Intercept Pharmaceuticals (ICPT)

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cartman..........

this stock has options......any stock that has options trades funny..........if someone is buying puts because someone is selling the puts cheaply........then the stock will go lower without its shares actually being sold.....

imagine this....

i buy 100 shares of icpt.......and i am Loooooong term on this..........then why shouldnt I WRITE put options <covered writing is 80% profitable> on the stock i own....if someone wants to give me an extra 10% on a stock i think is going up anyway.why shouldnt i take it? if the stock goes down at least i got 10% back for holding it for a 2 month period..........it hedges my losses..........i can also buy a put to protect from losses but if i have a strong buy projection, i am better off selling the put<writing a covered put option for someone else to buy it>.............the market makers must adjust for this.<market makers are also some of the scum of the earth that will manipulate stock prices around fridays to make certain options expire worthless...........

its like a bookie taking bets,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if they can control the outcome of the game.............they would be happy for the game to be a tie with the spread/vig...this way they are guaranteed an entire 10% <110 dollar bet to win 100 dollars>profit on every game per day without taking any serious risk.

I hope this helps