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It clearly was...guess he didn't get that when I said I jumped into it.....just like how I jumped into GS pure earnings play this time post earning run, and just like how I jumped into FFIV. Also jumped into 3 UNP 110 calls at 1.79 (clearly overpaid but we'll see if that holds tomorrow). Like I...

huge loss in FSLR puts, guess that didn't work out as expected. -352.90. Bought 5 GS jan 100 calls this morning at 1.40, and have $975 cash left to trade on this account. So I decided to take 1 spread on FFIV Jan 110 call and FFIV Jan 120 call. The spread cost me $350 plus comm...

Jumped out of CREE at $1.50 open for +29.1. Bought 5 GS Jan 100 call at $1.40. GS clearly had solid report and I want to see $105 on that chart. Can't believe the CREE short crowd decided to leave now. Oh well, as long as they get me out too. We'll see how GS does by Friday.

Couldn't possibly hold onto APOL longer so I am out at $3, profits of 229.10. Jumped into CREE jan 24 puts at $1.39. Just can't get away from this trade. I tried all reasons as to why I shouldn't take this position. The chart, price action today, fundamentals, and even options action points...

Did you grab any APOL calls too? Finally paying off for me. took a week longer than I anticipated.

Well, I'm off to a solid start.....Closing out APOL today and should be a solid profit if you call a 40% or so pop solid, maybe too modest in your account to bother with. Still, I like the way FSLR just can't push over this hump and I'll close this trade today only if it trades above $42 and...

I bought APOL Jan 55 calls at $2.15 on Thursday last week and still have them..Just thought APOL was going to breakout into $60s, have not seen it yet. But the options have barely moved after the initial swings. I just bought 2 though, again, going with correct position sizes this year as I get...

Just back from the holidays... Still have $1794.55 from my account. Didn't quite reach my target of $4000, but now I have some experience in options and a full year. New target: $18,000 by end of year. If I can reach that modest gain, I will have learned a lot, either that or $0. Don't want...

I got greedy....had a chance to close out PAY calls at $1.20 or so and ended up holding and eventually selling out for a bigger loss. Ended with a loss of ($605.11) on this trade pushing me back to $2600...We'll, onto ACN calls, I like the charts and its strong post for the past 4 Qs.

Oh yeah, I get that feeling too, and then they make you wait 90 days to remove you from pattern day trader and restore your margins lol. Bought into PAY Dec 40 call at $1.50. I like it, not just because of its price level now, but this market seems to be holding it here at current levels. I...

I'm not using a system.....I've been trading stocks on and off for the past few years, very familiar with them. But, I like the leverage in options. I find that a lot of time, I'm risking well too much in stock trades and compensation for that risk is too low. I made this jump onto options just...

I didn't say I don't appreciate my capital. What I did say is that if I do lse it all as I've read on here and in books, then I considered it $2750 worth of experience. I came prepare to lose it all if necessary to learn more on the ins and outs of options. Paper trading is crap, it doesn't put...

Hey, I did my homework on $BBY. I would have shorted the stock like I normally did. Of course, shorting it with $2000 capital plus $2000 margin gives me crap. Think about it, I'd put in $4000 in capital to short $BBY at $28 giving me about 140 shares (on estimate). What kind of profit would I be...

I was just reviewing and so far I closed out 6 option trades already for a net gain of $601.73, all thanks to the $1,145.78 gain from the BBY trade I just made. It seems I'm getting paid while I gain experience from option trading. I still have the open NUAN trade, and with that unrealized gain...

You mean I'm hoping BBY moves down right? I'm about to sell it right now as I type....the options are showing a gain of $1100. Wow, one freaking trade and I'm at $3500. Unbelievable, just what I thought after reading through so many option books and reading so many folks' option strategies and...

Well, sold out of ULTA and everything else except for NUAN calls. Just added BBY Dec 28 put at $1.27, account is showing $2,097.85. My loss is only ($652.15) although I was considering my account to be in the $3000 by now. I still have 3 weeks left, so I'll see if I can hit that mark of $4000.

Well, took a big loss on TIF calls, -$966.03 was the actual loss for that trade. But DLTR and NUAN are up the past 2 days and I'm still above $2000. I take that $600 loss as a learning curve. I'm still looking into the retail trades. So I sold 1 of the DLTR call to give me enough cash to take on...

It's a test. I want to be in options though.....I'd consider this a $2750 experience. I did put in new trades, again, I want to see if I can hit it off. After all, this is at best a 50 win/50 loss game, just trying to limit losses and increase gains. DLTR Dec11 77.5 CallDLTR Dec11 77.5...

Closed out both options. I thought the chart on PSS looked riped for a rebound, but I guess not in this market. total loss was about -363.06. Lesson learned. Get better trades. Total Cash: $2,386.94 Account Value: $2,386.94

Just the place I'm looking for....trading options. Let's gamble. Already put in 2 trades below. My ViewSort by Underlying stock Expiration Security Type Strategy Securities Symbol Description Stock Qty Avg Price Price Change Value Gain/Loss $ Action HPQ NovWk4 27 PutHPQ NovWk4 27...