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No, I didn't know FSLR is set to report earnings? It's actually not on my streaming list, but I just checked the chart and its ugly. If anything, FSLR would be a good candidate for a strangle/straddle play. There's no way it hangs here at $42, but support is at $39 and could be a cause to push...

I was wondering if a spread to start the HLF trade would have worked....turns out, the way HLF opened this morning the spread would have been a beauty by getting out of the short this morning at a profit while holding the long as I anticipate HLF gaining 7-10% anyways and that's because I expect...

slow day eh guys.....looked at 15 different charts today and all I did was bought 3 HLF Mar 65 calls at $2.50 about $762.95 cost.

Speaking of BIDU, did anyone take the puts at the open? I thought it would make a 2-3% move in the same diretion as the move from premarket heading into the open. It opened premarket around 144 and dragged lower to the open at 141, then follows it with a notch lower at 136. As for my first...

And after all was said, I wasn't laughing at your statement that options are correctly priced. It was clearly funny to me because that same statement can into my mind for 2 weeks last year think no way are these market makers mispricing these options. I felt that these type of strangle/straddle...

Also added ARUN feb 24 calls...at 1.50. Straight calls here...all ARUN needs to do is match report like last time around. Last time, ARUN matched EPS and slightly beat revenue with no outlook, and I saw it jumped 11%. That's what I would call crappy report and a nice rally. I checked and short...

No it was the 77.5 put/82.5 call, and the net loss was -494. I think I mentioned this yesterday. I'll need a few more strangles to get a better idea on the strategy though, 2 trades with 1 win and 1 loss isn't enough data to review. the ROVI trade is a straddle, so I'll also have to separate...

It's a cash account....I didn't want to mess with the trading margin calls and all. Talked about that issue with a rep from the broker for like an hour about it. They will give you some leeway though if you link accounts. I have another account where I only trade stocks, actually just holding...

Ha, if you don't like comments here, then go elsewhere....maybe find your own trading method and do your own thing. No for your to come in here....I bet you were a doubter....what was your bet? That I'd be out -1700 by end of Jan? end of Feb? Like I said, I'm still consider myself at the...

In fact, for BIDU forex can wait until tomorrow morning at the open. BIDU has added a consistent 2% move in addition to the open price the following morning. So instead of taking the risk now. Enter the trade right at the open and give yourself room for a 1.5-2.5% move. At $140, maybe you can...

Yeah, I reviewed that one, and its been calls for the past 4 quarters....what's not keeping me in this trade is that they delayed earnings....actual date was like 2 weeks ago. Anytime there's a delay, the odds are never good for calls, but because BIDU is such a call winner I'm staying neutral...

Okay, I'm going to give the straddle a try here.....ROVI is in no man's land here at $34.50, 35 straddle with 1 day left gives me a risk of 3.40. I'm leaning to the downside with the odds of ROVI dropping back to $28-$30 area. Last 4 quarter says ROVI averages about 12% swing at -6, +22, -9...

I don't know if this will work on a larger account....I know so far that it can work on small accounts, but large accounts could be a different situation.

As for the market, just checked my new highs/new lows indicator at yahoo finance....and I don't like the 5:1 ratio and 7:1 ratio of new highs vs. new lows at all especially with this +80 on dow jones. To compare, when the market was up this big the last 2-3 weeks the ratio was 20:1 on NYSE and...

thanks lol, not bad to the bone, but I consider myself having enough notes on the trades I make to produce at least a consistent profit, if not a high winning percentage. I have 24 winners vs. 21 losers. so about 50/50 in that department. Avg of $590 profit per winning trade, and ($270)per...

LOL, sorry I had to laugh, because that was my exact point sometime ago too....The question was whether price movement is already priced into the options. From a theoritical point of view, I would have thought so. BUT, from the reality of the trades and experience, I can tell you that only part...

I am all cash now at a little above 9400. Net gain on wtw was about 394. Now I'll go see if NTAP has legs, and whether there's profit in an AAPL 20 point move over the next 5 trading days as Monday's an off day. Also like ROVI puts as well as ARUN, JWN, and ESRX calls...just initial...

The strangle does seem to work although its too soon to call it out. Here's some numbers to think about when doing these trades too. I got a 19% average swing for ACOM's last 4 quarterly reports and I'm only talking about intraday highs the day following earning reports. Taking the +42% pop...

I'm out of ACOM as anyone who didn't sell around $23-$23.50 is a greedy fool.