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Why is this board so obsessed with Cramer? Haven't you realized that he's a publicity whore yet? Here's the secret: If you don't talk about him, he will go away. :p

http://www.theoptionsinsider.com/tradingtechnology/?id=450 Highly volatile apparel maker Crocs sold off from $75 to $48 after last week’s earnings release showed surprising levels of unsold inventory and receivables. Today’s trading is running at 6 times the normal pace of 39,000...

Interesting....and also somewhat unnerving....

Those crazy analysts and their comments... Wall Street & The Options Market Wall Street & The Options Market Wall Street Is Waking Up To The Options Biz It wasn't long ago that most Wall Street analysts considered the derivatives markets to be dangerous and arcane financial...

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/facebooks-stock-options/ Facebook’s Stock Options By Miguel Helft Tags: Facebook, Google, stock options Cash is good, and Facebook, following its $240 million investment from Microsoft, now has plenty of it. It might have much much more if...

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/6D6BB2D0109504848625738000092CEB?OpenDocument Shanahan says he didn't know he was doing anything illegal By Tim Logan ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 10/26/2007 Call it the "we didn't know it was illegal" defense. Attorneys for former...

http://www.theoptionsinsider.com/tradingtechnology/?id=429 Apple Inc (AAPL) Earnings will be announced today after the close. Not surprisingly, AAPL options are trading briskly. 350,000 contracts are on the tape by mid-afternoon with the stock currently trading near $173.20. Options...

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7B5A30E9A6%2DF115%2D4012%2D8219%2D5914249FE75B%7D&siteid=rss WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The markets from some complex derivatives remain broken and may recover only gradually, said Randall Kroszner, a governor of Federal Reserve Board on...

http://www.euro2day.gr/articlesfna/45771974/ WASHINGTON (AP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a market-based method for valuing employee stock options, which could make the popular perks worth less and reduce the expense cost to companies. Financial services company...

The memory market has been a disaster in recent years. All of the dumping from overseas combined with massive over production has completely annihilated this market. I think whoever is loading up on these downside puts has the right idea. Shorting the memory market is a good long term bet these...

"The SBA is one of the authors of a master plan, launched on Thursday, to make Switzerland one of the world's top three finance destinations by 2015." Interesting.....I assumed that switzerland already was in the top three given their legacy status as a financial haven for the world...

indeed....

Does Cavuto put his fat head all over the website as well or is he still just limited to the network? Judging by the quality of Fox's other business offerings, I don't have much faith in this latest venture.

Mystery Options Trades in Sandisk Some interesting put volume going up in SNDK this morning. Looks like someone is bearish on the memory market...

http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL0455908220071004 So many funds are diving into derivatives these days, but Tiberius is heading the opposite way...

http://www.financialnews-us.com/?page=ushome&contentid=2348859489 Ohhh the poor quants....all those billions down the drain.

The Battle For Margin Wonder why the SEC held out for so long? Seems like every story I read about the SEC paints them in a worse light, especially when it comes to options. Do they just not have a clue or what?

http://online.barrons.com/article/SB119101953082243166.html?mod=googlenews_barrons Bulls, Bears and Buffett By STEVEN M. SEARS THE SCENE: DEL FRISCO'S BAR in Manhattan, a favorite traders' haunt. Real Money Portfolio Manager: Uncle Ben cut rates, but why do I feel so blue? Johnny...

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071001/international_securities_stock_exchange.html?.v=1 International Securities Exchange Daily Trading Volume Rises to 3 Million Contracts Per Day NEW YORK (AP) -- Stock exchange operator The International Securities Exchange said Monday daily trading volume for...

The OCC is always a good source for margin info. You should also check out these pages to learn more about margin: CBOE PM Micro Site Let's Talk About Portfolio Margin Hope that is helpful. Good luck! Enjoy all of the newfound capital in your account!