Quantum Trading Strategies

Special purpose acquisition companies have become a group trade, Quantum Trading Strategies CIO Sean Udall said Wednesday on Benzinga's YouTube show "PreMarket Prep." Once a few of the SPACs bounce, "you are going to get a bounce in 40-50 of them," Udall said...

Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) started 2018 with roughly the same valuation, but vastly different sentiments. Both companies started 2018 at around $18 billion in market cap, but a lot has occurred in the social media realm since then. First there was the infamous Kylie Jenner...

Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) entered 2018 with similar valuations, but vastly different sentiments. Snap started the year with an $18-billion valuation, and was one of the most anticipated yet disappointing IPOs of 2017. Twitter shares fluctuated wildly in 2016 on merger...

If you ask Sean Udall, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO)’s acquisition of BroadSoft Inc (NASDAQ: BSFT) was a long time coming — both for the pairing and for the markets. “Probably the most surprising thing actually this whole year is how quiet M&A has been, specifically M...

You’d be hard-pressed to find an investor betting against NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA), whose stock trades up 171 percent year over year. The firm has 21 Buy ratings against 11 Holds and just three Sells. But contrarian Sean Udall has been short Nvidia all year and hopes it breaks a $204...

Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) has seen significant downward pressure since reaching its early lifetime high shortly after its initial public offering on March 2. The social media company began its run in the publicly traded stock markets at $17.00 and climbed to $29.44 in its early days. Since then, the...

For the second consecutive year, the PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (NYSE: HACK) lagged the S&P 500 in 2016. However, a number of market analysts believe that the two-year consolidation period for cybersecurity stocks may have finally come to an end. Left's Perspective Notable short seller...

Sean Udall, the CIO of Quantum Trading Strategies and tech stocks expert, joined Benzinga's PreMarket Prep last week, where he explained his bullish thesis for the overall market. Udall has a 2,450 target on the S&P 500 index which implies continued upside from its current level...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR)'s fall from grace has been well-documented. It was only one month ago that the stock dropped to an all-time low of $14.02, and Wall Street sentiment seems to be getting more and more bearish every day. Despite that negativity, Quantum Trading Strategies CIO Sean Udall...

On Tuesday, Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) won the NFL sweepstakes, officially partnering for the right to stream 10 Thursday night games next season. Twitter reportedly paid about $10 million for the package, although interestingly, the NFL admitted that they were not the highest bidder, suggesting...

With the company set to release its Q4 earnings on February 1, Fitbit Inc (NYSE: FIT) shares have plummeted since the launch of its new Blaze product. Clearly, the market is punishing Fitbit’s stock, but you wouldn’t know it by reading what analysts have to say. Here’s how several...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) has recently fallen out of favor with many investors, having lost almost 60 percent of its value since April. However, there's hope on the horizon. Jack Dorsey's company could see significant growth this year on the heels of the 2016 Olympics and a presidential...

Four of the most popular stocks of 2015 are off to a rough start in 2016, and one analyst thinks it's because they're in a bubble. Sean Udall, the CIO of Quantum Trading Strategies, was a guest on Wednesday's of PreMarket Prep, where he continued his bearish sentiment on Facebook...

3D Systems Corporation (NYSE: DDD) has skyrocketed Thursday afternoon despite reporting an earnings miss. The 3D printing company reported a Q2 EPS of $0.03, which was well below the Street estimate of $0.08. Sales arrived at $170.5 million versus $171.7 million. Wall Street didn't seem to care...

Earnings season kicked into full gear this week with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and other tech giants reporting their quarterly results. Some set new records, but not all was well in the land of earnings. Apple Set More Records Apple set a...