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I was done trading by 11am, but being long was a good place to be today. I cashed the MSFT options near the open. The fact that I waited about 10minutes meant a loss of a couple grand because MSFT quickly dropped from the 36 level. I already mentioned it, but it was a gain …

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Missing out on CYD – China Yuchai – when I had it in my grasp a few days ago. I almost bought it today when it was up only 13% on the day – closed up 18% by the close. News was that they got a new CFO because their old one sucked. So far …

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Being long. I was long the NDX from yesterdays close and I bought the RUT this morning when it was down slightly. RUT ended up closing positive slightly, but the NDX closed up a little less than 1% for the 2x funds. NYX – Just bought this puppy today and it gets added to the …

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I’m itching to make a trade so I bought some XLNX calls. They report tonight. Its a gamble trade, but its based off my semiconductor analysis I posted a few days ago. Got the Nov 27.5 calls which are already up today big @ .60.

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I bought call options in SMH today because I think the SMH might pop next week yielding some short term profit. 1. The charts. Now the weekly SMH chart: If we get back to the $40 highs I’ll be ecstatic, but I’m only looking for a $1 move higher for right now. 2. I noticed …

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