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i had added 100 shares more at $108.50... total holdings 200 shares... yesterday was a busy day where i spent majority of my time readjusting my portfolio due to the new IB rule that slaps 30% margins on CFDs for concentrated positions..

i remember when Qualcomm got hit with Apple lawsuit soon after the merger announcement and NXPI dropped from sub $100 to $90s... i grabbed a few shares back then although the merger was far from being completed... i sold soon after it climbed back to $100s.. the potential China issue was already...

if it fails, i see a sub-$100-$110... definitely not $90s anymore..that was 2016's valuation

Qualcomm is committed to NXPI... the raised bid, all the regulatory hurdles gone through... i think what is the main issue now is Qualcomm's proprietary licensing model.. whether this model will apply to the merged Qualcomm/NXPI... China definitely does not want that. Both parties have to work...

yes you are right..so i am going in slow...

Added 100 shares of NXPI at $113.47

hi i m trading part-time in U.S merger arb..

After MON i am gng to look hard at NXPI...

great explanation.. recently i converted some of my long MON shares to long Apr 20 Call $120... i noticed yesterday... May 18 $120 call is just priced about $0.30 - $0.40 more so basically the 28 days theta is worth only $0.30 - $0.40.. it may be great if u want to leverage up your MON profits...

hi from what i know, you can't reduce your margin risk in CFD with put options...only shares and put options work...

i rarely use options to trade risk-arb as i m not well versed in options... would value your opinions in how to use options in risk arb... so you are suggesting that when merger deals were made public, the volatility usually get crushed and its a good time to buy to 90 days call options?

rolled my AKRX long calls to Jun $20

i am still sticking with my TWX and MON positions as well as a few AKRX long Apr $20 calls

Another big clanger in AKRX as i am short puts at $30. Only a few puts but a big enough loss. The good news is Monsanto's merger is moving well along to EU approval and hopefully DOJ as well. Time Warner's case is very much a coin flip.

closed out BG with a loss as well.. with the bad results and conference call by BG, sounds like they are not trying to sell the entire company.

i closed all my JUNO and BIVV short puts options to concentrate on MON... Now left with Mar $30 short AKRX puts, MON, TWX and BG. A little bit worried about BG as there is still no indication if the negotiations are successful for a merger but my position is not very big.

Closed out my JUNO short puts to increase my portfolio margin... some movement in BIVV put options priced me out of closing... curiously JUNO $30 Mar 18 Puts are didn't spike up in price but BIVV $100 Jul 18 Puts spiked from $1.20 to $1.75 yesterday with underlying little changed... volatility...

any insights about Bunge? I hope ADM can succeed and Bunge will not be too greedy... ADM wanted to expand in South America and Asia and Bunge can give them that...

I was in NXPI early..sold too early with too little stake

For agri-chem/agri deals, they are one of the biggest... I believe the sector is split into 4 big regions - North America, EU, South America, Asia... Brazil is a large part of S.A. CADE is the easiest and earliest of the big regulators to pass. EU and DOJ are more problematic...they usually...