for a large cap asset. here's the day to day. there's the line. meaning what's going on here, we've moved above an important down trend line. now, the question is, have been, where to? how much higher? i think ultimately you have the prospects of moving up toward 65. or about 56. one of the things that's an opportunity is how bad this was. so this really tells you the story. this is the consumer discretionary sector of which nike is a big part.

you're faulk 1,100 base points up. so 2,000 base points a spread. now would you say, how do we know you'll catch up? it is already started. let's take that. one week, nike versus the -- better. one month. two months. you have a situation that, yeah. it was a laggard. now this part here is better than this part here. so you're getting what you want. >> you have a very simple trade on nike. >> here's the thing. options are exceptionally cheap on nike. these are in the money. for just $2.45. you're spending $2.15 in extrinsic premium. so under 4% of the colonel stock

price. right now it is implying a move of about 3.7%. this is a situation where you're buying a stock trading at a market multiple. it has had very good top line growth. they are facing margin pressure and competition in the shoe business. so we are anticipating this. but probably 6% top line revenue growth year on year. that's faster than s&p 500. so to me this is the way to make a cautious but optimistic bullish bet. >> we had the ceo of adidas on earlier this week and he made it clear that he would go very aggressively after the north american market ask compete around the world. are you worried about it? >> i would say the bigger issue is the adjustment tax. when i look at that technical set-up, i see what carter sees.

and i see mike's trade makes a lot of sense. when it implits a 4% move over either direction, when you think how fast they are out to june. that makes a lot of sense. in the earnings disappointed, the stock is not breaking 50. it may get back to 54. if you're looking at the trade and you see what he sees, don't do the full position. adidas has been a great performer. but that's not new news anymore. they've come is that gotten their age. >> okay. got a question. >> last word. >> very quickly, the street is expecting a small earnings decline consequentially versus last year. even a match would be viewed very favorably. >> got a question out there, send as you tweet. check out our options action. while you're there, you can

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>> hey. the new fcc chair is much more relaxed attitude than his predecessor. the first sign, he decided not to review the at&t time warnler merger and now there are plenty of reasons we could see other teleco deals. er wireless companies struggle with rising costs is that price wars. we could see more immediate disease as streaming media provides differential. >> the marketplace right now is extremely competitive, delivering unparalleled to consumers. if you look at the last couple weeks, they are vigorously competing to give new or expanded unlimited data plans. >> what's next, verizon's lowell mcadam is looking for deals saying the conference in december will look for opportunities and put the money into an area where we think we can scale. it is critical to long term

success. he has talked about the value in combining verizon with charter. we could see t-mobile look at dish again. we could see the long discussed t-mobile sprint merger emerge as an option again. >> they will not pretend to know more than the margaret. >> that has been a hot topic. if the deal does go through, how should you play it? because of the thought maybe they could, maybe they would be acquired by a different sort of, a cable company. >> i'm not so certain that you want to chase a stock over 170% from its 52-week lows.

it would let you participate and give you room on the down side if your long entry isn't great. selling the put to help finance it. why would you do that? you're looking to basically have an alternative to stock that is really for a risk management sort of purpose. the other reason i would say is that this finance of the put sale, really what i'm trying to do is create a sale where i'm not paying premium out right now. if it rallies closer to the long calls, i'm going to have gains on a market to market basis. the last one is to get leverage for the move. so that's helping me buy these calls.

with sprint, the stock was trading about 860 or so. i want to look at this seven level from november. the stock had a big turn around right after the election as obviously a lot of traders thought this was in play. it is a support level. you can look down to january, 2018. sell it at 80 cents. then you can pews to buy the january, 10, 15 call spread for 80 cents. it costs you nothing if you have the scenario where it is above 10. worst-case scenario, the stock 7 or below and you put the stock there. you would have losses.

on a leverage to the upside. the $5. that as huge percentage. that would only make sense if there was a deal and the stock exploded higher. >> what do you think of the trade? >> it makes a lot of sense. right now we have a situation where gently speaking, ropgss very cheap. so we want to be better buyers. but in sprint that's not the case. you're going to pay quite a lot by selling two options. the other thing is that seven strike where he will put the stock, if it does decline. it arraignments 20%. and he gives himself a lot of room. a lot of risk guys like to be short upside calls when they think there might be a deal in the works. >> first, this is one of the things is that this was left for dead. it was $2. and things that are thought to

be zero, they end up not being zeroes. it's been back for so long, it looks quite rested to my eye. and ultimately there's more upside. in a consumer type area, where everything is bad. whether it is viacom and disney, media, this is a good area to be in. >> all right. up next, boeing slipping from its all time high. and there's something in the charts that points to more pain ahead. hey gary, what'd you got here? this bad boy is a mobile trading desk sohat i can take my trading platform wherever i go. you know that thinkorswim seamlessly syncs across all your devices, right? oh, so my custom studies will go with me? anywhere you want to go!

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strayed about to pay off. on "options action," it's how we play offense ask defense. risk less so we can make more. that's what carter did. he thought boeing had run too far too fast. >> to my eye, that's your next move. too far too fast. do something. >> he thought maybe carter is on to something. but just shorting the stock, that could lead to infinite losses. so to make a bearish bet, he sold the call to 6.30. above that, profits will trail off. but mike won't see losses until boeing rises by more than the 6.30 he collected. remember, there is a tradeoff. because above 180, he will see

losses. >> we are serious and don't call me surely. so he bought the 1.90 call for $2 and created his bear call spread. between the 6:30 he collected by selling that lower strike call and the $2 he spent buyer the higher strike call, he still pocketed $4.30. that is the most he can make on the trade. and to keep all of it, he needs the shares to stay below $184.30. above, that he starts to see losses. but they are limited to the differences between the vik of the call that he sold and he bought. minus the credit. let me make it really simple. he can now make money whether boeing drops, stays flat or goes slightly higher. and boeing shares have fallen 2% meaning this is right in the sweet spot. now options actions fan want to

know one thing. what will cullen carter do now? >> this is working out just fine. as long as he is along with me on this one, these will expire before earnings. so we're continuing to collection premiums. i think we should. despite the strength, i don't see the stock going significantly higher. >> not much has happened. the stock hit a low of 177. back to 180. it should be the beginning of more trouble. >> all right. up next, your tweets. hey nicole. hey! i just wanted to thank your support team for walking me through my first options trade. we only do it for everyone gary. well, i feel pretty smart. well, we're all about educating people on options strategies. well, don't worry, i won't let this accomplishment go to my head. i'm still the same old gary.

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mike, what do you say? >> it is real and disspectacular. i'm very envious. >> this is your opportunity to brag on him. all right. >> i understand. but this is coming from a guy who probably needs implants himself and he doesn't. >> your hair is speck spend too. our next tweet cops from our old friend never france. a long time viewer. he says happy quadruple witching day. this sounds like a question for mike. >> you know, i would prefer to be short premium in herbal life. it's tough. it is so high that it elevates the price of puts. decreases the price of cause. i almost feel like it is a no touch. >> all right. thank you. time for the final call. carter? >> get long nike, or add to it

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