Worked:
JOYG - March 70 calls flipping for 29% this morning.
Sucked:
Everything else.
AAPL - Sold at breakeven. AAPL was doing great this morning even in the bad tape, but everything was sold mid afternoon and AAPL went with it.
NOEC - Down from my buy point a little bit. What I’m looking at with NOEC is the greater [...]

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Worked:
AAPL - Continue to hold it. News out tomorrow on AAPL that they are releasing developer tools that will allow people to build apps for the iPhone. This is a big deal. Lets see if the market interprets it this way as well. Up 1.75%
AMZN - Out at 65.34 for a 3% gain.
AMAT - Continued [...]

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Bought:
DRYS March 75 calls
Sold:
JRJC @ 19.86 for loss of less than 2%
Shorted:
MZZ @ 63
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The three A’s still holding up.
AAPL, AMAT, and AMZN
Like the market, TBSI popped today, just after I sold it. Scenario continues.

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Worked:
3 stocks that begin with the letter A
Bought AMZN @ 63.27 up 3.2% now. Big volume started coming around midday. I jumped in immediately. I had 5%+ in my pocket, but left the trade on and went to lunch when I came back AMZN was around the 4% mark and just hovered. I kept it [...]

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Happy leap year! Excuse the quick wrap up. I’m exhausted today, it must be the extra day in the month.
Worked:
AAPL Calls - I sold near the open for 125% gain overnight. However, there was more gain to be had in the neighborhood of over 200%.
QQQQ Calls - I bought near the end of [...]

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Worked:
Being long the indexes worked again today. The NDX netted 1% while the RUT was flat to down a little bit.
Bought:
AAPL March 125 call options @ 3.10. They were up to 4 bucks at the close for a 29% gain, but I held on and I’m glad I did because AAPL went up to 127 [...]

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Being long. The Rut gained some pennies, while the NDX gained more than 2%. Hanging onto the longs is not looking so dumb (referring to the Feb 6th buy).
AAPL Feb 125’s - In @ 3.4, Out @ 4.9 (early) for a 44% gain. Trade of the day.
DRYS - Up again - this time 7%. Now [...]

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Bought:YGE @ 19.43, ZIXI @ 3.95, CHNR @, SCA @ 2.08,  SOHU @ 47.08 (will be good eod), RIMM Feb 90 Puts @ 1.95
Sold:
AAPL Feb 130s @ 4.9 for a 44% gain on the morning pop - I want to buy these back possibly.
RIMM Feb 190 puts @ 1.9 for a 2% loss.
Overnight holds still [...]

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AAPL - Bought the AAPL calls this morning, but not until around 10am when I woke up. It looks like these Feb 125s opened at 2.6 and I got em for 3.4, so up a little over 7% right now.
My index longs made about 1% essentially between the NDX and RUT finishing mixed. I took [...]

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Being long and NOT getting scared out of the trade. Made back 3% in the RUT, 1.5% in the SPX, and 1.4% in the NDX.
AAPL Feb 120 calls - In @ 4.5, Out @ 5.65. Had as much as 50% at the highs of the day, but got a little scared and with the market [...]

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Bought: EMKR @ 13.96 (smart trade), BNI @ 86.81 (longer term trade unless techs turn on it), AAPL Feb 120 call option @ 4.55, AKAM @ 32.21, CREE @ 30.57, CPSL @ 5.31 (sucked in on volume spikes) bad discipline, DRYS @ 68.13 (smart trade)
Sold: BKUNA @ 6.82 for a loss of 3%, CDS @ [...]

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Well being the long the NDX and SPX didn’t work, but it was a rather good trading for me aside from that. However, the SPX took a 1% loss and the NDX gained a few pennies. In case you missed it, the market popped big after the Fed cut, but sold off after the bond [...]

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Bought: JADE @ 3.26, EMKR @ 11.94, JRJC @ 16.75, LULU @ 30.94, QLD @ 74.36 (rushed trade), Bought more AAPL Feb 135’s @ 4.4 - they are bidding 4.15 now, but based on my avg buy up 4.2% right now on the total call position.
Sold: Some of my DRYS @ 67.2 for a gain [...]

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Being long. The indexes put in a decent day today. I got a little more on my index trades.
AAPL - Selling those Feb 130s for a 12.5% gain.
FRPT - Good trade, it looks like there is more room up. 5.7% gain.
I rebought AAPL calls, but this time the Feb 135s @ 4.05
People have been [...]

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Bought VRUS @ 28.58, XFML @ 5.27, ZIXI @ 3.515
Sold VRUS @ 27.5 for a loss of 3.7%,  AAPL Feb 130’s @ 6.4 for a gain of 12.5%, Sold BSC Feb 90 calls @ 5.6 for a gain of 14% overnight, ZIXI @ 3.53 for 0%, FRPT @ 4.6 for 5.7% gain.
Still have XFML and [...]

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