tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52387090416232280702024-03-12T16:55:55.495-07:00MatchPointTrader(Y)Earning Luck In The Stock MarketMatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-82056967548995398392008-11-19T11:50:00.000-08:002008-11-19T11:51:35.460-08:00Bailout of Big Three<p>From <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081119/congress_autos.html">http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081119/congress_autos.html</a></p><br /><p>During the House hearing Wednesday, Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., asked the three auto chiefs seated at the witness table before him to raise their hands if they had come to Washington on commercial airliners. No hands went up. Then he asked if any planned to sell their corporate jets. Again, no hands went up.</p><p>Sherman and Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., told the auto executives they were having a hard time justifying to their constituents bailing out companies whose chiefs fly around in expensive private jets.</p><p>Ackerman said there was "<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">a delicious irony in seeing private jets flying into Washington D.C. and people coming off them with tin cups in their hands.</span>"</p>MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-15629566591134682072008-11-19T10:58:00.000-08:002008-11-19T11:12:37.594-08:00Waiting on the sidelinesWaiting on the sidelines as I had to take some heavy loss for meeting a margin call. Lesson learned and not forgotten. In the meantime, I am just relishing my eyes with some beauties in red(and other colors) than straining them by looking more at that negative graph of market thats been red for I don't know how long. I want to short stocks but I feel things are so oversold - For now, I am just trying to read and learn as much as I can.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SSRkmELXfhI/AAAAAAAAAEM/gpwr3KgfwHk/s1600-h/rachel-nichols-06.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SSRkmELXfhI/AAAAAAAAAEM/gpwr3KgfwHk/s400/rachel-nichols-06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270448069049548306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SSRjvxVrOaI/AAAAAAAAAD8/ekho1Z8SgRo/s1600-h/rachel-nichols-06.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SSRk_0wUzgI/AAAAAAAAAEk/iwZ1Qqz6-zw/s1600-h/scarjoeog33%281%29%289%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SSRk_0wUzgI/AAAAAAAAAEk/iwZ1Qqz6-zw/s400/scarjoeog33%281%29%289%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270448511586192898" border="0" /></a>MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-38369798194303041482008-11-07T08:39:00.000-08:002008-11-07T09:31:48.942-08:00Come on McCain, what were you thinking?There are lots of news about how <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">McCain camp is angry with Palin</span> but seriously, what were they thinking :)? For god's sake she was third in Miss Alaska, obviously people were enamored by her beauty, and she didn't have much political experience. Come on, don't tell me McCain camp didn't see this coming -<br /><br /><ul><li>So they opted instead for a candidate who reportedly once addressed McCain aides <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">wearing nothing but a towel</span> and another on her wet hair, Newsweek reported. (Now that's <span style="font-weight: bold;">HOT</span>)</li><li>Newsweek reported that Palin was told she could buy three suits and hire a stylist, but that she instead started <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">shopping for her family at top clothing stores</span>, and also used the credit cards of low-level staffers to do some of the shopping.(Come on - this is a <span style="font-weight: bold;">once in a lifetime opportunity. </span><span>How can anyone be so naive to miss it?)<br /></span></li><li>including even <i>more</i> designer duds, plus sprayed-on tans and <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">fancy underwear</span>. On top of the $150,000 first outlined in Federal Election Commission filings, Palin spent "<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">tens of thousands of dollars</span>" on additional clothing, makeup and jewelry for herself and her family, including <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">$40,000 in luxury goods for her husband</span>, Todd, our colleague Michael Shear reports. The campaign was charged for <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">silk boxer shorts</span>, spray tanners and 13 suitcases to carry all the designer clothes, according to two GOP insiders. (She\her husband <span style="font-weight: bold;">must be a fan of <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Kramer</span>(seinfeld)</span> - <a href="http://membres.lycos.fr/tnguym/clothes2.html#xunderwear">http://membres.lycos.fr/tnguym/clothes2.html#xunderwear</a> )</li><li>She didn't accept preparation for that interview and the aides say that that was part of the problem. And there were times that<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"> she was hard to control emotionally</span> - there's talk of temper tantrums at bad news clippings," (yeah, <span style="font-weight: bold;">like that's a surprise</span> - come on, that's a universal truth - Ask Bill Clinton if you don't believe me)</li><li>An angry aide, quoted in Newsweek, described the shopping spree as "<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast</span>"(And what did you do, wait for that towel moment again?)</li><li>"Her staff <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">didn't know the name of the French</span> President,"(Yeah, and whats next? Belgium, uruguay? Couldn't you get better staff for her?)</li><li>We're told she <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">didn't understand that Africa was a continent</span> rather than a country just in itself</li><li>Cameron also said <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">she was unaware who the members of</span> the North American Free Trade Agreement (<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">NAFTA</span>) were, or that the United States - along with Canada and Mexico - was one of them.(Big deal - many westerners dont k</li><li>now India is part of Asia - Ask around)</li><li>Ms Palin taking a prank call from a Canadian radio comedian claiming to be President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, during which she remarked <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">she could be America's leader "maybe in eight years"</span>. - Now that's <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">PRICELESS</span>.</li></ul> opportunity)<br />---<br />Sources -<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110603895.html?sub=AR">More Dirt on Sarah Palin's Fancy Duds</a><br /><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/4753422a12.html">Insiders spill the beans on Sarah Palin<br /></a>MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-87849393396169598752008-11-06T10:25:00.000-08:002008-11-06T22:47:46.390-08:00BHI - Bought callI know this is might not be the time to go long but I have hard time finding the stocks that are good short opportunities in already beat up market.(Too bad I didn't have time in the morning.) Yes, I know the fundamentals don't matter in this market but still...<br />I just bought bhi Nov 35 call for 1.25 (bhikg) - Hey, it was 50% sale on yesterday's price.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">UPDATE - Sold bhi Nov 35 call for 1.8</span>MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-64039361709374378652008-11-06T09:10:00.000-08:002008-11-06T09:13:32.419-08:00SWNSold<font id="security-name-name"> DEC 2008 30.0000 PUT for 3.5. No short positions currently. CHRW seems attractive though. I do look like an idiot for buying back sol again at 7.9. What was I thinking? One successful trade way too many...<br /></font>MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-3547808423519927262008-11-05T12:08:00.000-08:002008-11-05T12:10:00.706-08:00BHISold bhi Nov 35 call for 2.55 for some quick profitMatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-83209180413183408102008-11-05T10:57:00.000-08:002008-11-05T10:58:28.285-08:00CHRWCovered rest of my chrw position at 52.95. Yes, it might still go down but I am just cutting my losses.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-47459860165565820442008-11-05T10:23:00.000-08:002008-11-05T10:24:23.422-08:00BHIBought bhi Nov 35 call for 1.95MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-45233464730993843842008-11-05T09:58:00.001-08:002008-11-05T10:02:27.462-08:00odfl, unpCovered some of my odfl shares at 54.1 and took some loss.<br />Bought and sold UNP put to get some profit and recover that loss.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-62257720039563047532008-11-05T08:48:00.000-08:002008-11-05T08:49:11.988-08:00Bought - SOL110 shares at 7.91. Yes, there is profit taking going on but I am going to hold it to the hilt if needed.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-21000146617836284872008-11-04T12:24:00.000-08:002008-11-04T12:26:15.321-08:00Short - SWNBought SWN <span id="security-name-name"> DEC 2008 30.0000 PUT for 2.25<br /></span>MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-14541135145073873382008-11-04T11:17:00.000-08:002008-11-04T11:18:53.802-08:00The one that got away - SWN ShortTried to short SWN at 36.9 but my order didn't go through. The stock is melting because of lack of volume. I am not going to chase it.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-36595679073885952712008-11-04T08:49:00.000-08:002008-11-04T08:51:17.658-08:00Sold some feedFeed - sold half of my feed shares that I had bought on Oct 23 for a really measly profit. I am getting myself screwed up in chrw short play - I guess i need to cover them soon.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-48087756516111527872008-11-04T06:42:00.000-08:002008-11-04T06:45:50.288-08:00Sold - SOLSold sol shares for quick profit.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-19774526081593757802008-11-03T11:22:00.001-08:002008-11-03T11:23:32.406-08:00New short - CHRWShorted 50 shares of chrw at 52.93MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-61865887372997225492008-11-03T08:28:00.000-08:002008-11-03T08:31:12.066-08:00Todays tradesI sold asfi stocks that I bought on Friday.<br />Sold sol stocks and then bought back again when it dipped.<br />Bought odfl shares after gap down to cover the ones I shorted.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-69782394583407025602008-10-31T13:01:00.000-07:002008-10-31T13:03:16.353-07:00SOL, NYXSold 100 shares that I had picked up at 5 for the price of 5.51. Then picked up another 100 shares at 6.16. The commission is killing me but at least I made two moves in last two days to get a bit of cash back. And how about that nyx going north after I sold some of my the other day at 25.31! Oh well.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-40003305516863531842008-10-31T12:57:00.000-07:002008-10-31T13:00:12.948-07:00ODFL - ShortShorted 50 shares of odfl at 29.82. I will see if I get any gain or I will just cover and take the losses at 30.5. I am really not good at shorting - so I am trying this out.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-21622017501555148362008-10-31T12:55:00.000-07:002008-10-31T12:57:34.525-07:00Unusal activity - ASFIUp 50% with twich as much volume. I picked up 100 shares at 2.37 sold them at 2.75. Then picked up another 100 at 2.81 and holding them now. I know I dont have much profit in these moves by trying only 100 shares but I am starting slowly to get back into the groove.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-67972642968618640102008-10-28T13:27:00.000-07:002008-10-28T13:31:29.010-07:00Nyx Sol, FeedSold 80 shares of nyx today and took some hefty losses. I needed to raise some money. I wanted to sell my feed shares that I bought the other day but in spite of huge rally, feed was down. Such a loser. I thought of buying mos\nov but decided that I will trade with small money. I bought sol early at 4.95 and even it didn't go up. Market is up 889 points and I did not have any winning trade being long. Time to get away from computer for a while.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-23738213197309337802008-10-24T10:05:00.000-07:002008-10-24T10:19:07.907-07:00Friday Meltdown<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SQIA3lPvaCI/AAAAAAAAADs/glzRdAHq5c4/s1600-h/polar-meltdown-gal-wildlife.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SQIA3lPvaCI/AAAAAAAAADs/glzRdAHq5c4/s320/polar-meltdown-gal-wildlife.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260768269613099042" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I heard a lot of things on other blogs from "a bottom forming" to "Dow crashing below 6500". I was convinced that dow will fall at least by 500 points by reading so many sensational news early in the morning - oh well! One thing is certain - there is fear and panic and a lot of confusion<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SQIBFeaDwdI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Hl04i_WuMhs/s1600-h/confusion.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SQIBFeaDwdI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Hl04i_WuMhs/s320/confusion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260768508295496146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Again I am going to quote some of my favorite quotes:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">From </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365686/">Revolver</a><br />"Don't try to make sense out of it, not now, because it doesn't make sense. " Jake Green.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">From </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731">The Happening</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elliot Moore</span>: Come on, buddy. Take an interest in science. What could be the reason bees have vanished?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jake</span>: [after a long pause] An act of nature, and we'll never fully understand it.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elliot Moore</span>: Nice answer, Jake. He's right. Science will come up with some reason to put in the books, but in the end it'll be just a theory. I mean, we will fail to acknowledge that there are forces at work beyond our understanding. To be a scientist, you must have a respectful awe for the laws of nature.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Is stock market one of the complex natural phenomena created by humans?</span>MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-33225340132811162402008-10-24T09:19:00.000-07:002008-10-24T10:02:26.960-07:00Poll resultsSo the poll is over and here is the result<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What sucks more?</span><br /><table style="border: 0px none ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="answerText"><div title="Breaking up with a girlfriend after an year of relationship">Breaking up with a girlfriend after an year of relationship</div></td> <td style="margin-top: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><div style="position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="resultText" title="Breaking up with a girlfriend after an year of relationship"> 7 (38%)</div> <div class="resultBar" title="Breaking up with a girlfriend after an year of relationship" style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: -1; width: 38%;"> </div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="answerText"><div title="Loosing more than one year's earnings when dow hits 8000">Loosing more than one year's earnings when dow hits 8000</div></td> <td style="margin-top: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><div style="position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="resultText" title="Loosing more than one year's earnings when dow hits 8000"> 11 (61%)</div> <div class="resultBar" title="Loosing more than one year's earnings when dow hits 8000" style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: -1; width: 61%;"> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Votes so far: 18 </span><br />So for 61% of the people, money-loss sucks more than break-up. Reminds me this quote of <cite>Jake Green </cite>from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365686/">Revolver :<br /></a><p><cite></cite>I know nothing hurts more than humiliation and a little money loss.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SQH-zxNd6BI/AAAAAAAAADU/KxCXWew9B1w/s1600-h/2008-013--stock-market-tidal-fluctuations.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SQH-zxNd6BI/AAAAAAAAADU/KxCXWew9B1w/s320/2008-013--stock-market-tidal-fluctuations.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260766005082056722" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Whereas for rest of the 38% of us(including me), it sucks more to miss out on those summer days!</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SQH_Pn3p96I/AAAAAAAAADc/lLpseqMQTTk/s1600-h/breakup1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zcf1On2yb3Y/SQH_Pn3p96I/AAAAAAAAADc/lLpseqMQTTk/s320/breakup1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260766483610990498" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> <blockquote> </blockquote>MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-5375564988420990422008-10-23T06:18:00.000-07:002008-10-23T13:41:37.183-07:00Recession - What Recession? - Updated<span style="font-weight: bold;">Wall Street banks in $70bn staff payout</span><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/17/executivesalaries-banking">http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/17/executivesalaries-banking</a><br /><br />How can "bankers still get millions of dollars in spite of mess they have created" is beyond my comprehension?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />From above article -<br /><ul><li>Financial workers at Wall Street's top banks are to receive pay deals worth <span style="font-weight: bold;">more than $70bn</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (£40bn),</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">substantial proportion </span>expected to be paid in<span style="font-weight: bold;"> discretionary bonuses</span>,</li><li>Whereas Germany's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Deutsche Bank </span>said many of its leading <span style="font-weight: bold;">traders would join Josef Ackermann, its chief executive</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">in waiving millions </span>of euros in annual payouts.</li><li>At one point <span style="font-weight: bold;">last week the Morgan Stanley $10.7bn pay pot</span> for the year to date was <span style="font-weight: bold;">greater than</span> the entire <span style="font-weight: bold;">stock market value</span> of the business.</li><li>In the first nine months of the year <span style="font-weight: bold;">Citigroup</span>, which employs thousands of staff in the UK, accrued <span style="font-weight: bold;">$25.9bn</span> for <span style="font-weight: bold;">salaries and bonuses</span>, an <span style="font-weight: bold;">increase </span>on the previous year of <span style="font-weight: bold;">4%</span>.</li><li>At Goldman Sachs the figure was $11.4bn, Morgan Stanley $10.73bn, JP Morgan $6.53bn and Merrill Lynch $11.7bn.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Days before it collapsed</span> into bankruptcy protection a month ago <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lehman </span>Brothers revealed <span style="font-weight: bold;">$6.12bn</span> of staff pay plans </li></ul> In other news,<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bank CEO slams salaries</span>:<br /><a href="http://www.montereyherald.com/business/ci_10792837?nclick_check=1">http://www.montereyherald.com/business/ci_10792837?nclick_check=1</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-53267663866854001712008-10-23T05:48:00.000-07:002008-10-23T06:14:31.359-07:00Feed,wfmi, vloSold few shares of wfmi yesterday and took some hefty loss.<br />I decided to start trading slowly. I thought of buying 100 shares of feed. I placed an order. Then cancelled the order as I wanted to buy 110 shares. Then, bought 110 shares and checked my account. I saw 210 shares of feed in my account as somehow fidelity didn't cancel my earlier order although it gave me the confirmation. I just called it a day as I still need to get balance back. I should have checked my account after cancellation - I am still not as cautious as I should be! Cost basis for feed shares is 4.86.<br /><br />Update - I also bought vlo 2010 Jan 30 call. I tried to buy solar call without any luck as bid price never quite matched my ask price. I decided not to catch the price and wait.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5238709041623228070.post-71058304822130969912008-10-20T05:53:00.001-07:002008-10-20T05:54:42.778-07:00No trading from Wed-FriJust watched from sidelines and didn't trade in last week from Wed-Fri. Hopefully I will start trading again from today.MatchPointTraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552957534286603671noreply@blogger.com0