Thursday, January 9, 2014

Indices down .26% to .51%......

Better than expected unemployment claims are adding fear to faster taper & stronger jobs report. Indices are lower.

S&P 500 @ 1832.37, low 1830.38

Internals are negative

Oil Down 75 cents

Gold UP $2.40

Canadian $ Down 49 tick @ 91.89..lowest level in 3.5 years

VIX  UP 2.95% @ 13.25

Portfolio JKS KOG SINA AUY LULU option

Most stocks are down

@ 2.10 following are green :

LNKD M LUV CMG MA YNDX FSLR C
PANW GG JCP....

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem


6 comments:

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hey Saleem,

You might find this interesting...bought some AAPL 575 Jan 24 weekly calls for $1.26. I'm working on the thesis of a great earnings report that could drive the stock up 10%. If the stock hits $600, that's an ~20x gain.

Stocktrader

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hey Saleem,

Deleted a duplicate post I made. Also, did that weekly call option in the trading account to clarify.

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Stocktrader,

Good luck with AAPL weekly...$599 looks doable...

Saleem

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hey Saleem,

I ended up not buying X or FCX because I feared AA's report. So far that seems wise.

Take a look at SHLD after hours. It was featured on Fast Money as a possible best short of the year. That's already looking spectacular.

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Stocktrader,

WOW....what a plunge in SHLD....target is $20 in stockchart....PUT is the way to go....

PS..i removed your deleted post.

Saleem

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hey Saleem,

I might have done some puts but they are really expensive due to the short being a hard borrow. I actually looked at some of the Jun 20.42s for $0.80 when the Fast Money thing was on TV as kind of a bankruptcy trade, but I knew I'd never last that long in my trading account!

Stocktrader