FinancialAdvisor's College Class (FACC)

[FinancialAdvisor]

***Options Sentiment in key stocks...

*Note: C & GE report earnings tomorrow!...

*Current open interest in all CALLS vs. all PUTS:

INTC (technology)
April - 297,093 vs. 222,324
May - 47,887 vs. 27,342
June - 144,777 vs. 95,985
October - 30,498 vs. 28,671
CURRENT TOTAL THROUGH 2005: 520,255 vs. 374,322


NEM (gold)
April - 34,667 vs. 17,732
May - 9,694 vs. 13,653
June - 53,776 vs. 55,336
September - 21,924 vs. 14,610
CURRENT TOTAL THROUGH 2005: 120,061 vs. 101,331


GE (biggest company in the world/conglomerate)
April - 48,230 vs. 53,230
May - 22,452 vs. 11,326
June - 176,049 vs. 133,815
September - 53,878 vs. 18,182
CURRENT TOTAL THROUGH 2005: 300,609 vs. 216,553


XOM (oil)
April - 138,978 vs. 98,937
May - 31,538 vs. 28,299
July - 122,708 vs. 57,218
October - 44,230 vs. 22,648
CURRENT TOTAL THROUGH 2005: 337,454 vs. 207,099


PHM (homebuilders)
April - 19,764 vs. 29,210
May - 9,178 vs. 4,054
July - 8,589 vs. 19,106
October - 9,534 vs. 7,547
CURRENT TOTAL THROUGH 2005: 47,065 vs. 59,917


X (steel)
April - 80,421 vs. 49,220
May - 22,042 vs. 17,652
July - 44,088 vs. 44,836
October - 10,788 vs. 17,664
CURRENT TOTAL THROUGH 2005: 157,339 vs. 129,372


WMT (retail)
April - 81,471 vs. 31,771
May - 27,791 vs. 18,688
June - 92,706 vs. 134,979
September - 19,380 vs. 30,963
CURRENT TOTAL THROUGH 2005: 221,348 vs. 216,401


PFE (drugs)
April - 157,461 vs. 70,479
May - 86,522 vs. 26,106
June - 246,316 vs. 169,194
September - 86,337 vs. 44,891
CURRENT TOTAL THROUGH 2005: 576,636 vs. 310,670


C (banks)
April - 87,785 vs. 66,876
May - 33,249 vs. 108,555
June - 110,639 vs. 158,503
September - 35,536 vs. 63,162
CURRENT TOTAL THROUGH 2005: 267,209 vs. 397,096


*Conclusion, I can't really come to one since I have done limited research on this options topic, but it's something I plan to get a stronghold on by the end of '05. Here's a related post from March 1st where it became blatantly clear which side of the trade was the right side: #msg-5594230