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  • #1,781
  • Nov 24, 2013 11:36pm Nov 24, 2013 11:36pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote} what a war, huh? I'm counting down 8 days til Saints vs Seahawks.
I cant believe that game ended like that. I am fairly certain that #32 on Denver will not have a job soon.
  • #1,782
  • Nov 24, 2013 11:58pm Nov 24, 2013 11:58pm
Quoting pipple
{quote} I cant believe that game ended like that. I am fairly certain that #32 on Denver will not have a job soon.
idk, Welker was too late callin poison. Anyway, great game - I almost turned it off at halftime.
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  • #1,783
  • Edited 1:01am Nov 25, 2013 12:03am | Edited 1:01am
Yen close to a 6-month low, prolly just keep going, unless some kind of riskoff mood creeps in (longshot: China/Japan territory tension)

FXY - for a stock that only trades a few hundred thous shares a day, has tradeable options...

Dec 21 94/99 long strangle @ $0.55 debit, ...meh
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  • #1,784
  • Nov 25, 2013 12:49am Nov 25, 2013 12:49am
I don't like to trade options on cheap stocks really, but ZNGA looks like it could keep rolling higher. A Jan $3.50/$5.00 strangle is $0.07/$0.17, - $0.25 debit: just atm by the end of the year would be worth >$0.40...meh
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  • #1,785
  • Nov 25, 2013 1:17am Nov 25, 2013 1:17am
Quoting The Fool
{quote} oops I meant 12/06...
yes that one
  • #1,786
  • Nov 25, 2013 1:20am Nov 25, 2013 1:20am
YELP. I'm old school, I like to see bulldozers moving dirt, and somehow I can't believe things like this won't go to 0....

YELP been putting in $10+ swings every month, pretty good premium...not sure if I have a bias, will be watching...
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  • #1,787
  • Nov 25, 2013 1:22am Nov 25, 2013 1:22am
may not get a chance to enter the AAPL trade as futures are up quite a bit, damn I didn't want to miss this one and Gold down to 1230
  • #1,788
  • Nov 25, 2013 1:27am Nov 25, 2013 1:27am
Quoting Cecil Gee
may not get a chance to enter the AAPL trade as futures are up quite a bit, damn I didn't want to miss this one and Gold down to 1230
we need to lease a seat on the exchange, the best money is made by those who can get early execution

good luck this week Cecil, shuteye time here...
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  • #1,789
  • Nov 25, 2013 1:29am Nov 25, 2013 1:29am
Quoting The Fool
{quote} we need to lease a seat on the exchange, the best money is made by those who can get early execution good luck this week Cecil, shuteye time here...
you too
  • #1,790
  • Edited 8:23am Nov 25, 2013 8:12am | Edited 8:23am
still thinking I might try a shot at HPQ, an earnings release pop. Last year's chart shows $3-$4 pops at each release (late Feb, May, & Aug)

looking at 11/29, an atm strike either way will be worth a little over $1.00. HPQ trading at $25.35. A $22.50/$28.50 long strangle would be $0.18/$0.13, ~$0.32 net debit.

Dec 21's might go 22/28 for 0.27/0.27, ~$0.55 net debit, with atm strikes nearterm around $1.35
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  • #1,791
  • Nov 25, 2013 8:55am Nov 25, 2013 8:55am
Quoting The Fool
{quote} we need to lease a seat on the exchange, the best money is made by those who can get early execution good luck this week Cecil, shuteye time here...
haha. I will go in on that......
I know a lot of guys on the CBOT that would gladly lease you their seat.....for more than a Tesla every month
  • #1,792
  • Nov 25, 2013 9:05am Nov 25, 2013 9:05am
If crude pushes back up to that 94.35 area I might be tempted to short futures
anyway here is what accounts look like with about 15 trading days left:
100 Jan calls (sold for $370/worth $120)
99 Jan calls (sold for $260/worth $180)
87.50 Jan puts (sold for $340 or $330/worth $190)
Still have a handful of 105 calls for each account that I should get flat on for $10 today or tomorrow(sold for $410/worth $20 now/have that GTC order in for $10)
I have 5 total $100s and $99s for every 2-3 $87.50s per account.....and at this point unless there is a sharp move up.....very sharp.....then the calls are being treated as one averaged 99.50 trade for math purposes, making this a $12 strangle (in my head)
Working at just a touch under 50% M/E Ratio
I want to write more calls....I am just trying to be patient. There isn't many sexy options for Jan left. May move to Feb, or not, might just wait it out.
  • #1,793
  • Nov 25, 2013 9:26am Nov 25, 2013 9:26am
Quoting The Fool
still thinking I might try a shot at HPQ, an earnings release pop. Last year's chart shows $3-$4 pops at each release (late Feb, May, & Aug) looking at 11/29, an atm strike either way will be worth a little over $1.00. HPQ trading at $25.35. A $22.50/$28.50 long strangle would be $0.18/$0.13, ~$0.32 net debit. Dec 21's might go 22/28 for 0.27/0.27, ~$0.55 net debit, with atm strikes nearterm around $1.35 {image}
what about a short strangle? writing a 28/29 call and a 21/22 put and taking in around $30....this seems like a liquid adjustable stock
the Decembers would buy you time, it looks a little toppy, but it has room to go up for sure....maybe rough to break 28. what does a 30 call and a 23 put look like to you?
  • #1,794
  • Nov 25, 2013 9:30am Nov 25, 2013 9:30am
Quoting Cecil Gee
may not get a chance to enter the AAPL trade as futures are up quite a bit, damn I didn't want to miss this one and Gold down to 1230
that gold looks like a sell right now. MA bounce toppy on the hourly
  • #1,795
  • Nov 25, 2013 9:41am Nov 25, 2013 9:41am
Quoting pipple
{quote} that gold looks like a sell right now. MA bounce toppy on the hourly
not looked at Gold yet, I tend to wind down towards the end of month as these prices fluctuate quite a bit but I do have my eye on AAPL. It has already move to 525 and now falling back. I be happy if it comes back to around 521$ then I be looking to DEC 6 expiration or a little further as I think the last FOMC is next week.
APPL looks as though it will be a good long strangle. I'm looking to go 2 strikes OTM but I need the pair for around $1.70 each way
  • #1,796
  • Nov 25, 2013 9:57am Nov 25, 2013 9:57am
Netflix is another I'm looking at as a contender for a large move 3 months out. IV is very low on this
  • #1,797
  • Nov 25, 2013 10:03am Nov 25, 2013 10:03am
Quoting Cecil Gee
opened another trade on Facebook, long $46 puts for 15c / $15 per contract Facebook trading at $46.94 Facebook, Inc. (FB) -NasdaqGS 46.94 {image} 0.51(1.10%) 15:42 - Nasdaq Real Time Price FB Nov 2013 46.000 put (FB131122P00046000) -OPR 0.15 {image} 0.25(62.50%) 15:19
the sods decided to take Facebook down today, a day after my expiry

Facebook, Inc. (FB)
-NasdaqGS
44.40 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/fi/03rd/down_r.gif 1.83(3.96%) 16:02 - Nasdaq Real Time Price
  • #1,798
  • Nov 25, 2013 10:07am Nov 25, 2013 10:07am
PIPPLE, how far are the strikes apart on crude?
  • #1,799
  • Nov 25, 2013 10:43am Nov 25, 2013 10:43am
Quoting Cecil Gee
PIPPLE, how far are the strikes apart on crude?
87.50 puts
99 and 100 calls
also have those 105s that will be off board soon since buying back.....so don't count them
basically $12 wide
15 days left
  • #1,800
  • Nov 25, 2013 10:50am Nov 25, 2013 10:50am
Quoting Cecil Gee
{quote} not looked at Gold yet, I tend to wind down towards the end of month as these prices fluctuate quite a bit but I do have my eye on AAPL. It has already move to 525 and now falling back. I be happy if it comes back to around 521$ then I be looking to DEC 6 expiration or a little further as I think the last FOMC is next week. APPL looks as though it will be a good long strangle. I'm looking to go 2 strikes OTM but I need the pair for around $1.70 each way
http://www.federalreserve.gov/moneta...ccalendars.htm

Dec FOMC meeting is 12/17-18, with minutes out the first week of January
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