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darn.. this is getting ridiculous... PFE.. it is a dead stock DNDN. it is a highly manipulated stock.. lol. smal cap.. BIDU.. USO. RIG. i can understand weeklys. they are hot. items others I wud like to see weeklys on CME PCLN ISRG GMCR DECK he he.

YES.. I do agree with your "fun" statement. there is too much entertainment - just like in a casino.. actually .even better.. read the quotes.. make a bet..and watch the result.. i have stopped going to casinos that frequently... they dont provide me the fun. that monthly Options...

basically.. the Options exchange is nothing but one BIG LEGAL CASINO. and they will list any options which they know will be sold. they have hit a jackpot here.. earlier the AMEX exchange came up with another option. called binary option. where your bets are binary. will SPY close above 110...

yes... that was a Maserati car. equivalent which vanished.. same week. I also lost 4K in BIDU.. .it is a portfolio killer.. I have slowly clawed back.. but we are not here to discuss my story.. we are here to offer positive analysis for neke who bares it all.. the trading process in getting...

thats it.. I did close my 10 calls of 400 strike.. for 5 and 10 cents avg... that freed up... almost 30K in margin in my IB account. now if u notice... ISRG is rearing its head and fighting upwards.. but I am not biting... there is too much time to Aug expiration..hence stay on the...

huh. .exactly... the EARNINGS is what. .makes the premiums insane. .ha ha.. sometimes when I scan and i find something very lucrative and tempting. the first thing I suspect is. . pre earnings. even very slow moving stocks like MSFT JNJ PEP give good premiums .pre earnings... but when u r...

ha ha.. if u want.. 1 hour or daily options.. u have it.. it is called SHAREs bot and sold on margin.. ha ha..

BTW. i have been in LOT of pain with ISRG b4.. once on earnings it popped 165 to 220. and I was short 210 calls.. got ruined. but from that onwards I have been very successful in taming this beast. yes.. true.. even if it had popped. from 325 to 360-370.. the 400 calls.. with entire...

i sold weekly... 280 strike calls for 45 cents... will expire worthless.. i like aapl... now that it has weeklies.

BTW. . my plan is to be short the 400 calls only for 1-2 days... i dont intend to hold them till actual Aug expiration... take 30-50 cents drop and get out..

ISRG reports earnings... instead of running up.. it has fallen this AM. 325s to 320.. now. I am puzzled.. why . 400 calls are still commanding 70 cents. i am selling a few of them.. as per me free money.. this beast. wont bounce 80$.. unless. they are putting a Da Vinci in every...

think or swim does offer it... but as u are aware.. for options. many charts are all whacked up. due to high volatility.

I have been religiously trading options in the last week.. since several years. and kind of get a feel of the last week action.. they do oscillate and end up getting pinned.. ie. the biggies. come to a stalemate agreement.. and pin the option in a range.. some call it max pain.. . pinned...

tell me about margin calls... IB is notorious for being instantaneous for margin calls... they are super quick.. he he.. will liquidate..when i started using IB. .there was a column in my account which was "LIQUIDATE LAST" Y/N.. i soon learnt what it was for. when they need margin. if u set...

OPEN TABLE.. hmm. I am eyeing this as a short... this seems to be in favor buy side... along with DECK BIDU GMCR CMG

http://www.investors.com/image/etables/ibd100/ibd100_062510.pdf.cms see the ad here.. they say if u have 100K in a PM account . u can borrow upto 500K... and with many stocks giving over 5% dividend. looks like they are tempting us to do that ha ha.. but when the stocks u buy tank. then...

this is really going to get terrible . I read for every PHd in physics. .there are 17 lawyers graduating and 61 MBAs. graduating. not many folks are impressed by hard work in Science and research. it looks like in the next 10 years.. u will find folks with MBAs flipping burgers ...

BTW.. now every week is expiration week.. there are WEEKLYs available on SPY QQQQ DIA.. IWM to keep us gambling all the time.. http://www.fxstreet.com/education/related-markets/lessons-from-the-pros-options/2010-06-15.html On that fateful morning of June 4, weekly options were...

Mark -about ur post . "Keep in mind that when everyone buys options, the MM has no good way to hedge risk, other than to get delta neutral with stock. That is not a safe way to hedge a portfolio. " what is there is results after hours and at the last few seconds of trading. someone comes...

i still feel that the MM is exposed to a LOT of risk... for example if some one bot 10 puts of BIDU before result. the MM has sold 10 puts of BIDU. and he has to short the stock to be NEUTRAL correct. and then BIDU surges up.. like it did.. hence the MM is exposed to unlimited risk... how do...