update for the week ending 8/5/2005: i knew it was a good week for me compared to last friday's end-of-day mark-to-market values of my account,...
i'm glad i didn't put-on the position. i would have been so p*ssed-off right now, i might break my computer monitor :D when i was looking at...
got it. sorry, you're right it didn't open at the IPO price. it gapped up. timing is the key on these guys. we have to keep looking at the...
you meant to say up over $100, right? :) it's up several hundred percent for day, currently. a high price vs fundamentals is not enough to...
got it. thanks! the straddle was "cheaper". i was focused on the underlying and couldn't really see the expected move to justify either...
just to clarify... ebay reported after yhoo and qcom. :)
:D there were some recent examples of "behaviour after earnings" from companies such as yhoo, but ebay has a lot of shares 1.3B and it could...
you're buying? or selling? pretty hard trade. i wouldn't have done anything, but ebay was a missed opportunity for me after earnings, so i'm...
i forgot to add... many times, there is no opportunity. the impact of the earnings and guidance is not enough to pick a direction that the stock...
is there a third, yet? coz i'll 4th this :D i also paper-traded straddles earnings and it lost moneyl. very recent example would have been...
nothing done. volume on the stock is too low for my taste. options are not very liquid (hence the big spread). as soon as the position is...
looking to enter a position on DRYS tomorrow 8/4/2005. DRYS Dec 15 calls (DQRLC) - current 1.70 x 1.95 unattractive spread, but i'll...
position update (entered a position today 8/3/2005): NFLX Dec 22.5 Calls - Reasoning: nice earnings results (previously announced...
mini-update for 8/1/2005: vphm aug 10 calls - closed out for a profit of ~$1275 this morning as planned. it wasn't the best-executed exit...
update for week ending 7/29... i guess i can't complain. from last friday, i'm up about $200 over all. if i just didn't put a gamble play on...
that would be cool... there's lots of money to be made as goog has a long way to go. i don't see the beginning of a crash on goog, yet, but i'm...
Way to go! Speaking from experience (and not necessarily something I follow as shown by my recent goog gamble play), when running good, you don't...
With apologies to joecgoodman... Not trying to be condescending, but I'll just say this, these guys (riskarb and maverick) are so advanced in...
not the same risk-reward position. aug 19 , ebay at 45, scenario 2 has $300 + $30 appreciation, scenario 1 keeps $35.
Cool. Glad to know there's Chagi and WOg and others who see there's a place in the markets for being long options to leverage one's idea about a...
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