You forgot the Smith and Wesson phase. Kinda scary, kinda messy, like betting on stupidity.

Just wait until the wifey hears about this. Maybe that's worse.

Did you really think it was going to be that easy? Reality, while temporarily absent when relying on poor DD and belief in unicorns, usually returns to occupy its appropriate place, sugar plum dreams be damned.

Back to the worthless junk it was and always will be.

NOTE TO ALL> Post split, if your bias isn't decidedly short (buy puts) then you haven't learned your lesson. The markets hate uncertainty and fear and it rarely persist unless some sort of systemic upheaval is in place. We aren't due for a complete market collapse ah la post real estate bubble for quite some time.

Fade any overdone rally in the vix and you'll do quite well.

From my HDvest adivsor for this week...

Markets fell last week as investors digested lukewarm economic data and considered future economic growth prospects. However, stocks bounced back on Friday and trimmed their losses. For the week, the S&P 500 lost 0.44%, the Dow slid 0.31%, and the NASDAQ dropped 1.70%.
Last week, investors got their first look at Q1 economic growth. The advance estimate of Gross Domestic Product showed that the economy basically ground to a halt in the first quarter, growing just 0.2%. Though this early report is based on incomplete data, the picture so far shows that exports plunged, businesses slashed spending, and consumers kept their pocketbooks closed.
While some of the weakness is due to a cold winter and a West Coast port strike, the effects of a strong dollar and weak global demand may linger into the second quarter. So far, we know that consumer spending edged upward in March and that wages increased in the first quarter, giving Americans more money to spend.
The Federal Reserve’s policy-setting Open Market Committee also met last week to take stock of the economy and discuss future interest rate policy. As expected, the central bank made no moves to raise rates and emphasized that any future rate hikes will be based on a careful analysis of the economic environment. Bottom line: It’s unlikely that rate hikes will come before the fall.
Can markets sustain the rally amid sputtering economic growth? We can’t know for sure, but we are keeping a close eye on factors like business investment, corporate expectations, and future economic growth projections to guide our decision-making process. While fundamentals show that the economy is still growing, obstacles like weak business investment, cautious spending, and global growth
First Look at Q1 Economic Growth
Weekly Update – May 4, 2015
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concerns may lead to a market pullback in the coming weeks and months.
Since the bottom of the last bear market in 2009, the S&P 500 has returned over 200%. Though we’ve had some bumps in the road, we haven’t experienced a serious 10%+ correction since 2011. Some analysts believe that we are overdue for pullback while others have a brighter outlook on market performance. Since history never repeats itself exactly, we don’t believe it’s useful to worry about what might be around the corner. Instead, we focus on creating personalized strategies that pursue our clients’ goals and then make prudent adjustments as conditions warrant.
ECONOMIC CALENDAR:
Monday: Factory Orders
Tuesday: International Trade, ISM Non-Mfg. Index
Wednesday: ADP Employment Report, Productivity and Costs, Janet Yellen Speaks
9:15 AM ET, EIA Petroleum Status Report
Thursday: Jobless Claims
Friday: Employment Situation
Notes: All index returns exclude reinvested dividends, and the 5-year and 10-year returns are annualized. Sources: Yahoo! Finance and Treasury.gov. International performance is represented by the MSCI EAFE Index. Corporate bond performance is represented by the DJCBP. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested into directly. Data as of 5/1/2015 1-Week Since 1/1/15 1-Year 5-Year 10-Year Standard & Poor's 500 -0.44% 2.40% 11.92% 15.53% 8.22% DOW -0.31% 1.13% 8.85% 12.75% 7.68% NASDAQ -1.70% 5.69% 21.27% 20.67% 16.05% U.S. Corporate Bond Index -1.88% -0.25% 0.82% 1.84% 1.13% International -0.22% 7.78%
-1.57%
4.28%
2.72%
Data as 5/1/2015 1 mo. 6 mo. 1 yr. 5 yr. 10 yr. Treasury Yields (CMT) 0.00% 0.05% 0.25% 1.50% 2.12%
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HEADLINES:
Weekly jobless claims plummet. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits, an indicator of layoffs, fell to the lowest level since 2000. These numbers suggest that the weak March jobs report was a seasonal aberration.
April consumer sentiment at 2nd highest level since 2007. A monthly indicator of consumer sentiment rose last month as Americans became more optimistic about current and future conditions. Though consumers are worried about interest rates, they are more confident about jobs and income prospects.
Motor vehicle sales driven by trucks and SUVs. Cheap gas appears to have reignited Americans’ love affair with big vehicles; though April is typically a slow month for auto sales, demand for sport-utilities and trucks accounted for about half of April’s sales.
Manufacturing growth slows in April. Though the manufacturing sector is growing, the pace of growth fell last month to the slowest pace in almost two years. Though new orders are up (a good sign for future growth), employment is down to its lowest level in five years.

Reverse Splits

Nine ETFs will reverse split shares at the following split ratios:


Ticker ProShares ETF Split Ratio Old CUSIP New CUSIP
SRS UltraShort Real Estate 1:4 74348A871 74348A244
SCC UltraShort Consumer Services 1:4 74348A616 74348A236
RXD UltraShort Health Care 1:4 74347B102 74348A228
RWM Short Russell2000 1:4 74347R826 74348A210
BOIL Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas 1:4 74347W122 74347W296
UCD Ultra Bloomberg Commodity 1:4 74347W106 74347W288
YCL Ultra Yen 1:4 74347W866 74347W270
UVXY Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures 1:5 74347W346 74347W312
UCO Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil 1:5 74347W650 74347W320

All reverse splits will be effective at the market open on May 20, 2015, when the funds will begin trading at their post-split price. The ticker symbol for the funds will not change. All funds undergoing a reverse split will be issued a new CUSIP number, listed above.

Earnings 5/7/2015 BTB

Low est. .219
Consensus .425 to .44
High est. .54
Whisper .47

Guidance will be the key. For you longs better hope Ma doesn't use the "we grew too fast" tone when guiding forward or this stock will see 60s in very short order.

You doubt the wrong person! I am a late comer to this co. but not to getting early on great companies. One of my larger holdings is ADS. Have for quite some time and will likely never sell. Check my stocks at ADS for my disclosure.

I don't bullshit about what I own buy or trade. My basis in ADS in 61 and change. Closed over 298.00 Friday.

I still have much to look into about SWKS and cannot comment about their chip set but I like what I have seen since I started following them a month or so ago.

And as far as posting a lot. I don't post much anywhere. I do have a day job as the CFO of a LED power supply company. It keeps me busy as does my young family. Don't even go there with them.

Others I own and have for years with very low basis are CTSH, option adjusted basis of 4.67 3000 shares, FFIV option adjusted basis 39.90, 2000 shares looking to buy more.

Gpro, only 1000 shs option adjusted basis 38.60.

Nice dividend plays
Tons of Drip shares.

NLY
ETG
HTGC


Just to name a few. Of course the usual mix of ETFs across key sectors.

My postion 500 @ 94.45, 500 @92.30

Sold 2015 Aug 85 put for 6.6722 5 contracts
Sold 2016 Jan 80 put for 5.9822 10 contracts

Net basis be share assuming price stays above 85 and 80 thru expiry is 84.08.

I am long on this for at least 2 years.

Oh brother! WTF are you talking about?

Staged?

Be very careful BMW!

http://www.mbtmag.com/blogs/2015/04/jaguar-land-rover-furious-over-chinese-knockoff?et_cid=4529944&et_rid=652334347&type=cta

I still can't stop laughing. Not even cars are safe from the Big Red Copying Machine.

How did that happen? You must have had a Fed Call. What was your basis and were you on margin?

Those are the only two basic scenarios unless you had them covered by a call which was well in the money.

Nice AH ! Real nice!

Disclosure: Long...real long.

OOOOOOOOoooooooooooppppppppppppppppppppppppppsssssssssssss!

MM, you be careful. You don't need to embark on yet another fools' errand that seems to hawk you like a 4:00 shadow. Please see this link before you get caught in another death spiral junk stock.

https://www.hotstocked.com/article/89606/cybergy-holdings-inc-otcmkts-cybg-attracts-a-lot.html

At first glance, no. CYBG's subsidiary generates tens of millions of dollars in revenues and the company still costs $1.99 per share. Take a closer look, however, and you'll notice a couple of facts.

The first one is located in the same 8-K that contains the aforementioned financial statements. Between September 30 and October 24, the company issued $2,525,000 worth of convertible debentures which can be turned into Series C Preferred shares at a price of less than $0.44 per share. The Preferred C shares can then be turned into common ones at a rate of 1 for 10.

In other words, more than $2.5 million worth of debt can be transformed into common stock at an effective conversion price of just over $0.04 per share.

The second thing worth considering requires a bit more research. Cybergy, the new subsidiary with the tens of millions in revenues, was formerly known as Bion Enterprises LLC and in 2011, it entered into a joint venture agreement with a penny stock called Amwest Imaging Inc (now known as Intertech Solutions Inc (OTCMKTS:ITEC)). Shortly after, Amwest (which was then traded under the AMWI symbol) got pumped by the infamous (and now dead) Awesome Penny Stocks.

Lying?!!! For personal gain? On the pinks? Surely you're mistaken.


Who ever heard of such a thing?

To the untrained eye they were bald faced lies. But they were clearly prevarications engineered to give shorty a false sense of security in yet another incarnation of the perfect ever evolving shorty trap to included explosive dilution, self imposed "quiet periods, SEC revocations and now suspensions.

Or...or...or...wait for it...IT'S A STING!!!!!!!!

AlanC can fill you in on the details.

I have spoken.

What carrying costs? Margin interest? And that's calculated on the stock price after a short has already been opened? So MMs/brokers have margin interest exposure? You're kidding, right? Where do you get you understanding of how all this works? Not that I for a minute believes any short for grey sheet trash substantially decommissioned by an SEC action actually exists or that brokers or MMs are actively shorting this junk.

Please explain these "carrying costs" and how 270.00 of trading somehow mitigates these non-existent carrying costs.

This line of paranoid gibberish doesn't go anymore. Some retooling may be in order.

If I was incapable of recognizing the obvious fact that this is a dead scam, I think I would voluntarily request a frontal lobotomy.

Just sayin.

22nd time is the charm?

LOLOLOL

What fetid junk. But believers are undeterred.

I've seen better teeth on a corpse! Yama Hama!

Bearspread, haven’t you heard? Big money houses consisting of Hedge funds, Market Makers and Dark pools armed with high-frequency trading algorithms are shunning the world of high-flying tech stocks ripe for short selling and instead have turned their attention toward the seedy underbelly of the sparsely-traded, corporate governance-challenged world of stinky pinkies. Some of their targets have netted on good days short proceeds of about 3.50 and as high as 2500.00. That’s big dough. I mean, why short something like that Lumber company on 60 Minutes which recently saw a 52 week high of nearly 70.00 now 36.08 which could have netted a skilled short seller hundreds of millions of dollars when you could rake in a cool saw-buck if you’re good at what you do by picking on KMAG or GNC@ or any one of a thousand virtually dormant tickers? It just doesn’t make sense why you wouldn’t. Market Makers, Hedge Funds, Dark Pools are circling like sharks for that next happy meals’ worth of cold hard cash.

Undeterred by the severely limited upside garnered by shorting no-bid stocks, the short sharks abound. Have they taken leave of their senses? Hardly! Be on the lookout.

Oh, almost forgot. Lured by the financial cornucopia that is the world of shorting no-bid turds, they have invited the regulators to share in the booty.

Signals to avoid a stock rarely ever get this obvious. Again, thank you Alibaba for being so transparent.

Saved me a world of heartache.

I'm goin a buy some baba...but first...

Oh my Gawd. You should see the pages of vendors selling "Rolex" watches. I have a life and neither the resources of time nor desire to undertake such a herculean task.

Finally, a Rolex watch the average man can afford. Thank you Alibaba!

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/wholesale-2014-cheap-price-high-quality_166378203.html

Noted. I am generally a long-term player but take income in the form of expired options premium on stock I own. If I get a nice pop like with the LNK# play, I don't hesitate to take profit. Besides, a 624,000 stock position in one security was a little bigger than I usually go. I try to keep my position just under 150k for just one security. With just a little over 1 mill in tradeable assets and just under 2 mill in buying power I find that a safe level while at the same time allowing me to bring in 15 to 20k a month on stocks I follow quite closely.

Report card for January. I haven't sold and positions since Jan 2015. Taxes suck.

Total LT Gain/(Loss): $100,035 Total ST Gain/(Loss): $3,393 Total Comm/Fees: $188.64
Positions: # - Lot edited by firm + - Lot edited by customer
Symbol Quantity Opening Transaction Closing Transaction Gain (Loss) Term Action
Date Price Net Amount Order Date Price Net Amount
CTSH Jan 17 '15
$27.50 Call
28 10/01/2012 0.00 0.0 OA 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 0 Short
Edit
CTSH Jan 17 '15
$27.50 Put
20 11/07/2012 4.00 7,982.2 OX 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 7,982 Short
Edit
CTSH
2,800 06/07/2007 21.0299 58,899.2 OA 01/17/2015 39.4426 110,419.22 51,520 Long
Edit
ETG
6.03865 10/31/2014 16.974 102.5 S 02/06/2015 16.5024 99.59 (3) Short
Edit
ETG
5.96135 11/28/2014 17.2543 102.9 S 02/06/2015 16.5024 98.32 (5) Short
Edit
ETG
6 12/31/2014 16.23 97.4 S 02/06/2015 16.5024 98.95 2 Short
Edit
ETG
6 01/30/2015 15.9999 96.0 S 02/06/2015 16.5024 98.95 3 Short
Edit
ETG
1,000 03/25/2013 15.78 15,790.0 S 02/06/2015 16.5024 16,492.27 702 Long
Edit
FFIV Jan 17 '15
$70 Put
10 09/10/2013 6.75 6,732.2 OX 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 6,732 Short
Edit
FFIV Jan 17 '15
$75 Put
5 02/26/2013 11.50 5,736.0 OX 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 5,736 Short
Edit
FFIV Jan 17 '15
$75 Put
5 05/09/2013 13.70 6,836.0 OX 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 6,836 Short
Edit
FFIV Jan 17 '15
$80 Put
10 09/21/2012 16.50 16,482.0 OX 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 16,482 Short
Edit
GPRO Jan 17 '15
$70 Put
10 11/04/2014 0.00 0.0 OA 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 0 Short
Edit
HTGC Jan 17 '15
$15 Put
20 05/23/2014 0.00 0.0 OA 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 0 Short
Edit
HTGC
2,000 01/17/2015 13.3128 26,645.5 S 01/30/2015 15.03 30,049.33 3,404 Short
Edit
HTGC
1,496 03/01/2013 12.65 18,934.4 S 02/06/2015 15.36 22,968.05 4,034 Long
Edit
HTGC
29 11/24/2014 15.6376 453.5 S 02/06/2015 15.365 445.57 (8) Short
Edit
HTGC
4 03/01/2013 12.65 50.6 S 02/06/2015 15.365 61.46 11 Long
Edit

Preaching to the choir.

I am looking to trade it. I might sell some Aug 70 puts to pull in a little premium before I make a straight buy.

I like to move large amounts in a quick strike. For example, about this time last year a traded 3000 shs of LNK# for a 660k trade assigned at 208 I sold all 3000 in about 15 minutes for a 42k gain. You can see the post on the board where posted the trade.

Like to do that here. Maybe scoop up about 3 to 4 thousand shares for a quick strike on an overdone pullback.

FYI

It's a pretty reliable contrarian indicator.

Selloff may have been temporarily overdone. But I wouldn't expect this move to mark the nadir in a major reversal.

Oversold? Only if you ignore all the bad press about "brushing" and the pending lockup expiration and pretend none of it's happening.

Then yeah.

Otherwise, I don't get how it's oversold.

Buyers and scared, holders are pissed. And the drum roll of bad news just keeps getting louder.

Credibility challenged companies coming out of China are an "AVOID" on my stock screener.

Ouch, another credibility hit? Lower lows on the way. And can't wait till the lockup dilution pollution sets in like Beijing air.

I was wise to avoid this play.

This is already below the first print on IPO day.

Not good.

Great read!

http://www.wsj.com/articles/fake-orders-brush-up-online-sales-in-china-1425386416

No, 8.50 a share! Ask 71011. It's all very clear.

Great article outlining the many reasons why the stock has lost its luster.


http://www.bidnessetc.com/35691-alibaba-group-holding-ltd-under-pressure/

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Under Pressure
Investors are concerned about Alibaba share price, as it faces threats from several avenues

By: MARTIN BLANC
Published: Feb 26, 2015 at 9:56 am EST


After penetrating the US market with a smashing $25 billion IPO, the storm surrounding Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) appears to be dying out. Reaching an all-time high of $120 in mid-November last year, the share price currently stands at a modest $86.19, showcasing a 28% decline. Despite producing impressive financial across the board, Jack Ma seems to have failed to boost up investor sentiment.

Earnings report in the start of November revealed sales growth to have shot up by over 50%, pleasing investor sentiment and boosting share price to the highest high of $120. However, since mid-November the e-commerce giant has failed to reach another high and has consistently seen its share price spiral down. In fact, its price to tangible book value has decelerated with a current level of $15.48. Indeed, the release of the second earnings report saw the share price diving over 10%, as the company produced earnings below expectations. Despite announcing a 40% surge in revenue, the $4.22 billion total lacked investor appeal, as it failed to meet analyst estimates of $4.45 billion.

Internet analyst, Bob Peck, stated: “It’s a company that’s growing it’s top line, in sales or GMV north of 45%, its customers are growing 45%, its EBITDA margins have expanded from 50% to north of 58% now.”

Undeniably, apart from slight glitches, Alibaba has managed to produce impressive financials since its US debut. Therefore, the reason behind its falling share price is in fact much deeper. Accusations by Chinese authorities regarding the sale of counterfeit goods on Alibaba’s online platform, Taobao, have dented the company’s solid image following the IPO. Moreover, a lack of measures undertaken by the company to prevent such sale and other illegal activities has also raised countless red flags from the Chinese government. A report released by the Chinese State Administration of Industry and Commerce surfaced deep-rooted problems at the company that are setting off alarms for its American investors. The report exposed: “Illegal business exists on Alibaba’s Group’s trading platforms and for a long time the company has failed to pay adequate attention and failed to make measures to stop it. This not only is the biggest crisis of integrity faced by the company since it’s founding, but has also hurt other Internet companies that try to operate legally.”

Another crucial factor raising investor concern is regarding the soon-to-be-expired lock-up period in mid-March. The last lock-up period in December saw almost 8 million shares resurface; however, 429 million ordinary shares are expected to surface in the coming month. Alibaba’s share price would then be at the mercy of the bulk of shares being sold off in the public market, much higher than the 320 million IPO count and 17% of the outstanding shares. Moreover, onset of fall this year will see 64% of outstanding shares becoming available to the public.

Interestingly, Alibaba lagged behind greatly in terms of stock performance relative to its peers, with a downgrade of 18%. On the other hand, Amazon, Alibaba’s biggest rival in the US market, has surged 23%. On the home ground, Alibaba faces extreme pressure from Tencent Holdings and Baidu Inc as they battle it out for local market share.


MAJOR PROBLEM HERE....

Another blow to Alibaba’s share price arises from institutional firms, both mutual and hedge funds, dissolving their stake in the company. Three of Wall Street’s biggest names, Leon Cooperman’s Omega Advisors, David Tepper’s Appaloosa Management, and Barry Rosenttein’s Jana Partners have unloaded the BABA stock. Lack of institutional confidence is likely to adversely affect Alibaba’s stock performance.



Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus have downgraded the stock’s rating from a Buy to a Hold rating, and CM Research has downgraded the BABA stock to Sell with a price target of $83.

OMG, 7 billion shares os. Wait, let me guess. All short?

Yeah, got it.

Bwahahaha

And that simple fact means that it will have no effect on the share price?

In what world?

WAIT UNTIL THE 1.6 BILL LOCKUP UP EXPIRATION ON SEPT 20. YES, SAID 1.6 BILLION.

I'M THINKING 38.00 TO 45.00, GIVE OR TAKE. AND YOU KNOW THEY WON'T HOLD.

JohnCM, if you do mind me asking, how many share and how much capital do you have tied up? Do you have any options in play to hedge the underlying? If so, what option strategy have you employed to protect you position?

bob.LOL Crickets. The sound of BABA without fakes.


It's a company that relies on an economy that is based on things made in China, not made by China. That is not in the nature of a Communist country to ever let that happen. Not without a bloody revolution.

Worth a repost...

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=110588483

I don't really scare too easy at all the ambulance chaser lawsuits but the steady drum roll of lawsuit after lawsuit will continue to pressure the stock near term. Also, there is in fact a bigger problem with their business model which relies heavily for its revenue stream , over 50%, on having a large proportion of the sellers on their site that sell sub standard goods that are downright fakes or copy right infringed products. My wife is a buyer for NM and she sees so many sellers whose shoes have been copied to the tee the styles of Gianmarco Lorenzi, average shoe price at retail of no less than 600.00 as well Giuseppe Zanotti, again another shoe that ranges between 500 to 1200.00 at retail. The list goes on of high end Italian shoe makers like Casadei and Jimmy Choo. You can find knock offs for almost all of their current and older styles for sale on Alibaba for less than 60.00. The big fear factor here is that if any one of these Italian show makers or their retail outlets where they sell decides to lawyer up, who know what kind of downward pressure that will have. My wife has already been monitoring the website and communicating with NM legal about the knock offs. She ordered a pair of Gianmarco Lorenzi boots that retail for 1750.00 at NM that look exactly like the ones imported from Italy. She sent several others to Legal along with the seller contact info in China and appear NM legal is very interested.

So I wouldn't touch this until that 'Shoe' falls, so to speak.

My wife helped me with these links


Casadei ebay over 500.00
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Casadei-Blade-Pumps-NIB/121559218544?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D28772%26meid%3De32a985fcee645da92181fd7addb2b1b%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D271761045936&rt=nc


Cheap knock off

http://miliya.en.alibaba.com/product/1806719711-214665069/red_patent_genuine_leather_pointed_toe_stiletto_high_heel_dress_shoes_paypal.html

At the end of the day, I don't see any reason to hurry into BABA until several shoes fall.

So my investment take on this...don't get into a hurry. Near term I don't think this goes below 70. Might not be a bad idea to sell some naked puts around 70 to 65. Probably keep the premium free and clear. But again, not until the lockup effect is full discounted into the price.

Hey Moe!

True, but why not wait until the dust settles before post lockup before you dive in? Nothing wrong with timing your trades appropriately. Might, at the end of the day, be wrong about the downward pressure a lockup expiration could cause but I am always happy when I exercise due caution to plan my trades, which, I might add, I do quite well. Here's my report card for the first trading days of 2015....$103,428.

Total LT Gain/(Loss): $100,035 Total ST Gain/(Loss): $3,393 Total Comm/Fees: $188.64
Positions: # - Lot edited by firm + - Lot edited by customer
Symbol Quantity Opening Transaction Closing Transaction Gain (Loss) Term Action
Date Price Net Amount Order Date Price Net Amount
CTSH Jan 17 '15
$27.50 Call
28 10/01/2012 0.00 0.0 OA 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 0 Short
Edit
CTSH Jan 17 '15
$27.50 Put
20 11/07/2012 4.00 7,982.2 OX 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 7,982 Short
Edit
CTSH
2,800 06/07/2007 21.0299 58,899.2 OA 01/17/2015 39.4426 110,419.22 51,520 Long
Edit
ETG
6.03865 10/31/2014 16.974 102.5 S 02/06/2015 16.5024 99.59 (3) Short
Edit
ETG
5.96135 11/28/2014 17.2543 102.9 S 02/06/2015 16.5024 98.32 (5) Short
Edit
ETG
6 12/31/2014 16.23 97.4 S 02/06/2015 16.5024 98.95 2 Short
Edit
ETG
6 01/30/2015 15.9999 96.0 S 02/06/2015 16.5024 98.95 3 Short
Edit
ETG
1,000 03/25/2013 15.78 15,790.0 S 02/06/2015 16.5024 16,492.27 702 Long
Edit
FFIV Jan 17 '15
$70 Put
10 09/10/2013 6.75 6,732.2 OX 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 6,732 Short
Edit
FFIV Jan 17 '15
$75 Put
5 02/26/2013 11.50 5,736.0 OX 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 5,736 Short
Edit
FFIV Jan 17 '15
$75 Put
5 05/09/2013 13.70 6,836.0 OX 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 6,836 Short
Edit
FFIV Jan 17 '15
$80 Put
10 09/21/2012 16.50 16,482.0 OX 01/17/2015 0.00 0.00 16,482 Short
Edit

HTGC
2,000 01/17/2015 13.3128 26,645.5 S 01/30/2015 15.03 30,049.33 3,404 Short
Edit
HTGC
1,496 03/01/2013 12.65 18,934.4 S 02/06/2015 15.36 22,968.05 4,034 Long
Edit
HTGC
29 11/24/2014 15.6376 453.5 S 02/06/2015 15.365 445.57 (8) Short
Edit
HTGC
4 03/01/2013 12.65 50.6 S 02/06/2015 15.365 61.46 11 Long
Edit

LNKD Big Score last Jan...

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=97310919



The 220 expired .07 cents in the money and were assigned with a net basis of 208.38. Sold 2900 shares the following tuesday in the am for an average selling price of 222.566.

01/21/14 Sold 100 of LNKD @ $222.525 (Order #642) 22,242.12
01/21/14 Sold 23 of LNKD @ $222.79 (Order #641) 5,114.09
01/21/14 Sold 377 of LNKD @ $222.76 (Order #641) 83,979.05
01/21/14 Sold 300 of LNKD @ $223.06 (Order #640) 66,906.84
01/21/14 Sold 400 of LNKD @ $222.805 89,110.45
01/21/14 Sold 500 of LNKD @ $222.888 (Order #638) 111,432.07
01/21/14 Sold 400 of LNKD @ $221.275 (Order #637) 88,498.46
01/21/14 Sold 400 of LNKD @ $223.095 (Order #634) 89,226.45
01/21/14 Sold 200 of LNKD @ $222.20 (Order #633) 44,429.23
01/21/14 Sold 50 of LNKD @ $222.10 (Order #632) 11,094.56
01/21/14 Sold 150 of LNKD @ $222.00 (Order #631) 33,288.68


Net Gain on the trade of 42K and change.

All the more reason to keep BABA on the avoid list...

"429 million shares representing 17 per cent of Alibaba could hit the market next month when a post-listing lockup period expires"

Uhhh, thanks but no thanks.

Not sure why. Everybody should know they own a Cayman Island holding company. Well disclosed.

FYI