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Yea, this stock is a wild ride. Two weeks ago I bought an option at .90. After earnings it went to .05. I just sold it yesterday for 1.55. I'm happy. When it goes down to the 80's again I might play it again. It's like a Yo Yo.

Anyone?

I am doing some research on market indicators, and I am wondering where on Yahoo Finance (or any other site) I can find the public/specialist ratios? Anyone know? Thanks.

Doubt it. The Gov't will not let Ford go bankrupt, and I do not think the DOJ will allow GM or Mercedes acquire them. Remember how well the last US acquisition went with Mercedes... In the end, the Gov't will bail it out when all else fails. Ford going belly up would not just hurt Ford, but...

Uhh... Can we get a reality check here....

Yea, new to options. Been with stocks for years. Testing thw waters with options on a few companies that have done well for me in the past. UPS - UPSAP - down .15 since purchased BIDU - BDQLD - down .75 since purchased GOOCW - down .25 since purchased KDULS - down 1.55 since purchased...

My options do not expire until December and January. So I have time. Last week was harsh though.

If a option you bought gets hit hard and the stock takes a nose dive but recovers a few days later. Will the option recover also?

Tomorrow's report is very important. Expecting to disappoint, but hoping we'll be on mark. Compared to today's report, the chances on getting by w/o negative sentiment is not likely. Hopefully I am wrong.

I am not buying the stock, I am buy 07 options. It was at 2.3 yesterday. bought it today at .90. It is now 1.10. It should still be able to go higher. The question I have is everytime they approach earnings, they almost always blow it. How come it is the same run up every earnings season?

Everytime I play BIDU near earnings... they dissapoint. It is down 8 pts today. Any reason why? I just bought a call that was at 2.35 yesterday at .9 today. Are they going to screw up again with tomorrow's earnings?

I would think that even if the Dems win the House and the Reps keep the Senate the market would react in a positive move. The Dems would not be able to repeal the tax cut; thus everything should stay the same. Gridlock, for a better word, is good for the market. Nether side can take advantage...

I know the IBD etc. But do you consider FT, Barrons, Morningstar, etc. better to use than the IBD?

Instead of volatility indicators, are there other useful indicators to use? Most options I buy are 3, 6, or 9 months in and are usually puts.

Aside from the big companies like Google, UPS, Fedex, etc. How are finding option prospects? What do you use to determine which are possible buys?

Bank of America and Scottrade will not let me trade options on margin. They both told me this was not possible. This is not true?

I was tempted to buy at the last time it was in the 15's. I didn't then it went to 17. I think if it goes to the 15's it may be a fast trade for a couple of points. Prob. jump in on it as well.

Yea, I know.. I am not normally a person who is very greedy. I am usually out of a stock after a 10% profit. However, I've seen options in the past where someone sold way to early and near expiration they were so much higher. I also only bought a few option calls on each. Tomorrow...

One of the options was for Sears. I bought it around $5.00 it is now around 10.00. By the time it expires it could be near 20.00 or 40.00. You do not think it is a little pre-mature to sell them? Only had them for a week and a half or so.