CLX: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/clorox-profit-up-23-lifts-forecast-2009-11-02?siteid=yhoof...
PALM: http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2009/10/30/worlds-scariest-stocks-palm.aspx http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=PALM...
I have reviewed the situation with GIS and have come to the same conslusion.... I will put on the Jan 2011 50/45::80/85 IC . It's a good trade....
Many (but not all) of the option trades we will be doing will be vertical credit spreads. One of the posters has a set of videos on some basic...
from the close on Friday Oct 23rd to the close yesterday, Friday Oct 30th the Dow fell 2.6%. This provides a sort of stress test for our...
Moving right along: With the market in such shakey condition I have waited on two trades until the market stabilizes (next week? ... I hope):...
Found the ignore button...wonderful Just to be clear: I post these trades strictly for my own use. They are not meant to be used by anyone...
"First of all, the fact that you post here for yourself to follow your trades is bull. Why the heck would you need to post them in public, just...
"Chasing small premiums and ignoring time risk is reincarnated monkey business." I am not sure what 'reincarnated monkey business' is supposed to...
"Double check your calculations. Bull spreads do not increase in percentage yield across the board as time lengthens." Apparently sometimes...
Erratum: In the Iron Condor post the line: "sell the Jan 2011 45 put and 80 call and hedge with the 50 put and 85 call for a net of $45."...
GIS:Buy the Jan 2010 60 call and sell the Jan 2010 65 call for a net debit of 400: ............P/L 55......(400) 60......(400) 65......100...
"What's the point of selling an iron condor with 450 days to expiration!? Time decay is virtually zero for the next 400 days" Try computing...
Alternate GIS trade: GIS has an SSF so that an alternate trade would be: Buy the SSF at 66.70, sell the Jan 2010 65 call for 3.20 and buy the...
GIS, a member of our recession proof list, is a very stable stock which has largely resisted the turmoil of the past two years:...
Note: APOL, a stock on our recession proof list, is down 12 points today on fairly vague information regarding a sec probe:...
GILD: A longer term trade http://video.forbes.com/fvn/intelligent-technology/gilead-living-vs-dying...
GILD is a very powerful and innovative pharm company http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=GILD http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=GILD...
Here's another looonng term trade: PBCT is a very stable bank founded in 1842: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=PBCT...
"Just curious about why you take a longer term position like over 6 mths for the dollar, and do you intend to let the position expire" The june...
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