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$DATA. Calls springing back to life. An advantage of not playing WC's all the time.
$Z. What a fade
$LL. I guess I won't be collecting on my 8/21 $25 calls. Good job LL, continued sinking into oblivion.
LOL!!..Yes. You know your movies my friend..especially the obscure cult classics.
Played the 8/21 $75 puts and sold out yesterday. It moved big and I just had to take the profits. Glad I did.
$LL. Anyone playing the earnings? I played it last quarter with puts and lost. My initial thoughts are that almost all bad news is priced in. Short of a criminal indictment by the government, its just a question of the market getting a view as to the legal expense exposure from all the ongoing investigation and potential litigation.
I respect your transparency. Kudos!
$Z puts looking yummy. $DATA calls not so much. Either way Im in the game
Sometimes its the best time to sell.
$Z. Head fake.
Great advice!
Yes. I was going to buy before market close but the high premiums kept me at bay. I went for the Z puts instead. I did play the LNKD calls for the earnings buildup but bailed earlier this week.
wow.
Yes. You make a great point. I played the 250c for the earnings buildup in did well. I am not in yet but I will get in before market close. I am looking closely at the stock movement to see which way it breaks before market close. $LNKD has been good to me. We shall see if that trend continues. Good luck to you.
Im thinking of going with calls for the earning play. The biggest risk for this evening is what guidance they will provide. If they raise guidance, then boom!. Othewise, even with a beat on the top side it may tank due to valuation.
me too!
Hahahaa!! Congrats!
Yeap. Holding 8/21 $30P
$YELP $TWTR. Congrats to all put holders. I got puts on Yelp and Calls on TWTR. You win some..you lose some. TWTR isn't going anywhere and its only a matter of time. YELP is going no where.
Congrats!!! man. Thats a great trade. Booyah!!!
$LNKD looking good.
$LNKD. Low volume takedown.
$TWTR. Funny how no one is talking about Twitter. lol. Last quarter's results wasn't as bad as it was made out to be. People are quick to bury Twitter as the stock hasn't taken part in the recent social media stocks positive moves. Im holding calls and betting any positive news will send this flying.
$LNKD is next. The market punished them last quarter. With the Lynda.com acquisition completed now. Watch out!
Are these weeklies or standard?
OMs, Great Job to you all on a great week. Thank you for this board and the information and knowledge provided constantly. Remember in life as in the market you win some and you lose some as long as you always stay in the game. Have a good weekend!
Funny cause Im in $180P @1.38. Just a few. Goodluck!
lol..so true. Happened with me this with UVXY. Ended up with a .13c gain on 10 contracts. Haha. I was thinking it would be more like $1 gain. A friend of mine always says..its not about where you get in on a stock, its where you get out.
lol. With a large percentage of Chinese stocks still halted, I don't think this is over. However upcoming earnings for $BIDU may change the dynamic here.
$BIDU fading
Market taking a dump today. I had $NDX 4400 puts which expired worthless weeks ago. Wish I had bought longer dated puts then.
I am.
$YELP I never bought into the buyout story. Its going much lower.
$YELP
By Jennifer Booton, MarketWatch
Analyst: Yelp becoming difficult expense to justify
Yelp Inc. has been falling in and out of favor with small-business owners for years, and a recent report by Pacific Crest Securities lends it no favors with one restaurant owner calling the Yelp team "annoyingly persistent" and data pointing to its too-expensive ads.
The analysis, which follows a deep-dive report conducted by the brokerage earlier this month on the restaurant industry and its use of technology, shows that taking out ads on the online reviews site is viewed as too expensive by many small businesses and independent restaurants.
"Annoying persistent sales team at Yelp," one unidentified restaurant owner said in the report, according to Pacific Crest. "We are not confident that spending money on advertising with Yelp will have any more impact than a strong review."
On average, independent restaurant operators spend roughly $7,200 a year on local advertising, compared with the $4,600 in revenue Yelp (YELP) reports on average per local account, according to Pacific Crest's analysis of restaurant profit and loss statements.
Yelp, whose local ads accounted for 83% of total revenue in its most recent quarter, reported local revenue of $98.6 billion in the first quarter, marking the fourth straight quarter of revenue deceleration in the local ads group.
Restaurants account for roughly 15% of Yelp's total revenue, and Pacific Crest, which reiterated a sector weight rating on Yelp's stock on Tuesday, said it expects "meaningful growth deceleration" to continue.
"We are seeing further signs that Yelp is too expensive for many independent restaurants and local businesses," said Pacific Crest analyst Evan Wilson. "If Yelp ads don't drive a meaningful uplift in sales, or even if it's just difficult to determine the ROI of the spending, it is a difficult expense to continue to justify."
Larger chain restaurants were also weary of Yelp ads, citing the large mix of negative reviews on the site.
While shares of Yelp were up 1% to $42.90 on Tuesday afternoon, the stock has fallen 44% over the last 12 months, including falling 10% over the last three.
Yelp did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
-Jennifer Booton; 415-439-6400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com
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LOL!
LOL! Clairvoyance would be a reach. My point is that data point becomes diluted and non directional if you continue to point it out with the implication that something is amiss. Its all good.
I have read similar posts from your in the past and yet no announcement of a YELP buyout.
Not who buys, but at what price a willing buyer is going to pay. Fact remains that YELP is pricier from a PE standpoint for a company with decelerating growth in a market with Social Media Industry fatigue(my opinion). I am struggling to see why any of the Companies currently mentioned as possible suitors for YELP would even make the move when they can wait and snap it up for much cheaper. The only company I think it makes sense to do something is GrubHub. FB, GOOG, YHOO are not going to buy YELP, let alone for the price folks are predicting.
In any case, what do I know? I'm not the expert. Just my hunch.
LOL on Tom Brady heading to the bank with his deflated balls..bwahahaha
Speculation galore. Show me the money. No one is going to overpay for $YELP. Look at the PE at 156 times.