The Saturday Spread: Using Volatility Skew as a Smart Money Gauge (TGT, AAPL, ORCL)

We’ll jump right into the thick of things with big-box retailer Target (TGT). After a rough period where TGT stock lost more than 38% of value over the past five years, the retail icon is on a comeback trail. Since the beginning of January, TGT has moved up more than 19%, earning it a 96% Strong Buy rating from the Barchart Technical Opinion indicator.To be clear, the smart money is transactionally sophisticated, not necessarily prescient. Insights gathered from the volatility skew should serve as a springb ...