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Out of the TPX and PII positions gain on tpx and small loss on PII with net at $550. About $2377 in net profit so far this year. It's going to be a long year.

Funny thing was I kept wondering why PII is down....I figured I have 20 days to find out why PII won't move higher even after a very good report. Went out to grab breakfast, and here it is PII trading at $64. I bought at $1.55, so barely any gains on the trade, but not bad...My IBM call...

Well, putting my theory to work....if I'm right, AAPL should be around $435-$440 by Friday. Bought 2 AAPL Jan 28 $445 puts at $2.14....Small position, just to test it out. Already made $700 in TPX, so that's the profits I'll be risking.

Imagine if you'd said to buy calls lol.....think about those 435 calls at $4, you're talking $15-$20 tomorrow, and $18000 from a $3000 investment lol.....Maybe I should have done that, hit my target go to sleep for the rest of the year and wait for AAPL again next January :D I need a strong...

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NICE, let me know how that one turns out.... I also added 2 PII 65 calls at $1.55....my trades are all front month and even weeklys where possible. I like PII now after reviewing HOG's results....the off road and two wheeler trade might work well this time around. I did get burn buying PII...

Just a quick look at FFIV, I wouldn't touch the short side here. It just cleared resistance at $120.....it's next target could easily be $130 before correction....ultimately, with the strong fundamental supporting it, I'd expect it to test $145 in 6 months maybe in its next earning report or so...

Actually my research shows that last 4 quarter VMW has moved more into the direction of the its trend after opening. I have VMW open at +2% and trade up to +9% gain back in Oct-2011, open at 3.48% and trade up to +5% back in July-2011, open +10.5% and trade up to +15% in April-2011, and open at...

Bought back vmw feb 95 calls at $1.80 cost -372.95

It's all front month....My research doesn't go beyond the earning trade. From experience, stocks act much different beyond the earnings scope (2-3 days after earnings are reported). That requires a diferent kind of research, especially on the technical side. In addition, you would have to...

Just getting back to you now, but technicals point higher, I'm looking at $92-$95 at most and probably won't go much higher than $95. Also, VMW for me is considered a cloud play, same as FFIV NTAP RAX and CRM. When one of these early players post solid results, I usually expect the rest to...

I don't know, AAPL always has a bad habit of dropping on this report. I'd say 3 of past 4 years, the January report pushed AAPL lower only to recover by March. Could happen again in my opinion, seems to be set up for such a move as AAPL tests new highs on lower volume, then bangs everyone out...

Nope, it was opened as cash account only.....and it helps if you have another account attached to your trading account too...I'm talking about 2 separate accounts at the same brokerage firm. They allow it. Plus if you elect yourself as a cash only, then they don't care about it...funny is it is...

This is my options account, if I lose it all, it will be a 2700 experiment. If I hit my target of $18,000, then I'm sticking to this and moving all accounts over to this.

5 contracts? Crazy? I went with 3 spreads total cost about $700....and this is a cash only account....so not getting flagged a and most positions are actually held over 1 or more days....APOL was held for over a week.

Big losses...-762.95 on PH and -702.95 on on GOOG spread put me back to 3270.27. I'm fine with that, back in the stock days I would have lossed -$3000 on those same trade. Cutting my losses in half using options, which was my goal. I'm already thinking about VMW. Or maybe TPX? Got some plays...

Pulling it in again. Goog 665/675 call spread cost me $2.30, and also PH 85 calls at $2.50. Over $1500 in play, that's it for me this week.

Thanks! I'm getting shivers from GOOG. Looking at GOOG call spreads....beautiful chart set up and I know GOOG's earning history. It's a matter of how much risk (I'm thinking $1500 on this one with expiration tomorrow too). Still, I have 3 1/2 hours to think about this play.

Guess I'll call it jumping in and out from now on. Jumped out of FFIV Jan 110 call and on the spread profit is 381.15 on the trade. Got 2299.07 on GS calls, and 367.10 on UNP calls. All cash now sitting at 4736.17. I think I'll put a play on GOOG and ISRG today. Screw that, was going to skip...

bought back FFIV short Jan 120 call at $1.10, closed out UNP jan 110 call at $3.10, and closed out GS jan 100 call at $6.05.... just want to focus on ffiv jan 110 call now.