The Week Ahead: Discount Retailers Close Out Earnings Season


27% profits every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his options buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads... BUYING options. Most traders don't even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here's how he does it.


Below is a list of notable corporate events for the week beginning March 5. Note, this list is not comprehensive and all dates are subject to change.

Monday
Conferences

  • Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference March 4-7
  • Deutsche Bank Media, Telecom & Business Services Conference March 5-7

FDA/Biotech

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) PDUFA date for Opdivo dosing sBLAs

Tuesday
Economic

  • API U.S. crude oil inventories expected 4:30 p.m. ET

Conferences

  • RBC Capital Financial Institutions Conference March 6-7

Notable Earnings

  • Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) Q4 premarket
  • Urban Outfitters, Inc (NASDAQ:URBN) Q4 after hours

Investor Events

  • PulteGroup, Inc (NYSE:PHM) Non-Deal Roadshow with BTIG
  • Analyst/investor days for Matador Resources Company (NYSE:MTDR), Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI), and Pitney Bowes Inc (NYSE:PBI)
  • Eyenovia, Inc (NASDAQ:EYEN), Gates Industrial Corporation (NYSE:GTES), and Menlo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:MNLO) IPO quiet period expirations

Wednesday
Economic

  • U.S. Nonfarm payrolls 8:15 a.m. ET
  • EIA crude oil inventories 10:30 a.m. ET

Conferences

  • Citi Global Resources Conference March 7-11
  • UBS Global Consumer & Retail Conference March 7-8

Notable Earnings

  • Dollar Tree, Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) Q4 premarket
  • Momo Inc (NASDAQ:MOMO) Q4 premarket
  • Casey’s General Stores, Inc (NASDAQ:CASY) Q3 premarket
  • Abercrombie & Fitch Co (NYSE:ANF) Q4 premarket
  • Thor Industries, Inc (NYSE:THO) Q2 after hours
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) Q2 after hours (will also report February retail sales)

Investor Events

  • American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) holding analyst/investor days
  • PlayAGS, Inc (NYSE:AGS), resTORbio, Inc (NASDAQ:TORC), and Solid Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:SLDB) IPO quiet period expirations

Thursday
Economic

  • U.S. initial jobless claims 8:30 a.m. ET
  • EIA natural gas inventories 10:30 a.m. ET

Notable Earnings

  • The Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) Q4 premarket
  • Burlington Stores, Inc (NYSE:BURL) Q4 premarket
  • Funko, Inc (NASDAQ:FNKO) Q4 after hours

IPO

  • BioXcel Therapeutics (BTAI)

Investor Events

  • Annual shareholder meetings for Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) and Viacom, Inc (NASDAQ:VIAB)
  • The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) analyst/investor day

FDA/Biotech

  • Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) FDA AdCom meeting for Xeljanz

Friday
M&A

  • QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) tender offer for NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) expires at 5 p.m. ET

Notable Earnings

  • Big Lots, Inc (NYSE:BIG) Q4 premarket

27% profits every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his options buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads... BUYING options. Most traders don't even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here's how he does it.


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