- Q:
Howdy - Crystal ball time again...
http://www.stockpickr.com/members/view/answers/66390/
Do you agree with Doug Kass and Cramers new call on the market tonight, that
they are now expecting a slightly large drop in the market to come soon(5% -
8%)
and Now is the time to sell and book your profits ?? thanks ...
Asked by blitz373 9 days ago - 16 answers - 300 views
Still bearish? Or have things changed...
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New Question: wow...
pshealy....403B...
too much information...
wise to resolve...
school pension???? LOL....
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New Question: 403B provider cancelled. My choices are another mutual fund or
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Stockpickrs here's a great short video from cnbc.com on HOW to do some of these
high reward trades, straight from the trading floor:
http://tinyurl.com/c9u7k7 -
Asked by 2California -
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A: it must be genius, nobody else seems to have done it. you can do it whenever you want to,
POT, ISRG, CME, BAC, C, JPM, etc. more - Resolved
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Ya there's no typos boys. It was $1,700,000+. I save my good and bad trades, so
here's a copy of my personal chart I kept on GOOG, with original notes.
These are the GOOG call options. The light yellow area above the gray line is
the original In The Money calls, and the dark yellow above the black line
indicates where the calls finished, or the 'new' ITM area.
The stock price on Apr 16, 2008 was $449, and finished at $544 on Apr 17, which
is a $95 increase, but intra-day it had went as high as $107ish, where I sold
them.
The green highlight was the winner, 7 OTM, and the orange tells me what was
second best, and the yellow boxes tell me what was third best. These patterns
tell me which of the areas to concentrate on.
The profit is calculated after you subtract back out the original $5,000
investment, hence 'profit'.
The Apr 510 calls ended at $3630, and since they gained 3600, and you have to
buy at the ask price of 3610, you can subtract for the original cost of 10 bucks
for each contract.
For $5000, you can get 500 contracts, which you then sell at the bid price of
3570, for a $1,785,000 profit. The actual prices were a bit different since you
don't sell exactly right at the buy and ask prices.
The best thing to do is buy different strike prices since you don't know where
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A: look at it at bragging all you want, but i'm laying down my strategies for others to get
ideas from, but if you'd rather people keep the money winners private, so be it, don't
contribute here. but i will. more - Resolved
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I dunno Dan, I started with $1,200 a couple of years ago and I've worked my way
up pretty good and found it's quite possible to make a living on high-flying
options! Up to 7 figures. I just simply paid attention to the charts the way
you teach us, follow Cramer's rules, and take profits routinely.
For example, last year GOOG was one of the great trades on Thursday April 16,
2008, the day before options expiration, a bonus.
$5,000 on a call, $5,000 on a put, it was gonna pay off one direction or
another.
GOOG went and reported a blowout quarter and the shares rose $100 at the open.
Sure, I lost $5,000 on the puts. BUT the 500/510/520 APR calls I also bought
for $5,000 had a 6000/35000/8000% return, equal to about $1,700,000.
I had mom put down $200 on a put and $200 on a call. She was timid at first,
but she got a nifty $72,000 off the 510 calls.
I've been doing those kinds of trades for a couple of years. Some trades last 5
minutes, some 30 days, and stocks in this volatile market rarely finish where
they started.
The key is hedging, hedging, hedging. I just buy straight up calls and puts.
Eventually, one of them pays off, and I sell the other while there's still some
value, and buy it back when the stock reverses with momentum.
If people are losing $$ from options, I've found that it's because they're
disregarding common sense, and the basic rules of trading, and they don't pick
an exit point prior to the trade like you teach.
And this Thursday, we got the same setup for GOOG again. This time, there's
more room to run on the downside, so I hope it goes there with a solid MISS. A
modest sized call and put of $1,000 each could provide a very handsome return if
the stock blows past the out of money strike prices again, such as +$50 or -$50!
Come on, I know you're tempted to put them on Dan!! -
Asked by 2California -
1 months ago -
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A: Ya there's no typos boys. I save my good and bad trades, so here's a copy of my personal
chart I kept on GOOG, with original notes.
These are the GOOG call options. The light yellow area above the gray line is the
original In The Money calls, and the dark yellow above the black line indicates where the
calls finished, or the 'new' ITM area.
The stock price on Apr 16, 2008 was $449, and finished at $544 on Apr 17, which is a $95
increase, but intra-day it had went as high as $107ish, where I sold them.
The green highlight was the winner, 7 OTM, and the orange tells me what was second best,
and the yellow boxes tell me what was third best. These patterns tell me which of the
areas to concentrate on.
The profit is calculated after you subtract back out the original $5,000 investment, hence
'profit'.
The Apr 510 calls ended at $3630, and since they gained 3600, and you have to buy at the
ask price of 3610, you can subtract for the original cost of 10 bucks for each contract.
For $5000, you can get 500 contracts, which you then sell at the bid price of 3570, for a
$1,785,000 profit. The actual prices were a bit different since you don't sell exactly
right at the buy and ask prices.
The best thing to do is buy different strike prices since you don't know where it will end
up at. Go too far, and it wouldn't any good. more - Resolved
- Q: Dan, What are your ideas on the direction of the Market through the Summer ?
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Asked by kjp712 -
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Has anybody else look at the GS earning report? They last reported quarter end
date was 11/28/08 and this quarter end date is 3/27/09 THATS FOUR MONTHS FOR A
QUARTER NOT THREE WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON???? NOW WE ARE JUST MAKING QUARTER
PERIODS UP AS WE GO COME ON WHERE IS THE REGULATION ON THIS ONE -
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phoenix has bad signal strength for my sirius....what was the web link bernanke
wanted me to put in my favorites? -
Asked by fine tune your disciplines -
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A: nevermind i found it...didn't know eEVERY word he said was going to be put in print. if
your curious...
http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst.htm more - Resolved
- Q: who makes/sells the XBRL format?
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Asked by fine tune your disciplines -
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A: nevermind, i forgot you just type what you want to know and let search do the finding for
you.
http://www.microsoft.com/msft/FAQ/xbrl.mspx more - Resolved
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