. >> pete najarian, what did you make of the volume? >> today we're under 13 million in terms of option volume, been averaging closer to 14 all the way up to 16 million over the last couple of months. that part stuck out to me. the fact that the volatility did get pushed down to 14, i i would say anything under the 200-day moving average is a buy in terms of volatility. i'm not talking about buying the vix, i'm talking about buying buying protection. when we get underneath there, that's when you want to buy that protection. >> and you have done that? >> i've done and that and independent goii'm going to look at it tomorrow. i don't trade on my longs very office. there's some vol tifl stuff going on. -- volatile stuff going on. >> she's just finishing my sentences here. >> aw. >> that goes back to why would you own bank stocks in this department? you need rates to go higher. if rate hikes are pushed out, i don't see given this environment why you would own banks. i know karen disagrees here. let's remember what the markets are cheering h

pete najarian, natesh guy adami and karen finerman. surging iphone sales in china -- apple saying it's going to give back, sitting on almost $200 billion, full our, rossen blatt securities is listening into the call as it gets under way, and we'll bring you the headlines as they break, but first we have headlines of our own. josh lipton just sat down with ceo tim cook. let's get straight to it. josh? >> reporter: as you noted, apple reporting 233 on 58 billion, the street was at 216 on 56.1 billion, so a beat there on the bottom and the top, just running through the categories, melissa. apple shipping 61.2 million i phones, better than expected, at least the numbers i was seeing. the ipad a bit of a disappointment, 12.6 million, and wanted to see something closer to 14 million. max at 4.6 million, apple saying to expect 46 to 48 billion. also investors were hoping for an update on capital allocation, expanding its capital return program to $200 billion. i did speak down and speak with ceo tim cook. i'll give you some highlights. iphone

josh brown is the soer of ridholtz wealth management and john and pete najarian are the co-founders of option monster. under fire, why former yahoo interim ceo ross levinson says marissa mayer may not be long for the job and what the company needs to do to survive. >> oh my god. >> sizzling stock, as shake shack shares surge on apparently no news. who else but josh brown is on the case? we get to the bottom of this burger breakout. >>> we're going to get to ross levinson in a moment. but first having a good day in the markets today. following an outlook fund-raiser intel that wasn't as bad as some had feared. and especially the big jump in crude oil today. carl just telling you about that as the end of "squawk alley." josh, crude is up five days in a row. on the call that our guy joe terranova made yesterday looking pretty good. he made some moves in his playbook that are paying off big-time. this looks maybe it bottoms in. >> the most hilarious thing, the xle is now the third best s&p 500 sector year-to-date with almost a 4% gain. some of the smaller areas within the oil stocks, in do

pete najarian.not the busiest day of the year. >> microsoft was the one we were talking about yesterday. that will be tomorrow but also i think one to keep an eye on would be a name like freeport-mcmoran because you have the copper and the oil composite there. makes it very interesting. be interesting to hear what they're saying now and what they're seeing in terms of the pipeline going forward. >> doc? >> i'm going to stick with ebay, judge. like it. i like that big trade. >> the options activity? the options action as they call it around here. >> they did trade on the bid, recognize that, but the stock printed nearly 8 cents through the bid as well. it was done with stock. they're looking for a big move after the earnings. >> jimmy? >> general motors. there's a lot to pay attention here. if there's one thing i think might surprise to the upside it's european operations in opel. long gm into earnings. >> do you have that in wur portfolio or personally? >> both. >> that's what i thought. steve weiss

joe terranova, senior managing director at vert is managing partners and john and pete najarian are thefounders of option monster. we're joined by paul richards, the head of fx north america over at ubs. steve liesman is our senior economics reporter. #twitter fight. analyst who says sell, one who says buy. we'll battle it out. flash crash, a man who worked with the accused trader joins us live, did he really contribute to the market's unraveling that day? or is he a scapegoat? >> the brutal read on gdp, and real questions whether the winter slowdown was just that or a sign of something more dramatic taking place in the u.s. economy. stocks taking a hit today, rates are rising, the dollar is falling. oil is on the move. the fed will make sense of it all in its statement coming later today. and that's sort of joe how we begin. trying to keep our eyes on many moving parts of the market today. >> i think most importantly you have to pay attention to the currency markets. >> we're getting a long-awaited correction in the value of the u.s. dollar. the euro, concurrently is a appreciating and

our traders are pete najarian, brian kelly, and guy adami. netflix popping on talks of a looming stock split. is it too late to get into the high flying streaming play. and jordan spieth being called under armour's hero. under armour's shares soaring today. will spieth kick off another run for the stock. first, the top story, the dollar gaining again. the dollar index up nearly 10% in 2015. as earnings get into full swing tomorrow, the strong dollar could be a major wildcard. b.k., you have been all over the currency story and the impact on earnings. >> i was surprised to see the dollar being stronger and the u.s. stock market until this afternoon did pretty well. so to me earlier today i thought maybe people are shrugging this off thinking that the dollar isn't going to get stronger. i happen to think it is going to get stronger throughout the year and it's going to be an issue. i think this afternoon when we saw the market rollover, that was the realization, this dollar may not be going sideways forever. you might want to shake off one quar

managing partner of short hills capital, josh brown the ceo of ritholtz wealth management, john and pete najarianhe co-founders of optionmonster. our game plan looks like this. #aboutface. why one well-known tech investor buying twitter for the first time ever and says tech earnings will be terrible. crude reality, exclusive interview with christian zan as our energy summit continues. where does one of the best performers in the space see oil heading next? we'll go live to louisville this hour, as rand paul officially throws his hat in the ring for the presidency. we begin, though, with that big move by alpha one's dan niles buying twitter for the first time, a guy short the stock in the past. joins us now by phone on why he's had this change of heart. welcome back. >> thanks, scott. >> surprised taken aback when i saw this news, why? >> yeah. so was i. well, i mean with twitter obviously the valuation is something that is impossible to get comfortable with, and relative to other names out there, but the real problem with twitter and why we've been short the stock pretty much off and on since the

. >>> pete najarian has joined us here at post 9.ou want a piece of any of them. >> the one that intrigues me is virtu, i feel like i understand the business better than the other two. but market maker firm or high frequenciors there's been all sorts of debate over that for years. but that's exactly where i was going. these guys, the profitability standpoint. >> they made money every day since january of 2008. >> i thought there was one miss. i thought there was a miss along the way. >> that's like. >> that's a pretty, that's awfully impressive, right? we have do look at that and just say this is something i think would you want to be a part of. depending on valuation levels and all the rest of that. this is a name that i think of the three really stands out most. >> etsy or party city? >> party city. >> party city. i like the retail locations that they have. i like the brand familiarity that customers have with it. etsy, people are getting comfortable with it. >> did you get any of these valuations? >> we did get some for the wealth

pete najarian? >> love the space. i'm in bristol-myers. it's why i'm in merck.them i haven't been in in a long time -- >> when did you get in? >> just today. i saw some rolls going on there. i have been talking about them for a long time. i think it's going to test 52-week highs. these pipelines are very, very strong. valuations are low and amgen has great yields. >> if you like bristol, you have to love amgen at 15.5 and amgen is more volatile. every time the stock recovers to the point that pete just made. i think bristol is one you sort of own and sort of put away. don't trade it and real quick jim cramer likes to talk about bristol-myers. congratulations to j.c. on his nuptials. >> coming up next find out how dennis gartman is playing the latest stimulus move. and the final season of mad men. find out what lionsgate vice chairman has to say about all that. >>> the great thing about "fast money" is you're getting mument. perspectives. >> my specialty is watching u.s. equities. >> i am a long-term investor for sure. >> i have always looked at technicals more t

managing partner of short hills capital, josh brown the ceo of ritholtz wealth management, john and pete najarianonster. our game plan looks like this. #aboutface. why one well-known tech investor buying twitter for the first time ever and says tech earnings will be terrible. crude reality, exclusive interview with christian zan as our energy summit continues. where does one of the best

pete najarian co-founder of optionmonster, gordon is with us today, of rosenblat securities and on the floor of the new york stock exchange as he is every day. our game plan today looks like this. biting apple, why one wall street firm did what lately has been unthinkable. downgrading america's most loved stock. that's why we've made it our call of the day. crude reality. goldman's jeff currie with us for this hour on the second biggest energy deal ever and where oil could go from here. we begin with royal dutch cell buying bg for $70 billion in cash and stock a keel that has people speculating what it means for where oil prices may be heading and, of course, who could be next. jeff, want to welcome you to the show. we've had you on in the last few weeks. great to have you for the hour. kate kelly you will join us as well for most of the hour and we're happy to have you as well. let's first just get your reaction to what is the second biggest energy deal of all time. are you surprised? >> well, this is part of what we call the new oil order. it's part of the rebirth and restructuring o

pete najarian co-founder of optionmonster, gordon is with us today, of rosenblat securities and on theck exchange as he is every day. our game plan today looks like this. biting apple, why one wall street firm did what lately has been

joe terranova, senior managing director at vert is managing partners and john and pete najarian are theer. we're joined by paul richards, the head of fx north america over at ubs. steve liesman is our senior economics reporter. #twitter fight. analyst who says sell, one who says buy. we'll battle it out. flash crash, a man who worked with the

josh brown is the soer of ridholtz wealth management and john and pete najarian are the co-founders ofire, why former yahoo interim ceo ross levinson says marissa mayer may not be long for the job and what the company needs to do to survive. >> oh my god. >> sizzling stock, as shake shack shares surge on apparently

our traders are pete najarian brian kelly, and guy adami.ming stock split. is it too late to get into the high flying streaming play. and jordan spieth being called under armour's hero. under armour's shares soaring today. will spieth kick off another run for the stock.

pete najarian natesh guy adami and karen finerman.les in china -- apple saying it's going to give back, sitting on almost $200 billion, full our, rossen blatt securities is listening into the call as it gets under way, and we'll bring you the headlines as they break, but first we have headlines of our own. josh lipton just sat down with ceo tim cook. let's get straight to it. josh? >> reporter:

pete and jon najarian, the co-founders of options monster. michael block chief strategist at rhino trading partners. paul richards head of fx and credit distribution at ubs. and dan greenhouse is btig's chief strategist. our game plan of the day looks like this. all bark no bite? do activist investors really get the big returns, do you think? some scathing criticism today from one person who says the numbers tell a different story. triad's nelson peltz begs to differ and joins us exclusively to respond. microsoft at 40. as the company marks the milestone are its best days ahead or is the software giant going gray a little too soon? we begin with stocks pushing higher, at least trying to ahead of the jobs report. made even more so by the fact the fed's getting closer to raising interest rates we think. and earnings season is just around the corner we know. sets up a good debate over which is more important to investors right now as the next catalyst for stocks. josh, what do you think? >> i think that's probably the issue that most people are

pete and jon najarian, the co-founders of options monster.ck chief strategist at rhino trading partners. paul richards head of fx and credit distribution at ubs. and dan greenhouse is btig's chief strategist. our game plan of the day looks like this. all bark no bite? do activist investors really get the big returns, do you think? some scathing criticism today from one person who says the numbers tell a