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UH--- were any of you guys alive in the late 1990s?? Or did you just enter the market POST-BUBBLE! Ice :cool:

Bro-- how can you debate the point Maverick is trying to get across? This stock has had a huge move since early October- the best/SMART traders were long- the others -- they tried to pick a top so they could go short for a paltry 3 points- and then defended missing 33 points upside. :D...

Pabst--- so-- are you 'defending' what was an entirely incorrect call on Nov 3 -- when you said AAPL could reach a LT top at 61 and change-- just because it was "hardly" a disaster? In fact missing 12 points is close to a disaster in my book - in a week or so. I know I'm sick about missing...

brother--- I am with you I am about to vomit myself with position and swing trading-- how the F can you make heads or tails out of this nonsense - investors = 1 traders = 0 I exited otm SOX calls yesterday - about ready to puke right now! Ice :cool:

why did you have to come on here and post this--- ? Why? You singlehandily reversed the markets. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: bravo! Ice :cool:

hi Maverick just read your post tonight--- thanks for the suggestion - will start posting more specifics on the trades - and pay more attention to the Journal hopefully beginning Jan 1, 2006. regards !

well said -Td

I did get filled on AAPL Jan06 70 Puts on my GTC order @ 4.20 - this looks to be a decent fill - then I sold some Jan 65p when AAPL pulled back near lows - still long the Jan 62.50p also - AAPL has got to crack- IMHO - so I recommend keeping it on the radar screen for a short entry - if you...

AAPL what's that saying "looking god Billy Ray... feeling GOOD Louis" !! I thunk I nailed it-- filled my Jan 70p at contract lows - BBY looks like the DEC 50c "may" be toast - but- with triple witching and year-end trading- it's hard to know for sure this far ahead of expiry...

well--- I did some VLO dec 100c ( vlo lt) as I said I would-- exercised real patience and caught the LOD (1.70) on some-- (21 total) -- but still the darn stock didn't gain any traction into the close. At least the open gaps have now filled. I did get filled on AAPL Jan06 70 Puts on my...

good analysis -- I am now short 50c -- will consider selling 47.50c-- also long some January otm puts - RIght now my concern is that BBY comes out with a great earnings report and guidance- and the stock gaps to a new yearly high. Of course the earnings as I recall is --after-- Dec...

You seem to understand that I was being constructive and helpful despite the "tone" in which I seemingly expressed my comments -- in order to avoid you having to sufer such an event. I (too) have experienced being hammered back in the 90s by selling puts and thinking I was "bullet-proof" ...

but they are risking 1.50 to make $1- why would a big player take that approach? Of course that asssumes just because someone runs a fund or sits at an institutional desk that they actually know what the H they are doing! At least that is the assumption we all make when we see a large...

well-- I already missed the damn 100c when they were 3.10- had recent GTC order in two accounts to buy 20 @ 2.75- missed it-- only traded back to 3 offer - I think and OF COURSE whenever we miss a trade-- by getting too cute--or too "cheap" --- ---- it trades back up to 5.4 ((i.e...

VLO ok-- I'm going to enter VLO 100 calls for Dec -still long Dec 115c which are toast -- unless I can re-sell some 110c for > 1.20 ((which I did sell & then close for profit twice now as part of my VLO backspread fiasco)) -- so my open 115c have a much lower cost basis now. :D...

geeeezz - Hmmmmm --- wondering if my OVTI call (see above) was a good one--- ???? I dont know -- it's only up 50% IN A MONTH since I recommended it. Not much! well -- better to be lucky than good maybe we gotta start looking at a short in this one -- Ice :cool: (sorry- but we all...

i tend to agree with that assessment - there is an awful lot of open front month Dec 47.50/50c on BBY- however- with substantially less puts - so we need to bear that in mind when looking out to expiry -

BBY take a look at BBY Dec50c and BBY Dec 47.50c a trade crossed for 1,871 contracts (3.35/1.85) -- someone is either trying to make $1.50 or a $1 depending upon whether this is a bear or bull spread. any thoughts on this sizeable trade?

urged getting into BBY calls when it traded down to 43.80-44-- I haven't looked yet today but is BBY higher??? :eek: :eek: DOLLRS! :D OK--- lets sell calls short-- I am long BBY Jan50c-- now I am short the Dec 50c - I may buy some April 53 calls - and sell BBY Jan 53c (the 53.375...