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The Gruesome Twosome

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There’s a reason I don’t get up four hours before the market opens to opine on what’s happening, but I’m afraid my mega-shifted sleep cycle rules the roost, so here I am.

Last night, there were two big earnings announcements: AMD and GOOGL. I was most interested in AMD, since not only do I find Alphabet’s chart to be incredibly boring, but also because I have a block of June puts with AMD. I got a jump-scare at first, since the stock shot up by $6, but for whatever reason (a deeper look at the report, I suppose?) the stock began to poo all over itself, and it is now – – well – – ugly!

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