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    Conservative Options Trades

    http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SPY&t=1y&l=off&z=l&q=c&c= Trigger set-up?? With SPY at 184.85: At open: Buy To Open 1 SPY Mar14 185 Call SPDR S&P 500 100 Stop /Limit = 185.00/1.95 Buy To Open 1 SPY Mar14 183 Put SPDR S&P 500 100 Stop/ Limit = 183.00/1.90 One cancels the other.
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    Conservative Options Trades

    TASR: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/solid-q4-earnings-taser-181004567.html http://news.investors.com/022614-691282-taser-stun-gun-cameras-cloud-service-sales-rise.htm?ven=yahoocp&src=aurlled&ven=yahoo http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=TASR Trade: with TASR at 18.93 Jun 15/12 bull...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    TLT: Treasuries at 10%: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=my&s=TLT&l=off&z=l&q=l&c=&ql=1 With TLT at 107.35 Jan '16 85/80 bull put spread for a net credit of $80 yield = 80/420 = 19.05% in 687 days or 10.1% annualized Prob = 96% Expectation = .96(80) - .02(420) - .02(210) = 76.8 -...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    http://www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc131230.htm http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SPY&t=my&l=off&z=l&q=l&c= http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=5y&s=HSTRX&l=off&z=l&q=l&c=&ql=1&c=%5EGSPC :-)
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    Conservative Options Trades

    WFM: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bear-day-whole-foods-market-060028610.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/whole-foods-plunges-earnings-miss-145006981.html http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/02/19/whole-foods-growth-slows-as-competition-heats-up.aspx...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    ACAT: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bear-day-arctic-cat-acat-060023711.html http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/01/23/why-snowmobile-maker-arctic-cat-inc-stock-plunged.aspx http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=ACAT+Key+Statistics...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    {as a matter of policy I do not reply to any posters in this thread. Please don't post here.....thanx} One of the many disadvantages of growing old is that your friends and family start to die off and you are left to grieve for them. About thirty years ago I was in San Diego for a week...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    DDS: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dillards-q4-earnings-miss-estimates-143941390.html http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=DDS+Key+Statistics http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=DDS Trade: Aug 100/105 bear call spread for a net credit of $50 Yield = 50/450 = 11.1% in 172 days or 23.6%...
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    Question for all of you actually making a living trading options

    "I have contributed" Baloney. We contribute nothing. We suck as much blood out of the economy as we can get and piss it away on mcmansions and cars. Disgusting.
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    Question for all of you actually making a living trading options

    "Don't kid yourself, market is about greed. Capitalism is about greed. It's horrible but it's true" It's only true if we make it so. Life is not about who dies with the most toys. It's about having made a contribution to civilization... or should be. Also: I don't believe the real...
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    Question for all of you actually making a living trading options

    http://www.amazon.com/The-Quants-Whizzes-Conquered-Destroyed/dp/0307453383 http://www.amazon.com/When-Genius-Failed-Long-Term-Management/dp/0375758259 How soon we forget. "The market is ultimately about making money" No it isn't. The market is ultimately about providing capital to...
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    Question for all of you actually making a living trading options

    I have to laugh!!!! "Beware of geeks bearing formulas" .....................Warren Buffett The market ultimately is not about GARCH models... it's about mothers buying diapers at Walmart.
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    Conservative Options Trades

    MSO: "Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has made some smart moves lately, including shrinking its publishing operations and limiting its relationship with J.C. Penney to certain nonoffending categories, a move that likely appeased key licensee Macy's. With little debt and a strong roster of...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    Another weeks useless energy spent. A classic from my youth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdykXAT19Go And a great flash mob in Catalonia, Spain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJcQYVtZMo A beautiful and ancient place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia
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    Conservative Options Trades

    WMT: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/wal-mart-offers-weak-outlook-171255193.html http://finance.yahoo.com/news/wal-mart-profit-slips-u-122023134.html http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=WMT+Key+Statistics http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=WMT&t=2y&l=on&z=l&q=l&c= Trade: with WMT at 73.57...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    TSLA: http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2014/02/19/tesla-surges-on-turbo-charged-earnings/?mod=BOL_hp_blog_stw http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ABEA-4CW8X0/2970896974x0x727013/9885dd26-2e82-4052-b171-3685fd8150b3/Q4'13%20Shareholder%20Letter.pdf...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    SJM: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/smucker-facing-peanut-butter-fruit-191027121.html http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SJM&t=1y&l=on&z=l&q=l&c= Trade: Jul 105/110 bear call spread for a net credit of $50 Yield = 50/450 = 11.1% in 149 days or 27% annualized Prob SJM < 105 = 80%...
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    What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    In the 1968 debacle I didn't lose a penny. should be: In the 2008 debacle I didn't lose a penny.
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    What does Karen the Supertrader and her results say about volatility? Oversold?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hbj_YyM42M I drive that road every time I go from Myrtle Beach to my house in the Poconos. It's dangerous. Should I stop driving it? I can't and still live my chosen life. A number of years ago I was driving on the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia...
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    Conservative Options Trades

    FRX: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/actavis-confirms-25-bln-forest-labs-acquistion-2014-02-18-791154 http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=FRX Trade: With FRX at 91.97 Jan '15 80/70 bull put spread for a net credit of $120 Yield = 120/880 = 13.6% Such deals usually take 6 months...
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