Good morning!
The jobs number came in a little hotter than expected, up 253,000 for the month vs estimates of around +180,000. The unemployment rate is 3.4% (estimate 3.6%), the lowest level since 1969. With that release short-term treasury yields are higher with the 1 year now 4.75 and the 2 year now 3.87. Stock futures are higher, as they have been all morning on the heels of Apple’s earnings. Apple is higher by about 2.6% pre-market. Inside the expected move of about 3.6%. KRE, the regional bank etf is higher by about 3.5%, a bounce after the bloodbath of the past few days. PACW, which has been at the center of attention, is up 25% or so.
Pre-Market Movers:
- Carvana Company Cl A (CVNA) +43.89%
- Agba Group Holding Ltd (AGBA) +32.26%
- Pacwest Bancorp (PACW) +20.19%
- Nanobiotix S.A. ADR (NBTX) +91.62%
- Marvell Technology Inc (MRVL) +0.15%
- Discovery Inc Series A (WBD) -6.65%
- AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC) +3.38%
- Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) +0.16%
- Apple Inc (AAPL) +2.58%
- CVS Corp (CVS) +0.74%
- Western Alliance Bancorp (WAL) +16.04%
- Zoominfo Technologies Inc Cl A (ZI) +1.12%
- Boston Scientific Corp (BSX) -0.65%
- Lyft Inc Cl A (LYFT) -15.34%
- Adv Micro Devices (AMD) -1.13%
- Zhong Yang Financial Group Limited (TOP) -7.61%
- Tesla Inc (TSLA) +0.90%
- Keycorp (KEY) +11.09%
- Sofi Technologies Inc (SOFI) +1.53%
- Meta Platforms Inc (META) +0.76%
- Draftkings Inc (DKNG) +13.33%
- Shopify Inc (SHOP) -1.82%
- Snap Inc (SNAP) +1.39%
- Ford Motor Company (F) +1.12%
- Bank of America Corp (BAC) +1.37%
Today’s Earnings Highlights:
- Enbridge Inc. (ENB) Expected Move: 3.46%
- Cigna Corporation (CI) Expected Move: 3.64%
- Dominion Energy, Inc. (D) Expected Move: 4.89%
- AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC) Expected Move: 7.48%
Full list here: Options AI Earnings Calendar.
Economic Calendar:
- At 08:30 AM (EST) Non Farm Payrolls (Apr) Estimates: 180, Prior: 165
- At 08:30 AM (EST) Unemployment Rate (Apr) Estimates: 3.6%, Prior: 3.5%
Options AI Scanner Highlights:
- Overbought (RSI): LLY (81), PEP (80), MNST (76), SHOP (74), UBER (73)
- Oversold (RSI): PACW (20), WAL (23), CHGG (23), PINS (23), ZION (24), ATVI (24), QCOM (25), KEY (26), FSLR (27)
- High IV: XELA (+615%), LUMN (+164%), SPCE (+129%), ZION (+127%), FCEL (+124%), FUBO (+123%), RAD (+122%), LCID (+106%), BUD (+106%), ATVI (+106%), HTZ (+106%), PNC (+105%), MTCH (+105%), RIVN (+105%), RIOT (+104%)
- Unusual Options Volume: ET (+1431%), SHOP (+1161%), PARA (+1036%), EXPE (+1006%), WAL (+914%), QCOM (+737%), PACW (+727%), KEY (+683%), KRE (+639%), LYFT (+632%), ZION (+617%), DDOG (+580%), ETSY (+545%), USB (+535%), NRG (+533%), CVNA (+488%), ALLY (+484%), PENN (+475%), AAPL (+459%), SNOW (+456%), COF (+453%), BUD (+441%), ADBE (+427%)
Full lists here: Options AI Free Tools.
Chart of the Day:
PACW weekly vol is near 600
That’s all for now. Have a great day!
The Options AI Team
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