AAPL Blog posts
Strategy 1
I am searching for stocks that have wide daily range of at least $10 or more ... Finding such stocks, I will buy calls or puts, depending on the direction the stock is moving that day ... The que... more
AAPL tech analysis
Sunday, Dec 9th: Monday's partial watch list: ENTR- IPO; GTS- IPO; CSIQ- solar momentum; ATI & PRU - stock buyback/insider; IMAX- new order and hi vol; LQDT- earnings December notes: Apple ... more
A Whole Lot of Fun...
...and not a whole lot of time to have it all in. As some of you know who read along, I do work a bank, however we had the day on yesterday. I wonder how many people actually went to the bank yest... more
Blog Replies Again...
Let's get right to it... The top 10 Dividend Aristocrats were discussed by Richard. I have 3 notes on this... 1) Banks have always been in the top ratings of this catagory and other similarly const... more
October - Confessions of a Trend Trader
Learning every Day. 'It's okay to fail. It's not okay to give up.' - Michael Jordan October was a difficult month for us. We tried several new strategies with some success. We tried the 'mark... more
October 21st, 2007
My only holding right now is DIA Nov 138 Puts which did quite well Friday. Not sure how I'm going to handle it - up over 100% but a lot of risk in the market next week. Probably a stop loss order ... more
Certified Trades: How Bits N Pieces traded BHP Billiton options for a 78% gain
Each week, the TradeKing Blog highlights an outstanding trade from within the TradeKing Community. This week, we are pleased to present the biggest winner yet: a whopping 78% return in just 72 hour... more
Blue Nile (NILE) ---Natural Gas (UNG)
Like I told you on September 28, Blue Nile is going back down to $85. Here were and your Nov 105 puts doubled in value from 13.30 to 24.42. Now look at Natural Gas (UNG)--- Fast money guys are tal... more
Pre-Certified Trades
Okay, to start this blog I wanted to create a baseline of where my portfolio stands as of today. I just copied and pasted from the G&L Unrealized screens. Since 8/21/07 (when I started buildin... more
Friday Community shout-out!
Who's new in the TK neighborhood? Grab your coffee '“ I've got mine '“ and take a peek with me: After a few account-opening bumps, Ian's sold on TradeKing and AAPL; Richard Howard tries to help ne... more
September 27th, 2007
My DIA Oct 136 calls are floundering and got me thinking. The rally after the rate cut on the 18th is the reason I decided to be contrarian. I figured it was overdone, but I think instead the ra... more
probability and options prices: part 2
Welcome back! My last post in this series dealt with the tight interrelationship between options pricing, implied volatility and the trade's overall probability of success. In the last post, I kept... more
Call Options on Goldman Sachs & the Financials
This week should be a great time for short term bullish call options on the financials. Although Goldman Sachs recenlty has had some troubles with its hedgefunds, I believe that its stock will see ... more
September 9, 2007
Just kind of watching things play out. I have a Limit order for a 52 QQQQ Dec Call for 1.05 which may execute if things drop tomorrow. Seems there is serious talk about a possible recession, and ... more
probability and option prices: part 1
Wrapping up my recent series on long call spreads (which starts here) got me thinking about the tight, not-always-understood relationship between options pricing, implied volatility and the trade's... more
August 30th, 2007
What a crazy market. I'm less convinced about a near term weak period, but more convinced of a much higher market by year's end. May add to my qqqq Jan 08 calls. I'm losing hope for the Sept Put... more
August 22nd, 2007
REALLY regretting selling AAPL last week at the bottom. (Sold at 114 and 118, closed today at 132.) One of my worst mistakes ever. Totally violated the rule of not selling in a panic when everyo... more
August 19th, 2007
Going into Friday morning, I actually thought I was going to eke out some gains on my ill conceived AAPL and GRMN Puts. Went to breakfast and came back to find out the Fed had decreased the discou... more
