Your Top 5 Picks

Discussion in 'Stocks' started by bttweb, Sep 18, 2006.

  1. prizmak

    prizmak

    Ugh YRCW just went south a major way, feeling the pain of trading any stock mentioned on ET :\
     
    #11     Sep 19, 2006
  2. Drop the cash for MFRI
     
    #12     Sep 19, 2006
  3. Were you long the Oct 65C, or did you sell to cover the long?
     
    #13     Sep 19, 2006
  4. I appologize, I called it a spread when the technical name for this option strategy is a Straddle...

    Been long the common since the IPO and bought Oct 65 calls on 9/14....My break even prices for this straddle are 62.00 and 68.00

    Call price was 1.15
    Put Price was 1.85

    Profit from the Commom

    Bought --- 44.02
    Sold ---- 67.11
    Net--- 23.09

    Profit from the Calls

    Bought---1.15
    Sold ----3.80
    Net---2.65

    Took the Net from 1/2 the Calls that were sold and this covered my purchase of the calls and 1.50 of the 1.85 for the Puts...

    This spread cost me .35 when everything was said in done...NICE

    So I double my invested capital @ 61.65 or 68.35 by Oct expiration...

    $COSTAverageMAN
     
    #14     Sep 19, 2006
  5. Yea, I know.. I already sold it at 12.50 last week. I am looking for a new entry point.. I believe it can go to 15.00 if the conditions are right; however never always possible.

    Also adding YHOO to the list. Today was a perfect buying oppertunity. EBAY (and YHOO) captured today at the lows.
     
    #15     Sep 19, 2006
  6. I traded SIM a while back. The technicals looked great and it was valued much cheaper than the other steel stocks and cheaper than it is today. I got out with a small loss as I watched it "retrace" what, if my memory is correct, like 50%.
     
    #16     Sep 19, 2006
  7. AAPL

    RIMM (short term)

    RMBS

    ISRG (short term)

    COST
     
    #17     Sep 19, 2006
  8. cdmop

    cdmop

    FRPT for long term

    Getting new contracts for making the best IED blast protected vehicles consistently, and has future prospects of winning a piece of the humvee replacement contract which will be in the multi-billions of dollars.
     
    #18     Sep 19, 2006
  9. bttweb

    bttweb

    update from last post...

    1. GIGM up 7% - 3 days

    2. WEBM up 9% - 3 days

    3. BEAS up 7.5 - 3 days

    4. SONS up 16% - 3 days (made 8% just today!)

    5. ITWO up 5.8 % - 3 days.

    hope some1 took notes...

     
    #19     Sep 20, 2006
  10. Peabo

    Peabo

    Hi All,

    For long term investing, I am 100% in Elan (ELN).

    Peabo
     
    #20     Sep 20, 2006