What Was Last Week All About?? Just A Gentle Reminder That Markets Can Sell Off….But Mostly They Go Up

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AMZN-PSA (Public Service Announcement): Shorting AMZN Is Hazardous To Your Financial Health…..Consider Buying Apr Put Spreads To Express Short Term Bearish View

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UPDATED: PCLN Q4 2010 Earnings Report Tonight Post Close-If You Are Long Protect Gains Into What Could be Volatile Report

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UPDATED: DOES THIS MORNING’S 15 POINT RALLY OFF LOWS IN THE S&P MAKE YOU ILL? – Consider buying weekly SPY put spreads to take advantage of what could be a rocky week.

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Market continues its resilience to bad news, at one point overnight the S&P 500 futures were down 20 only to narrow that decline to 5 handles by 11am.....I put this trade on as i think we will … [Read more...]

AAPL–PROTECT GAINS IN STOCK–BUY July Put Spread Collars Against Long Position

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UPDATED: HPQ Q4 Earnings Feb 22, Make No Mistake About It, LEO Is Following the HURD.

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Has DELL gone the way of CSCO? Or even Worse NOK? UMMMM…..YES

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IF YOU ARE NEAR-TERM BEARISH (LIKE ME!!) CONSIDER BUYING MARCH SPY PUT SPREADS

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IF YOU ARE LIKE ME AND THINK THE 28% RALLY IN THE S&P 500 SINCE SEPT 1 AND THE 100% GAIN SINCE SPRING 2009 IS A LITTLE OVERDONE AND DUE FOR A PULLBACK (POSSIBLY AT ANY MOMENT)....you may want to … [Read more...]

UPDATED: EQIX Q4 EARNINGS REPORT TONIGHT–IF BEARISH DONT SHORT STOCK–BUY FEB PUT SPREADS

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UPDATED: OPEN reports Q4 earnings tonight–2 option trade structures to Consider

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UPDATED: AKAM Q4 EARNINGS REPORT FEB 9–LOTS OF ‘OPTIONS’

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(UPDATED BELOW) EVENT: AKAM reports q4 earnings Feb 9th after the close. Price Action/Options Market Forecast/Vol Commentary: Options Market pricing ~9% move post earnings vs its 8qtr avg move … [Read more...]