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LMAO! You get post of the year! :D Just in case we've got some kind of supernatural powers thing going on here, I wish for the following: *I want medical orthodoxy and the gov't to finally recognize the existence of Endorphin Deficiency Syndrome, and the clear proven need for some people...

Did Jim Cramer actually just totally nail a market direction prediction???? This makes no sense at all. Today must be bizzaro day.

Cramer calling for a big bear raid & selloff on the fed announcement, and you calling for the opposite... I can't fade you both! I'm so confused now!

When the idea of shorting ADT first came to me two months ago, the short interest stood at 3% of the float. Posted short interest is updated twice monthly, and every update brings the ADT short % of float to a higher level. We're up to 5.8% now, and I wouldn't be surprised to see 10%+ short...

Just what ADT needs right now: Yet another big name national competitor moving in on their turf. Good luck hitting those earnings estimates, guys! http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-directv-buys-lifeshield-home-security-20130604,0,656687.story <b>DirecTV buys...

No, thank YOU Temuco! ADT $40.55 (=current price): This is where I begin to add a <b>little</b> size to my ADT bear positions. No puts yet, but rather I just shorted the July 40 calls (naked) at $1.90. ADT $41: If it gets here, this is where I add more. ADT $41.50: If it gets here, I'll...

TGA good work so far, but I'm confused about something: Is this a trading journal, or is it a recommendation?

While I often give my reasons for entering a trade at "it feels right", and just leave it at that, the ADT short wasn't one of those trades at all! If you flip back to mid-April, I posted a full accounting of my rationale behind this particular fundamentals-driven trade, right here in this...

Just a visual to show people what we're looking at here: <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=3824472> Not the kind of chart I'd be looking to short, plus there's the fact that industry insiders know a hell of a lot more about the real meats supply/demand picture...

Thanx PBJ... The crowd reaction to this journal is still noticeably more positive than the way they mercilessly heckle the less successful journals of other traders. (No need to name names, as these other journals I speak of are easy enough to find.) Whenever I recommend specific illiquid...

Yes, I expect that would be true.

HFT has devastated the prop trading industry in recent years. Therefore I bet you could take over an already existing troubled prop firm at bargain basement prices- No need to build one from scratch these days, IMO.

ADT current price: $38.18. Here I suggest taking at least partial profits, take at least 1/2 off the table right here, right now. Doubling your money in under two months isn't quick enough? :p Today: Filled on the exit at $5.10. That's a double.

Thanks, T! No wonder good spreads fills are so hard to come by. This is costing me money. Anyone from IB care to comment? Is this situation acceptable to you guys, or are you working to correct the problem?

I have a long running issue with TWS spread orders- Sometimes my spread orders are displayed, and sometimes they don't show up at all. Check out this example from today: <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=3823495> I'm bidding for a 5-lot at -1.70, so the...

Sure you've heard of them! Vaccaro and Velez are two of the most notorious con men in the industry. There have been countless threads on ET about this: 1) They set up shop and put out plenty of ads with outrageous claims about all the free easy money you can make with their amazing new...

Two months ago I mentioned how much I like ADT short, and especially the Jan '14, 40 puts. Some anonymous big baller then proceeded to take my recommendation rather seriously, immediately purchasing a cool 10,000 of those ADT Jan '14, 40 puts: <img...

Or more accurately, Nikkei starts at exactly 8 PM est.

I believe he'd pass a polygraph regardless. Nitro is the only type of phony with the ability to get past me undetected, because if he whole-heartedly believes what he's saying, is it really lying? He's just the world's most optimistic man, actually believing he 'has' things he never had. I'd...

Yeah, I thought of that! Incidentally, the unrealized gains today in my open gold (long) put positions are better than anything I did with UNXL. Yes, I am still holding those. Still own some ADT puts too- when I get out of these trades, I'll mention it here.