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    Market Calls

    One more I'm in: Short MO OCT 70 straddle at $4.12 total credit. Minor court case (Mon), earnings (Wed morning) - but I doubt that's any reason for this stock to move more than $4 one way or the other, before next Friday.
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    Market Calls

    OK, here's one: First the background on IMCL vs. ABGX (From briefing): "Abgenix: Preview of Panitumumab's Phase III data (ABGX) 10.46 -0.53: ABGX is seeing increased volatility ahead of key data expected over the next week. The co is expected to release the results of a Phase III study in...
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    REFCO bankruptcy before Bankruptcy law date?

    Have you ever been a low level employee of a big corporation? Would you personally 'deserve' the consequences, if some big shot suit who'd never give you the time of day, decides to cook the books and fuck up the entire operation? Ebbers' 25 year sentence was a good start. Benett (if found...
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    Hedge Funds

    ooohh! The big bad hedge fund guys are going to cheat and steal from us poor defenseless millionaires who are <b>too freakin' lazy</b> to do the proper due diligence on the people we entrust our money to. We NEED the helpful hand of government to step in and protect us! God. You'd think...
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    Delphi bankrupted !!!

    That's two posts in one day where you claim, well after the fact, to have picked the exact bottom/top, and with size. Care to tell us in real time in the future?
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    EliteTrader's Great Editorial Cartoon Roundup Thread

    .. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=866317>
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    USA Patriot Act and Money on Offshore Accounts

    I've disagreed with alot of your stuff in the past, but this article is spot on!
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    Aapl

    What you talkin' about, Willis? GOOG reports OCT 20th.
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    Delphi bankrupted !!!

    Thanx for the helpful investment idea! I'll pass on the GM long bonds, but 2 yr maturity debt does look great at 8% yield! I'm not sure where I can look up the yields on various 3rd world debt paper (Can someone provide a link?), but I'm pretty sure that even Russia & Argentina long bonds...
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    Help with Options

    At http://www.optionsxpress.com/quote_option_chain.asp?SESSIONID=&IsSubmited=true you can look over the chains, and click on any individual option to see the Delta. When you say you want the call to go up 1 to 1 with the underlying, this means you want as high a delta as possible. A delta...
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    Help with Options

    1) Front month (OCT) options are more liquid than back month options, so limit orders are more likely to get filled without paying the full spread. 2) The short answer to your question, is that the DNA OCT 70 or 75 calls, and AA OCT 20 calls are what you're looking for here. However, I'd...
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    Is this PR deceptive?

    I bought in at $800, three years ago. Just waiting to get back to breakeven so I can get out.:D <img...
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    Is this PR deceptive?

    Just out of curiosity, has anyone here <b>ever</b> met anyone with a track record of success from playing penny stocks?
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    GM - what are the chances of bankruptcy?

    According to a union official's letter, Delphi was looking to cut workers' total UAW wage and benefits package to $16 to $18 an hour, <b>down from about $65 an hour currently.</b> Delphi aimed to make this happen by slashing wages to about $10 an hour and eliminating cost-of-living...
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    Delphi bankrupted !!!

    DPH common will probably trade in the 40-60 cent range on Monday, based on the usual pattern. However, I can tell you of one bankrupt company, operating under DIP financing, that trades at $65/share! USG
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    Stock Options Made Easy

    I am considering subscribing to Brain Surgery Made Easy which does auto surgery at my local hospital. The cost of the subscription is $5000 so I thought maybe others have been there and done that.
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    Would you share a trading idea?

    Early last year, the Party Poker $200+15 sng's (Single table tournaments) were my ATM. I figured out how to best play these, and only a scant handful of sharks were playing there at my level. I knew that if my opponents were to know what I knew, my edge would be gone, and the games would dry up...
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    Tools, products and tricks that make life better

    Japanese capsule hotels instead of seats on long international flights. No, they don't actually exist, but if I ran the world, this would be one of the first things to change. :D
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    GM - what are the chances of bankruptcy?

    Unless you trade derivatives, I don't see how you could have made money betting against NWAC or DPH.
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    Chicago ET Home

    How's that working out for ya?
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