MBIA (MBI) financial services company that is currently trading at $12.23. MBIA is trading in in a fifty two week range of $11.96-12.78. The stock has been slightly under performing the market with shares rallying 2.57%. Options traders seem to think the stock will stay above $12. We saw 1800 June 12 puts being sold for .33 cents. By selling puts, this trader is obligated to buy the stock if it is at or below the $12 strike before expatriation. If the stock stays at $12 or above, the trader will keep the $59,400 in premium. As long as the stock stays above $11.65 by June expiration, this trader will make money off the premium sold. A trader believes that (MBI) is setting up to stay above $12 strike before June.

Yahoo (YHOO) internet search giant and major shareholder of Alibaba, is currently trading at $34.53. Yahoo (YHOO) is currently trading in a $23.82-41.72 fifty two week range. Yahoo has been under performing the market as shares have fallen 14.74% year to date. This year Yahoo has generated poor earnings performance from its core internet business. However Yahoo’s 24% stake in the up and coming Alibaba has given a boost to yahoo’s quarterly reports and stock. With Alibaba’s upcoming IPO, Options traders have a bullish outlook on Yahoo. Yesterday we saw a trader buy 19,105 YHOO Friday 5/30 weekly calls at the $34.00 strike for $1.37 premium. Yahoo is currently trading below the Ichimoku Cloud; however with the bullish order flow in Yahoo and the hype surrounding the Alibaba IPO, I believe Yahoo is setting up for a long position.

Block Trade: A trader bought 19105 (YHOO) 5/30 Weekly 34 calls.
Risk: $137 per one lot
Reward: Unlimited
Breakeven: $35.37

Tesaro (TSRO) is another biotech that is on fire this morning! Tesaro is up 16.83% this morning 5/12/14. Tesaro has been trading in a 52 week range of $22.15-51.95. Tesaro is currently trading below the ichimoku cloud at $27.67 up $3.66 today. Despite a weak chart, Tesaro is making headlines today with positive phase three Rolapitant results. Rolapitant is a new drug used to treat the side effects from chemotherapy. As I write this article (TSRO) continues to rip higher as another bull market biotech darling.

Twitter (TWTR) social media giant has bottomed near 52 week lows after it’s first two earnings misses. The stock is currently trading in a 52 week range of $29.51-74.53. Twitter looks bearish on the Ichimoku Cloud as it trades way below the cloud at $33.09. After last weeks IPO lockup period ended share plummeted more than 18%. The charts for (TWTR) are weak and fifty two week lows usually go lower. With that said, we could be near the bottom in Twitter, as the new quarter begins and all the negative news has passed. Twitter is up about a dollar today as the stock tries to climb up from the bottom.