I do understand what you are saying, and I do appreciate the commentary.
I am pretty sold on the notion of where AAPL is headed in the long term. Right now I wish I had sold all my PMTI stock last year at its high of $58 in December '06 and traded it all in for AAPL. Over a 5 year period, PMTI went for me from $0.99 to $58.
I am in the Nov calls with a decent position hoping for a nice run in the near term. If "great leaps of upward share price movement" means AT LEAST over $175-$180 over the next two weeks I will be smiling. If a nice split is in the cards and it runs like RIMM did after such an announcement, is that too much to ask for?...:-)