While the holiday season tends to brighten spirits, love was certainly not in the air for Signet Jewelers Ltd (NYSE:SIG). Early last month, the diamond jewelry retailer posted disappointing results for its fiscal third quarter. Nevertheless, investors historically have bought extreme dips in SIG stock, opening the real possibility of a near-term bullish options strategy.

On paper, Signet posted adjusted earnings per share of 24 cents, missing Wall Street's consensus view of 33 cents. On the top line, the company rang up sales of $1.35 billion, which unfortunately represented a 3.1% year-over-year decline. As well, this figure missed analysts...