The investment..speculation, out right gambling thread

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4361

<p>My dog has a different method. I placed a grid on my yard at the beginning of 2012 and after letting him out for a few days, I picked the stocks my dog did NOT potty on. :)</p>

4362

<p>I’ve got iwm, qqq and spy calls expiring tomorrow - I guess I’ll roll them out another month</p>

4363

<p>I sold spy puts st the close that expire next week. Looks like a slightly down opening. I wish I waited. :)</p>

<p>Looks like 3 winners, doct.</p>

4364

<p>Yes - I did well on these.</p>

4365

<p>:)…</p>

4366

<p>INTC took a 4% dump AH. Apparently beating by 3 cents was mostly due to some tax stuff?</p>

<p>About half of their chips are 22nm now. Atom is 22nm and they should start shipping 14 nm in time for the holidays. That’s really, really small!</p>

4367

<p>I don’t know…I just assume Intc is going to suck…</p>

<p>Intc is becoming general motors. Slowly. Just a big company that doesn’t grow…</p>

<p>Revenue was down…</p>

<p>Earnings were down…</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/technology/intel-earnings-are-sharply-lower.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/technology/intel-earnings-are-sharply-lower.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

4368

<p>Hmmmm</p>

<p>Futures are flat. I am a little surprised. Intc, Goog, aapl, spy were down in the after market. I must be missing the winners. Spy, goog, aapl weren’t down much.</p>

4369

<p>Might be a good time to sell some aapl otm puts. The 1/25 435’s = 1.35, the 7/20 300’s = 1.78 etc.</p>

4370

<p>I did that lsst year…</p>

<p>This year?</p>

<p>I’m not going into July either. 2 earnings seasons.</p>

4371

<p>Futures close later now, so they had a chance to react to INTC and T before they officially “closed.” They are well off their highs, especially NQ.</p>

4372

<p>That’s great. Thanks. What time are they using to get a futures closing price?</p>

4373

<p>401K is up $4500 YTD, mostly from the S & P 500 index fund. Should I take some profit here?</p>

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<p>I think this means the close is 5:15 pm on the east coast, 1 hour later than it used to be.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.cmegroup.com/education/files/faq-eq-hours-and-limits.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cmegroup.com/education/files/faq-eq-hours-and-limits.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

4375

<p>Yes…that’s a great link. I could never figure out the closing prices. Thanks.</p>

4376

<p>I closed out the last of my aapl call spread for 17.75, so now I just have the appl butterfly spread.</p>

4377

<p>Vix so low. Complacency?</p>

4378

<p>Complacency or the stock market isn’t going to be moving much.</p>

<p>I sold some aig today. Usually I just sell calls, but the volatility is so low there is very little premium to capture. I am going to have to find something else now. :)</p>

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<p>VIX chart for those unfamiliar with it. Talk about a breakdown. That is complacency. </p>

<p><a href=“http://stockcharts.com/c-sc/sc?s=%24VIX&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&id=p61740282180&a=217830848&r=855[/url]”>http://stockcharts.com/c-sc/sc?s=%24VIX&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&id=p61740282180&a=217830848&r=855&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

4380

<p>^^yep - and I’ve been buying those wonderful ratio put spreads that expire over the next 2 months.</p>