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  • #5,001
  • Sep 26, 2014 8:54am Sep 26, 2014 8:54am
Quoting Cecil Gee
{quote} oh well took a trade on AAPL $98 puts todays expiration from price of $99.43 Apple Inc. (AAPL) -NasdaqGS 99.43 {image} 1.56(1.60%) 2:44PM GMT+01:00 - Nasdaq Real Time Price
Good luck Cecil!

I had some doubts about my TSLA position I made yesterday, which is too close to the price, it was Oct3 250/255 bear call spread I sold for $2.00 credit, so I have bought it now for $1.80.

Also having an issue with this
Quoting StrayDog
If MU stays around $31.50, I will do a 27.5/29.5 + 33.5/35.5 IC. In any case, short strikes will be $2 away from the current price. Got into that MU IC for $0.67 credit.
Since MU is trading above my short call strike. Chances are it would be ok, since options are for next Friday expiry.
Hope is dangerous in this game.
  • #5,002
  • Sep 26, 2014 9:04am Sep 26, 2014 9:04am
Quoting Cecil Gee
{quote} oh well took a trade on AAPL $98 puts todays expiration from price of $99.43 Apple Inc. (AAPL) -NasdaqGS 99.43 {image} 1.56(1.60%) 2:44PM GMT+01:00 - Nasdaq Real Time Price
Bought some AAPL calls as everything is trading higher QQQ and AAPL, AAPL CALLS FOR 18C, so I'M IN S STRANGLE NOW looks like the puts was risky because QQQ and NDX never traded below the prices indicated earlier

AAPL Sep 2014 100.000 call (AAPL140926C00100000)
-OPR
0.18 https://s.yimg.com/lq/i/us/fi/03rd/up_g.gif 0.10(125.00%)
  • #5,003
  • Sep 26, 2014 9:05am Sep 26, 2014 9:05am
let's see if ^VIX can reset now Chicago is online
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #5,004
  • Sep 26, 2014 9:06am Sep 26, 2014 9:06am
Quoting The Fool
let's see if ^VIX can reset now Chicago is online
15 is key on the VIX
  • #5,005
  • Sep 26, 2014 9:20am Sep 26, 2014 9:20am
I had a dream last night I was watching the charts (not the first dream like this) and I was watching the Nasdaq drop below 4,000. When I got up an hour ago I did a double take when I saw the Naz still around 4,500. I will not be surprised to see US indices close in the red again today....
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #5,006
  • Sep 26, 2014 9:35am Sep 26, 2014 9:35am
Just love the headlines... like - Stocks rally on strong GDP news

GDP figure is well known... it is after all 3rd version, after Advance and Preliminary....
It is what TF said yesterday - If Dow drops 250, there will be pullback... Somebody is closing short positions, somebody BTFD...
But nobody rallies on 3rd version of GDP... wtf

Except maybe LNKD, which I also have... what a mofo.

I just bought back short 29.5 put from MU IC for $0.03
PUT side 27.5/29.5 was +$0.17 / -$0.50 combining it for $0.33 or 33 USD credit.
Hope is dangerous in this game.
  • #5,007
  • Sep 26, 2014 9:48am Sep 26, 2014 9:48am
Quoting Cecil Gee
{quote} Bought some AAPL calls as everything is trading higher QQQ and AAPL, AAPL CALLS FOR 18C, so I'M IN S STRANGLE NOW looks like the puts was risky because QQQ and NDX never traded below the prices indicated earlier AAPL Sep 2014 100.000 call (AAPL140926C00100000) -OPR 0.18 {image} 0.10(125.00%)
ROLLING THE 98 PUT up to 99 PUT making it 1 strike away from price either way for additional cost of 21c , so I need 63c for a break even trade or I get slapped in the face by APPL

AAPL Sep 2014 99.000 put (AAPL140926P00099000)
-OPR
0.21 https://s.yimg.com/lq/i/us/fi/03rd/down_r.gif 1.16(84.67%) 15:28
  • #5,008
  • Sep 26, 2014 9:50am Sep 26, 2014 9:50am
Quoting Cecil Gee
{quote} 15 is key on the VIX
VIX is holing above 15 so far
  • #5,009
  • Sep 26, 2014 10:51am Sep 26, 2014 10:51am
Quoting Cecil Gee
{quote} VIX is holing above 15 so far
I spec 15 will hold. I wanted a heavy dump on UVXY, not gonna happen....I am probably out for the week.
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #5,010
  • Sep 26, 2014 11:12am Sep 26, 2014 11:12am
Yahoo!....?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/starbo...160700399.html

..they say YHOO post-tax share value $40.82...
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  • #5,011
  • Sep 26, 2014 11:51am Sep 26, 2014 11:51am
Quoting The Fool
Yahoo!....? http://finance.yahoo.com/news/starbo...160700399.html ..they say YHOO post-tax share value $40.82...
so if post-tax share value identified <$41, might that cap it? Maybe there will be other activist interest, a bidding war ensues, and share price keeps rising.

...was looking at a bear call spread
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  • #5,012
  • Sep 26, 2014 1:11pm Sep 26, 2014 1:11pm
Quoting The Fool
{quote} I spec 15 will hold. I wanted a heavy dump on UVXY, not gonna happen....I am probably out for the week.
UVXY dropping in the late hours, come to Daddy - I want deep into $25.xx
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #5,013
  • Sep 26, 2014 2:36pm Sep 26, 2014 2:36pm
Quoting Cecil Gee
{quote} Bought some AAPL calls as everything is trading higher QQQ and AAPL, AAPL CALLS FOR 18C, so I'M IN S STRANGLE NOW looks like the puts was risky because QQQ and NDX never traded below the prices indicated earlier AAPL Sep 2014 100.000 call (AAPL140926C00100000) -OPR 0.18 {image} 0.10(125.00%)
looks as though the APPLE $100 calls have got me to breakeven
  • #5,014
  • Sep 26, 2014 2:57pm Sep 26, 2014 2:57pm
I did nothing today. Hope we see this kind of action in coming weeks, though. Have a good weekend, all..
"If The Fool persists in his Folly he will become wise." - William Blake
  • #5,015
  • Sep 26, 2014 4:12pm Sep 26, 2014 4:12pm
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...on-trades.html

"CIS says he bets wrong four out of 10 times. The trick is to sell the losers fast while letting the winners ride. For him, a well-played stop-loss is just about the most beautiful trade there is."

"If there’s one basic principle, he says—repeatedly and slowly, as if instructing a child—it is this: “Buy stocks that are being bought, and sell stocks that are being sold.” "
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  • #5,016
  • Sep 26, 2014 9:33pm Sep 26, 2014 9:33pm
So EWZ picks up 2.4% on the day and then gives it nearly all back AH? I gotta figure out how I can play EWZ running up to the 10/5 elections. That might be the biggest chunk of what I do in October....
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  • #5,017
  • Sep 26, 2014 10:33pm Sep 26, 2014 10:33pm
YHOO just waiting for the bidding war to start, I keep hearing $48 as a possible target. Maybe it slides back to the high $30's if the wait is too long? In the trade below I fund an Oct/Nov diag debit spread with an Oct vert bull put credit spread - a bullish setup that tries to leave an opening for a spike up for unlimited profit...(sounds good, huh?) $$$$$$$$ Yahoo ER's the week after Oct opex.
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  • #5,018
  • Sep 26, 2014 10:52pm Sep 26, 2014 10:52pm
sure, why not?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-...062622491.html

" Data on Thursday showed that China's net gold imports from Hong Kong rose in August from a three-year low in July.
Another trader said imports will remain elevated all through the fourth quarter due to seasonal demand.

In India, an inauspicious phase called Shradh - a period for paying homage to ancestors - ended on Wednesday, giving way to a string of festivals.
"Typically, as soon as Shradh is over, demand should kick in," said a dealer with one of the top bullion importing banks in India... "
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  • #5,019
  • Sep 27, 2014 10:28am Sep 27, 2014 10:28am
every little bit helps. article discusses gold-based nanostructure that provides light-gathering enhancement for any photovoltaic cell, increasing efficiency by 10%. 10% does not sound like very much but is in fact a monstrous step up. Apparently, this use of gold might find its way into ubiquity in solar cell manufacture, not literally overnight, but yes virtually overnight....

http://phys.org/news/2014-09-scienti...ower-gold.html
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  • #5,020
  • Sep 27, 2014 11:20am Sep 27, 2014 11:20am
Quoting The Fool
So EWZ picks up 2.4% on the day and then gives it nearly all back AH? I gotta figure out how I can play EWZ running up to the 10/5 elections. That might be the biggest chunk of what I do in October.... {image}
http://news.investors.com/092614-719...lled&ven=yahoo
"Curiously, month to date, EWZ, ILF and BRF have seen net cash inflow of $576 million, $31 million and $5 million, respectively.
Given the negative returns, that could mean investors are seeking to short the ETFs, possibly requiring creation of additional shares, Schenkelberg says."

...squeeze time?
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