Recent content by Peppy

GOOG Jan 500 Calls (GOPAO) It traded very thinly, you can't get in and get out without paying the spread (as high as .50 per contract).

I am one of the sorry souls that long goog straddle before earning. Just wish I had enough fund in my account to lock in profit in after market trading.

Betting a 10% move after earning, bias toward downward.

Last time yhoo crapped 13%, goog crapped 25% in the same month(week?).

July 20/21

You need a pc to use Skype service vs only a voip router from vonage to use their service. When I did some search on Skype a month ago, there had some really unhappy customers due to billing problem. So I ordered vonage. What happened was while the voice quality is great, the background noise...

any of you make a fortune on this thread (MRVL)?

How do you get a "box spread" fill ? I have tried this for several days and it never seem to get hit.

Just when I thought we will never see it below 400 for a while and load up lots of May calls, it drops more than 9%. :(

Most hardcore gamers (referring to college students that spend over 40 hours a week playing mmorgs like everquest/world of warcraft) are moving away from intel. In addition to losing market share on personal computer, intel also losing market share on server market (Blizzard bought over 1500...

Funny you mention goog, I have almost the opposite position right before earning. long 10 April 420 calls short 10 April 430 calls long 10 April 390 puts short 10 Aprl 370 puts Bias toward miss earning. With the stock being added in S&P recently (huge gain), I just can't see it...

I am praying goog to stay above 430 tomorrow so I can break even.

On a side note, is anyone watching yhoo? Why the market have such low expectation from yhoo (only expecting the company to earn .11 per share)? Won't this make yhoo more expensive than goog.

place a small bet it will miss on diluted basis. (bought 390 put 370 put bear spread)

The third offering of goog stock, is it going to book as profit in the upcoming quarter report?