It’s a down day to start the day, again. Do you remember back when Apple went straight from $500 to $620 just as the first annual Apple Investor Summit hit and how it felt like stocks would never go down again? And now…can you imagine the relief you would fell if Apple were to rally [...]
Chat Transcript for May 30, 2012: Option strategies explained, how big traders are shorting Facebook and much more…
May 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here’s the transcript of today’s chat. See you next week at 2pm EST at http://tradingwithcody.com/chat for more Q&A where you can ask me anything. Hi guys, let’s rock n roll. Q. When you rate a stock 7 or higher after these 20-30% declines in almost every stock on the market, are they not more compelling [...]
Trade Alert: Buying calls in a networker
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Flip It: Getting a clue about chart reading
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Good morning and welcome back to the hit parade, where many of the DJs are paid to put the songs they play on rotation. All right, I’m back from marrying off my brother in Austin this weekend to a lovely bride. I used to tell my TV show viewers all the time that the only [...]
Letting Riverbed float, picking some Juniper berries
May 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Our official playbook is still the way to go
May 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Markets are rocking already. Brand new week. We get 20% less trading this week than in most weeks which can often lead to volatile markets. The nasdaq is now up almost 100 points since last Monday’s panicky open when I finally agreed with the panicky assessment. That means the broader tech index is up nearly [...]
Trades for the week of May 21st through May 25th
May 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here are my trades for the week of May 21st thru May 25th: Common Stock: Stock Long or Short Action Date Initiated Time Initiated Price AAPL – Apple Long Buy 5/21/2012 9:09am $538.00 FIO – Fusion IO Long Buy 5/21/2012 9:09am $19.80 LVLT – Level 3 Long Buy 5/21/2012 9:09am $22.22 SNDK – SanDisk Long [...]
My latest positions
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The rumor that dropped an Apple supplier by $10 billion
May 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Since most of you have better things to do with your time than sniff out every Apple rumor, I thought I’d break down one of them for you. Here’s a story last week from the Taiwanese semiconductor trade newspaper, Digitimes: Apple reportedly books up half of mobile DRAM capacity at Elpida Hiroshima plant Josephine Lien, [...]
Getting close to a meaningful rally?
May 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
“It is always surprising how small a part of life is taken up by meaningful moments. Most often they’re over before they start even though they cast a light on the future and make the person who originated them unforgettable.” Anna and the King 1999 “The effort must be total for the results to be meaningful.” Wit 2001 Another [...]
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