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MARY4MONEY 806 posts msg #82543 - Ignore MARY4MONEY	11/6/2009 7:30:20 AM look at cvs from yesterday-and amzn from several weeks ago28.87 Last as of 11/5/2009 CVSKW 0.90 -6.20 16,043.00 0.85 0.90 7,868.00 29.00 CVSWW 0.85 +0.80 11,211.00 0.85 0.90 7,470.00 CVSKF 0.50 -6.00 50,037.00 0.45 0.50 27,478.00 30.00 CVSWF 1.50 +1.46 9,656.00 1.40 1.55 9,641.00 CVSKR 0.25 -4.95 8,925.00 0.20 0.30 4,900.00 31.00 CVSWR 2.55 +2.50 86.00 2.20 2.30 1,189.00 CVSKZ 0.10 -3.87 5,739.00 0.05 0.10 6,308.00 32.50 CVSWZ 3.50 +3.30 164.00 3.50 3.70 4,140.00 CVSKQ 0.05 -2.60 802.00 0.05 0.05 1,954.00 34.00 CVSWQ 5.47 +5.05 576.00 5.00 5.10 4,457.00 CVSKG 0.05 -1.75 726.00 0.05 0.05 4,541.00 35.00 CVSWG 6.40 +5.80 196.00 6.00 6.10 8,481.00 CVSKM 0.05 -1.09 712.00 0.05 8,298.00 36.00 CVSWM 7.03 +5.97 30.00 6.90 7.20 4,645. the 31 put went from 0.05 to 2.75 at its high yesterday--i know the smart money does their trading the sessions last hour and the dumb money does the first hour- i know that big volume spikes before earnings seems proportional to the move in most cases-- option activity is helpful too if you can tell whether they areseeling or buying ther calls before earnings-- and i know option slam gives you the last 4 earnings moves free- and what % of the time it moves more than 14% after earnings--cvs gave no indication it would move this much--CVS Historical Earnings Price Movement Statistics Earning Date Previous Days Close Movement Within One Trading Day Days Left to Options Expiration Price Movement until Options Expiration Star Max Movement Final Movement Max Movement Final Movement Aug 04, 2009 $34 +4.41% -0.05% 17 +5.41% +5.05% May 05, 2009 $32.03 +6.83% -0.71% 10 +6.83% -3.84% Feb 19, 2009 $26.99 +9.7% +6.37% 1 +9.7% +3.07% Oct 30, 2008 $26.31 +12.69% +11.44% 22 +23.64% +0.3% but amzn did------AMZN Historical Earnings Price Movement Statistics Earning Date Previous Days Close Movement Within One Trading Day Days Left to Options Expiration Price Movement until Options Expiration Star Max Movement Final Movement Max Movement Final Movement Jul 23, 2009 $93.87 -8.91% -7.86% 29 -14.5% -9.44% Apr 23, 2009 $80.61 +7.53% +4.77% 22 -9.05% -8.69% Jan 29, 2009 $50 +19.48% +17.64% 22 +34.72% +27.72% Oct 22, 2008 $49.99 -13.36% +0.66% 30 -30.62% -24.24% and rimm moves---RIMM Historical Earnings Price Movement Statistics Earning Date Previous Days Close Movement Within One Trading Day Days Left to Options Expiration Price Movement until Options Expiration Star Max Movement Final Movement Max Movement Final Movement Sep 24, 2009 $83.06 -17.56% -17.03% 22 -21.83% -19.44% Jun 18, 2009 $76.55 -5.29% -4.92% 1 -5.29% -4.92% Apr 02, 2009 $49.09 +24.15% +20.77% 15 +41.02% +39.23% Dec 18, 2008 $38.44 +12.4% +11.42% 1 +12.4% +11.42% apol moves--APOL Historical Earnings Price Movement Statistics Earning Date Previous Days Close Movement Within One Trading Day Days Left to Options Expiration Price Movement until Options Expiration Star Max Movement Final Movement Max Movement Final Movement Jun 29, 2009 $65.99 +9.86% +7.77% 18 +9.86% +1.48% Mar 31, 2009 $78.33 -19% -15.15% 17 -23.87% -15.31% Jan 08, 2009 $77.22 +13.45% +10.42% 8 +16% +15.54% Oct 28, 2008 $58.87 +19.89% +10.42% 24 +21.96% +19.05 sanm moves-SANM Historical Earnings Price Movement Statistics Earning Date Previous Days Close Movement Within One Trading Day Days Left to Options Expiration Price Movement until Options Expiration Star Max Movement Final Movement Max Movement Final Movement Jul 22, 2009 $2.7 +24.44% +24.44% 30 +100% +77.77% Apr 22, 2009 $0.55 -16.36% -16.36% 23 -27.27% +1.81% Jan 21, 2009 $0.38 -15.78% -15.78% 30 -26.31% -26.31% Oct 29, 2008 $0.65 -6.15% -1.53% 23 -58.46% -47.69% also you want to note how much a stock moves on an average for each option month--sanm really movesOptions Month Expire Date Earning Date Initial Price Max Price Min Price Final Price Max Final October 2009 Oct 16, 2009 $8.77 $9.15 $7.45 $8.84 -15.05% +0.79% September 2009 Sep 18, 2009 $5.25 $8.83 $4.95 $8.81 +68.19% +67.8% August 2009 Aug 21, 2009 Jul 22, 2009 $2.82 $5.4 $2.7 $4.8 +91.48% +70.21% July 2009 Jul 17, 2009 $0.46 $0.53 $0.36 $0.46 -21.73% -0% June 2009 Jun 19, 2009 $0.6 $0.72 $0.49 $0.5 +20% -16.66% May 2009 May 15, 2009 Apr 22, 2009 $0.49 $0.66 $0.4 $0.56 +34.69% +14.28% April 2009 Apr 17, 2009 $0.31 $0.52 $0.28 $0.5 +67.74% +61.29% March 2009 Mar 20, 2009 $0.27 $0.31 $0.17 $0.28 -37.03% +3.7% Feburary 2009 Feb 20, 2009 Jan 21, 2009 $0.39 $0.4 $0.28 $0.28 -28.2% -28.2% January 2009 Jan 16, 2009 $0.5 $0.53 $0.34 $0.38 -32% -24% December 2008 Dec 19, 2008 $0.48 $0.7 $0.39 $0.46 +45.83% -4.16% November 2008 Nov 21, 2008 Oct 29, 2008 $0.9 $0.92 $0.27 $0.34 -70% -62.22% as dose bac-- Options Month Expire Date Earning Date Initial Price Max Price Min Price Final Price Max Final October 2009 Oct 16, 2009 Oct 16, 2009 $17.25 $19.1 $15.62 $17.26 +10.72% +0.05% September 2009 Sep 18, 2009 $17.34 $18.23 $16.02 $17.63 -7.61% +1.67% August 2009 Aug 21, 2009 $12.24 $17.6 $11.93 $17.46 +43.79% +42.64% July 2009 Jul 17, 2009 Jul 17, 2009 $11.94 $13.62 $11.27 $12.89 +14.07% +7.95% June 2009 Jun 19, 2009 $11.72 $13.92 $10.56 $13.22 +18.77% +12.79% May 2009 May 15, 2009 Apr 20, 2009 $8.02 $15.07 $7 $10.67 +87.9% +33.04% April 2009 Apr 17, 2009 $7.8 $11.58 $6.01 $10.6 +48.46% +35.89% March 2009 Mar 20, 2009 $3.9 $8.57 $3 $6.19 +119.74% +58.71% Feburary 2009 Feb 20, 2009 $5.1 $7.81 $2.52 $3.79 +53.13% -25.68% January 2009 Jan 16, 2009 Jan 16, 2009 $13.53 $14.81 $7 $7.18 -48.26% -46.93% December 2008 Dec 19, 2008 $14.27 $18 $12.48 $13.8 +26.13% -3.29% November 2008 Nov 21, 2008 $24.4 $24.92 $10.01 $11.47 -58.97% -52.99%
karennma 8,057 posts msg #82545 - Ignore karennma	11/6/2009 8:00:03 AM I agree. We can do it if we work together. We've got a good team here. I just think some people are "afraid" of being wrong. No one should be embarrassed if they are wrong. It's part of the learning process ... and it's part of trading. Keep up the good work everyone! :>)
karennma 8,057 posts msg #82546 - Ignore karennma	11/6/2009 8:41:31 AM MARY4MONEY - MARY4MONEY 11/6/2009 7:30:20 AM if you can tell whether they areseeling or buying ther calls before earnings-- ===================================================================== Ahhh!! Therein lies the rub! For example, if you go to www.whatstrading.com ... they might show stock XYZ - "70% calls, 30% puts". HOWEVER... that could be 70% calls, 60% of which were SOLD, which is a SHORT position ... !
Eman93 4,750 posts msg #82548 - Ignore Eman93	11/6/2009 8:46:51 AM You need to look at the on the ask or bid % .....high ask% and buying ......high bid% and selling
karennma 8,057 posts msg #82559 - Ignore karennma	11/6/2009 9:28:16 AM Eman: yeah, i'm looking at it ... very HEAVY selling on AIG.
karennma 8,057 posts msg #82566 - Ignore karennma	11/6/2009 9:55:38 AM M4M - see my posts on "earnings plays". .... unfortunately, we don't have enough FULL-TIME traders on this board who want to do this.
tmanbone 124 posts msg #82614 - Ignore tmanbone modified	11/6/2009 9:40:05 PM M4M, what about buy limit stops above price and sell limit stops below, just before earnings. CVS for example on 11-04-09 the high was 36.66 the low 35.71; for this example I'll use the stock; on 11-04 at the close set a buy limit stop at 36.71, also set a sell limit stop at 35.66; on 11-05 pre market the sell stop would have triggered for a $6 and change move. Could this idea be applied to your option trades?

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