iBankCoin
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Don’t Pass Over a Dull Market

I’m trying hard not to be the degenerate gambler here, swinging cheap weekly options in front of these fast stock swings in a flat to down market, but I can’t help it. Easy money and easy to manage if you are in front of the screens all day, which I am.

The latest entries have been in SCTY and FB, and shares of CETV and GSAT.

I’m also considering investing in SUNE here, with a good sized position.

Got any weekly option ideas? My next pick might be BAC. What are you looking at?

OA

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50 comments

  1. garyw1

    TSLA 212.5

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  2. chub

    Dammit. Was hoping to get YY but it’s run away

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    • lplongo

      I put in for July 22s but a limit order under today’s low. Doubt I get it but yea, don’t want to pay ask for this. Maybe I will look at Junes.

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  3. twinkies

    bought too much time on these $TWTR. June (4th week) $34’s calls at $0.60. it might hit $34 today 🙂

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  4. lplongo

    Watching MELI, RIG, and random find ZQK

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    • lplongo

      Sold other FB 60.5 call.

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      • hattery

        I’ve certainly been burned being greedy before, but man, I can’t sell my FB calls here. Nice win though.

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  5. MK

    I like BIDU to 173ish

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  6. chub

    Any thoughts on $gld? Sorry the next bounce?

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  7. jacked rabbit

    Just went with a SUNE YOLO here…

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  8. hattery

    DECK for me.

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  9. heisenberg

    $TWTR June 6 for the kill

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    • heisenberg

      we got the buyer here and I think this will replicate the chasing pattern from last year

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  10. yoshii11

    Is YRCW too boring for right now? probably would have to wait on a pullback near 21 anyway, up 3 of last 4 days.

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  11. yoshii11

    that BLDP would have made a nice trade of the week. nice mention in after hours about how it was flagging.

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  12. chiefton15

    Just bought KOG. Amazing looking chart on multiple time frames.

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  13. hesitation_marks
    hesitation_marks

    i dont know if this is smart or stupid, but took june 192 puts in spy, some NUGT calls. SCO is alive, pullback in oil so I am looking at the airlines like AAL.

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    • hesitation_marks
      hesitation_marks

      could get interesting tomorrow with the GDP revision

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      • Fifty2weekhi

        Tomorrow is also 401K Thursday, normally good for bulls.

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        • hesitation_marks
          hesitation_marks

          true true, maybe i am a little early on EOM window dressing but i think we will see a nice pullback soon.

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        • Option Addict

          Except in 2014, where retail folk have asked for their money back.

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  14. budh

    bot some June6 calls on LULU.

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  15. Doughja

    GWPH

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  16. jimmy_two_times
    jimmy_two_times

    too late on the SCTY? or is it a “bloop” buy?

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  17. Quality Control Inferno
    Quality Control Inferno

    I just wanted to take this opportunity to share my own personal 2014 story. I started with Jeff on January 2nd with $10,000 that I could afford to lose.

    I started out trading $500-1000 positions, as if I had a $50K account. Things were peachy for about two weeks as my account soared to a value of about $15K. Then all kinds of hell rained down upon us. Slowly but surely my account was whittled down to a mere $300 as of 10 AM May 15th. It was death by a thousand cuts. At some point I had been limited to trades of just a couple hundred dollars, but even those wouldn’t work. I had resigned myself to going bust and coming back in a few months with a fresh bankroll (I make a decent salary).

    So I said “what the hell, let’s put $50 on an AAPL yolo. I would then purchase AAPL 595 calls expiring the same day for $0.06 each. I bought 8 contracts with the stock trading at 586. I also bought an AAPL $600 call for about $140 with the stock at $590. I could see momentum building in the stock.

    By 2:00 central the stock was 596 and IB forced liquidation for a 2,100% gain. By the end of the day my account was up to about $1,800.

    Over the last 10 days my account has soared from $1,800 to about $5,500 as of today’s close. I’ve mostly been following Jeff’s trades and a few of my own. DDD produced some massive gains, as did a few yolos Jeff recommended last week.

    So from literally a chip and a chair I’ve been able recover from sure disaster. I’ll keep in trading Jeff’s trades, but with smarter position sizing. Trust me, I’ve learned lessons trading with Jeff that will last a life time.

    I’ll let y’all know when I go $300 to $1 million. 😉

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  18. Quality Control Inferno
    Quality Control Inferno

    Just a note, but that $600 AAPL call expired the next week.

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  19. Quality Control Inferno
    Quality Control Inferno

    Loving the BAC call. At just $0.06 you’ve the potential to hit a 1,000% gainer on just about 6-7% move.

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  20. exbankergirl

    Way to go! I remember we were all rooting for ya in TA during that epic aapl run. Great story and turnaround.

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  21. Quality Control Inferno
    Quality Control Inferno

    Yeah we’ve had a lot of fun last couple of weeks haven’t we. Cheers EBG! 🙂

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  22. Denizen

    Hmmm . . .no mention of MNGA?

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  23. matt_bear

    You always see the comeback story, but never the take off to new insane levels.

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    • Quality Control Inferno
      Quality Control Inferno

      …as of yet. 😉 I’ve got a plan in place to at least preserve capital. Something I did a terrible job of for 4+ months.

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  24. chiefton15

    I’m looking for the NQ to test its 3/7 high 3733 as the first sign of real resistance. It may happen today and could bring in some sellers.

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  25. Curtis

    OA, What is your WB target.. 19.50 seemed to repel it. Nice possibilities above 19.75 tho.
    Thanks

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  26. Db6strings

    Too quiet. What do you think? -1% GDP: No rate hikes anytime soon? De-taper the taper? Multiple expansion back on?
    Any good set ups out there?
    JASO, DANG? I miss RC’s morning runner charts.

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  27. hattery

    Looking at WLL,MNST,LULU,DECK today.

    Lanforce always liked trading PXD and it doesn’t look too bad either.

    Even tempted to watch the slow moving XOM for next week’s $102’s and a move above $103.

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  28. DaJuice

    bought some BAC June 6 15.50 calls at .06; bought FB June 6 45 calls (holding some 45 yolo’s as well); sold SCTY yolo’s +275% this morning, still holding half!

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  29. hattery

    How about oil&gas as a theme?
    Stocks like: BHI,FANG,RES and aforementioned XOM,PXD,WLL among others setting up.

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  30. azulgrana

    SUNE…classic, getting any emails jeff asking if it should be bot here?!

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  31. Db6strings

    OA, thanks for the advice on MOBI for re-entry under 7. Saved me the downside yesterday where I got back in. Starting to move again over 7.
    Solars looking good today: SUNE, FSLR, JASO, TSL

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  32. hesitation_marks
    hesitation_marks

    all i have to say is jeff’s stance in OA last night on SUNE and SCTY. jeff is da man.

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