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I am going to open a new contingent order:
Allegheny Technologies
Long Puts
Contingency:
If the stock’s last price is greater or equal than 54.20 then:
BTO 1 ATI Apr21 2012 55 Put
Price: at market (expected price per contract would be .2)
Max risk: 0
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When looking at GLD recently, we can see that it broke below its 200 day MA as well as it broke thru its long term trend. It seems GLD is poised to go lower. Today the market showed a bit weak trading (compared to yesterday’s big move), so I believe, GLD can get lower during Read the rest of this entry »

U.S. Natural Gas ETF (UNG)
Long call
BTO 1 UNG Apr21 2012 7 Call
Price: limit debit $description.25
Max risk:
Max gain: Unlimited
Update:
01/07/2012 – canceled, it didn’t meet the entry price
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This trade shall open on Monday next week:
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (DO)
Iron Condor
BTO 1 DO Jan21 2012 66.25 Call
STO 1 DO Jan21 2012 61.25 Call
STO 1 DO Jan21 2012 52.00 Put
BTO 1 DO Jan21 2012 47.00 Put
Price: limit credit .61
Max risk:
Max gain: 1 if price is between Read the rest of this entry »

Freeport McMoRan (FCX)
Bear Call spread
BTO 1 FCX Feb18 2012 42.00 Call
STO 1 FCX Feb18 2012 39.00 Call
Price: limit credit .20
Max risk: 0
Max gain: 0 if price stays below at expiration
Update:
01/10/2012 – filled @ .2 (0 credit)
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When Pharaoh Hosni Mubarak was overthrown from his kingdom after 30-years of iron-fist rule, his fortune was estimated at somewhere between US billion and US billion. In terms of earnings (corruption) per year, that was more than US billion to US billion, perhaps the most Read the rest of this entry »

So what is Story Stocks? Another financial blog? A stock blog? A blog with something interesting to say about financial markets, global politics, news, and other blogs? Yes. Story Stocks is another trading and investing blog. As if we do … Continue reading → Read the rest of this entry »

Late rally today pushed DOW index back above 12,000 points on Euro optimism. In my opinion this optimism doesn’t take into account Italy’s problems with ECB and bonds rate rocketing up. As per the news, the rally started at 2 pm EST on news that Greece will receive the Read the rest of this entry »

Here is another trade I am going to take tomorrow. It is a butterfly on Disney (DIS) and the ideal landing spot to profit will be at or around per share, so expecting Disney to drop in price.

I entered the trade today night and it should open (if it meets my entry price) tomorrow Read the rest of this entry »

Here we go. What economists were saying all the time and the markets were successfully ignoring has happened this morning. As I wrote in my previous posts, the Italian bonds raised at 7.4% rate which is not sustainable for Italian economy to pay (Italy’s budget can afford paying Read the rest of this entry »