Apple’s up big, though we’ve seen that before lately, haven’t we? I’m not selling any of my Apple yet, which remains my largest position. As I repeatedly outlined last week, now that the xMas iPad/iPhone selling season is here, we’ll need to see analysts raising their numbers for each into year-end. And today we’re seeing […]
Riding the bull: Trade Alert – Taking profits on the Dollar shorts and also on some Sandisk calls
Mornin’ y’all, and welcome back to the rodeo, where the bulls buck hard and only the best of the best can hold on til the buzzer. Our second largest position on the short side of our ledger, Dollar General, reported another round of dismal earnings and outlook and it’s down to the lowest levels its […]
Working the phones and working on three new trading ideas
In my old age, I’ve gotten to where I just hate talking on the phone. Texting, emailing, writing and face-to-face are my preferred media of communication. But work, analyzing stocks and researching companies, managing people from San Diego to NYC to Las Cruces require working the phones. And today that’s all I’ve done so far […]
Trades for the week of December 3rd through December 7th
Here are my trades for the week of December 3rd through December 7th: Options: Stock CALL or PUT Action Date Initiated Stock Price Strike Price Exp Date FB-Facebook CALL TRIM 12/3/2012 $27.90 $22.00 13-Mar FB-Facebook CALL TRIM 12/3/2012 $27.90 $22.00 13-Jun AAPL – Apple CALL BUY 12/5/2012 $548.00 $650.00 13-Apr SNDK-Sandisk CALL BUY 12/5/2012 $39.80 […]
Latest positions (and Trade Alert – A non-emotional bite)
You’re too deep in You can’t get out You’re just a poor girl in a rich man’s house Uh-hoo, uh-hoo-hoo, uh-hoo-hoo-hoo Uh-hoo, uh-hoo-hoo, uh-hoo-hoo-hoo Yeah, baby, I’m crying over you Don’t you know promises were never made to keep Just like the night, dissolve off into sleep I’ll be your savior, steadfast and true I’ll […]
Where are the momo dodos?
[Latka pays Louie a coin] Louie De Palma: What’s this? Latka Gravas: It’s a kebble. Louie De Palma: What’s a kebble? Latka Gravas: 110 kebble make a lithnitch. Louie De Palma: What’s a lithnich? Latka Gravas: 270 lithnich make a matta. Louie De Palma: What’s a matta? Latka Gravas: I don’t know, what’s the matter […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Sheriffs, iPads, and Complimentary Options Only
Here’s the transcript to this week’s Live Q&A chat. Join me next Wednesday at 2pm EST at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat or send me an email with your question at support@tradingwithcody.com. Q. My sheriffs dept is transitioning to the iPad. All detectives are now issued one and don’t even use their desktops anymore. They can do work anywhere […]
Trade Alert – Two tech scale-ins and a thank you to our troops
A few days ago when Apple was up $70-$80 a share from where we’d most recently bought more AAPL calls, I trimmed some of them and reminded you guys: Remember when Apple was at $700 and I pleaded with you guys to remember how painful a random sell-off can be so that you would trim some? That pain is […]
Deep dive in the sea of memory
Commentary: Demand for more flash is good for Apple margins Like many of my readers, I recently went through the process of purchasing an iPhone 5 as well as an iPad Mini. One of the first things you notice when shopping for one of Apple’s latest devices is the sheer number of choices and decisions […]
Trade Alert and complete technical analysis for Facebook
Did we just see a blow-off top in Facebook this morning as it spiked another 3% to the highest levels its been in months? The stock has since faded and is up less than 1% as I type this which certainly begs the question of whether that morning rally was a blow-off top for the […]