Options Archive

Do You Love It Or Do You Love It????? - The Dow and S&P Rally Off Early Lows to Bounce 15 and 5

November 28, 2006  ·  Category: Options, Sentiment Analysis
After yesterday's huge sell-off I wrote: What say I?  DON’T PANIC.  Jim Cramer always likes to say: “Nobody ever made a dime by panicking”.  In fact, this is the time to have trust in your reasoned ...
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The Market Gets Hammered - The Dow Down 158 points and the S&P 500 19 Points on Monday

November 27, 2006  ·  Category: Market Commentary, Options, Sentiment Analysis
Great!  Right after I tell everybody to go long the S&P 500 by buying call options the market has it's worst day in 6 months.  The Jan07 SPY 137 calls that I recommended lost a ...
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A Trade the Stars Are Lining Up For - Go Long the S&P 500 for the Rest of the Year

November 23, 2006  ·  Category: Options, Sentiment Analysis
The Wall Street Journal ran a great article on Monday titled "How Skepticism Can Fuel a Rise: A Rally Too Good to Believe Also Has Cash Waiting to Enter; Acute Optimism Is What to Fear" ...
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Top Gun Gets It Wrong: Yahoo! Reports an Expected Mediocre Quarter - And Gets Hammered!

October 19, 2006  ·  Category: Accounting, Options, Stocks
The market responded negatively to Yahoo!'s mediocre 3rd quarter - even though everybody knew it was coming!  Yahoo's shares lost $1.16 yesterday to close at $22.99 on volume of almost 112 million shares.  The shares have ...
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Yahoo! Is Too Cheap - How to Profit Now and In The Long Term

October 16, 2006  ·  Category: Options, Stocks
Since reporting 2nd quarter earnings 3 months ago, on Tuesday July 18, 2006 after the close, Yahoo's stock (NASDAQ: YHOO) has been absolutely hammered.  When it announced 2nd quarter results, it also announced that it ...
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Charmed? Not So Much!

September 29, 2006  ·  Category: Options, Technical Analysis
Well I just closed out my trade in Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ: CHRS).  As I wrote, on Tuesday I took a position in the Oct 06 $15 puts at 85 cents per. But the selling by the ...
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Boo-Yah Skee-Daddy!!!! - End of the Quarter Fun and Games

September 26, 2006  ·  Category: Options, Technical Analysis
This week (Sept 25-29) is the final week of the 3rd quarter.  Institutional money managers are judged, and frequently compensated, based on their quarterly performance and so their is alot of funny business that goes ...
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