Back to archive The LEAPS Option Trader105 W. Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 Monday, October 31, 2005 #287 ** Golden Surprise Placer Dome (NYSE: PDG), one of our recent LEAPS spreads, is in play. Today, Barrick Gold offered $20.50 per share for Placer in a hostile takeover bid – about $9.2 billion. This is good news,…
Back to archive The LEAPS Option Trader105 W. Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 Friday, October 28, 2005 #286 ** Earnings and More Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) reported excellent earnings yesterday. The company is on track to deliver much faster earnings growth than the market and its peer group in the year ahead. Yet, the shares still trade…
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Back to archive The LEAPS Option Trader105 W. Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 Wednesday, October 26, 2005 #285 ** Doral Update I was looking for a payday from Doral in mid-November. That is when the company was supposed to restate its numbers and provide forward guidance. It is not going to happen… not in November anyway. This…
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Back to Archive The LEAPS Option Trader105 W. Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 Thursday, October 20, 2005 Email – #284 ** Targeting Housing We made money a few months back on our housing short. We should have stuck around – there was more money to be made. If you recall, we did not exit the position…
Back to Archive The LEAPS Option Trader105 W. Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 Thursday, October 20, 2005 Email – #285 ** Free Ride to 2009 Our S&P 500 MITTS (AMEX: MCP) are up about 9%. When we originally entered this play, we had two scenarios: 1) We would make 24% by September 2005 – the date…
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Back to archive The LEAPS Option Trader105 W. Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 Wednesday, October 19, 2005 #283 ** Book Your Profits On a Sweet Spread Intel shares (Nasdaq: INTC) are going to be weaker today after reporting good – but not great – earnings. Our Intel spread is still very profitable, but we are approaching…
Back to archive The LEAPS Option Trader105 W. Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 Friday, October 14, 2005 #282 ** Lexar News Good news for Lexar today. The trial court has entered final judgment in the case versus Toshiba. The Superior court affirmed the jury verdict delivered in March, when the jury awarded Lexar more than $465…
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Back to archive The LEAPS Option Trader105 W. Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 Thursday, October 13, 2005 #281 ** Doral Update Doral Financial (NYSE: DRL) is our most speculative options position. The shares have been weak recently, as a result of the weak overall market and investor trepidation about the upcoming restatement. Unfortunately, the shares are…
Back to Archive The LEAPS Option Trader105 W. Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 Friday, October 7, 2005 Email – #280 ** Flash Profits Earlier this week we closed out our Lexar Media (Nasdaq: LEXR) bull spread for profits of 66% plus. The shares were strong, blowing through the upper end of our spread. Now they have…
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Back to archive The LEAPS Option Trader105 W. Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 Tuesday, October 4, 2005 #279 ** Close Out LEXAR for 66% Profits Close out your Lexar (Nasdaq: LEXR) bull spread for 66% profits. Buy back your LEXR January 2007 $7.50 call options (VRF AU) and sell your January 2007 $5 call options (VRF…
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Back to archive The LEAPS Option Trader105 W. Monument StreetBaltimore, MD 21201 Monday, October 3, 2005 #278 ** Manic Monday This morning, JP Morgan upgraded shares of Lexar (Nasdaq: LEXR). That was good for a 20% move in the shares, on top of a 10% move last week on the heels of the courts ruling…
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