>>christine benz from morningstarthanks so much. >>bill, thank you. thank you bill...still to come-- what the options market is predicting about today's earnings news from alcoa. chart talk is next. james ramelli of keene on the market.com is getting ready like many traders for those earnings coming from alcoa tonight. good morning to you. what do the charts have to say about this stock james? >>the charts are actually telling a relatively bullish story. the stock is just off of its 52 week highs and is trading in relatively bullish territory. however the options market is telling us that the stock can move 70 cents higher or lower by this friday's expiration. historically alcoa is a weak performer on earnings day. it sold off 5 out of the past 8 quarters. so on a risk versus reward basis, i think that setting up for a short here in alcoa going into earnings is going to set up better for me than being long the stock. >>i'm sure you noticed the stock was holding up relatively well despite the plunge we've had in the market over the past couple of sessi