I think you should check back a few days or weeks and see some of the scorn heaped on me by S2 for suggesting AAPL was going to run higher (when it was at $160!) and wasn't a good short even back then. I wasn't rude or obnoxious, but I was loud about my objections to anyone considering an AAPL short because I knew it would be ruinous to them and didn't want people who had obviously lost a lot of money on MRVL (which I also trade a fair bit) losing money on an AAPL short.
I'm sorry if that ruffled feathers, but S2 was so adamant about it, and so scornful of my views, that I initially said I wouldn't bother posting any more and went back to just lurking as I'd done for awhile. It was only when S2 began - yet again - saying what a fantastic short AAPL was going into earnings yesterday that I felt compelled to speak up, because I knew the results were going to be a blow-out and didn't want to see people lose their arses shorting one of the most powerful earnings reports of this season.
I didn't come here to stir up dissent, but neither can I keep quiet when I see advice being given which I know for a fact could lose people a small fortune. S2 may be a great trader, but even the good guys get it horribly wrong sometimes (me on SNDK, October 2006 - ouch!) and this was one of those times.
Thanks for your kinds words re: the board though. I hope you'll feel welcome there anytime. Its a good community and there are many people on it who have made fortunes large and small trading AAPL and sharing a gold mine of information, DD and number crunching.
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