i'm a premium buyer, but even i believe these mer puts (and calls) are overvalued... i remember the thread "writing options for a living" that...
on sept 3, i bought oct 08 mer 15 puts for .18 when mer was at ~ 27/share. pure gamble play, just thought i'd sell if any bad news come out....
maybe i got lost somewhere, but both scenarios are bad for the longs. in the rally case, if shares are created out of thin air, then there's more...
you summed up the whole country by saying all it's got to offer is "the malls"??? where do you live now? have u ever been to boracay, bohol,...
but i have so much more :D anyway, you're right that i'm going way off-topic. i just wanted to show that many times it looks greener on the...
Hello Everyone: it is so late (2:30AM Monday in LA) here where i'm at but i've been meaning to post my random thoughts for a couple of days now...
mini-update 11/10/2005: closed the put-position on BBI BBI Nov 5 puts (bbiwa) - 20 puts @ .95/each profit of $100 before comm. after...
May God Bless You, too, Rob. i'm just gonna be on the sidelines for now... like everyone else, i'm thinking this is the bottom and there's...
very nice to hear you made good money on your play with SWN! i'm taking a break right now that may last until next year. it seems everything i...
mini-update 10/6/2005: closed the call-position on SPY stoploss hit. loss of $1400. will let the other position (BBI-put position) run...
congrats! i started this thread but decided to start another thread on the journals forum for posting actual positions. i know it has nothing...
mini-update 10/4/2005: position is currently showing a loss of $600 Because of time-decay and lower IV (about 1.5%), the stop-loss has been...
i guess that's what makes a market... buyers and sellers. did you actually sell those calls? i wouldn't... it seems we're closer to...
mini-update 9/26/2005: opened a call-position SPY SPY Nov 123 calls (spyks) - 15 calls @ 1.75/ea. risk-capital $2625 stoploss of around...
i'm not saying it's impossible, but i just haven't heard of incidents involving compromised accounts because they used a public wifi hotspot......
many things you said were discussed in "the disciplened trader" by mark douglas (re: self-sabotage). in addition, mark douglas has also discussed...
Many thanks for sharing, Jacques. Best wishes to you and your trading, as well. Your last post also cleared-up some things on my end. i was...
i'm not sure about this post... this seems very much like an insult, but you did manage to put that "thanks" at the end :D the account is now...
i agree with you. this is a put-it-on-and-leave-it position for me. i was gonna wait for a bounce to $6, but i just threw out a bid for .90...
mini-update 9/23/2005: opened a put-position on BBI BBI Nov 5 puts (bbiva) - 20 puts @ .90/each. risk-capital $1800 possibly the last...
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