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PICKING BOTTOMS, IGNORING TOPS! ~ $HK $EBAY

2014-02-18T21:44:00.000-08:00


the bottom is in!

... as promised.

... time to change the channel!

LONGS: $HK, $EBAY, $FSLR, $HAS, $DIS, $AIG, $MA, $TWTR, $FB

SHORT: via $QQQ puts (hedge)

Avoid Bear Markets with ... EarningsRoulette.com!

2014-01-29T18:10:00.002-08:00

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the morning twit ...


revenue increase of 63% to $2.59 billion

After Hours: 60.00 +6.47 (12.09%)

Earnings Roulette ~ $FFiV ~ F5 Networks, Inc.

2014-01-22T22:25:00.000-08:00

After Hours: 108.70 +11.22 (11.51%)

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BOTD's Top 5 Stocks

2013-10-06T10:23:00.000-07:00

the TWIT of CHI-NER!

... with the $TWTR (twitter) IPO on the horizon and talks of a 20 billion valuation, the twitter of CHINA should go higher in anticipation, ... long the NOV 95 calls.

HUNGRY HIPPOS!?

... Yelp is in the sweet spot of MOBILE and LOCAL with a "what's for lunch?" play on food. ... long the NOV 80 calls.

PRINTING PROPHETS!

... i'm not sold on the whole 3D personal home printer idea, but i think the business use opportunities are HUGE. ... long NOV 60s.

CASH MACHINE.

... the BOTD retail play of choice with a loyal (mobile) customer base that grows stronger by the day, Starbucks is unstoppable. ... long NOV 80s.

SULTAN of SOFTWARE.
(king of cloud)

... it's appropriate that Salesforce.com would have the best "salesman" as CEO ... long NOV 55 calls.

No hardware. No software. No boundaries.

full disc: Long ALL FIVE (via calls)

100% on the $100 roll! ~ $Z & $HUM

2013-09-13T16:56:00.002-07:00

... $Z third time's a charm!

TRADE: Long $Z October $100 calls

... current price: $4.50-1.05 (-18.92%)

TARGET = $9.00 (+100%)

The 3 Zillow Themes: Local, Mobile, & Real Estate

The phrase "Third time's the charm" refers to the superstition that after two failures in any endeavor, a third attempt is more likely to succeed. This is also sometimes seen in reverse, as in "third man [to do something, presumably forbidden] gets caught" ... and don't forget the classic, "there is NO such thing as a triple top!!!"

$HUM ... affordable HEALTH CARE!

TRADE: Long $HUM October $100 calls

... current price: $1.85+ 0.15 (+8.82%)

TARGET = $3.70 (+100%)

The Obama Care play of choice ... HUMANA! ... all-time high, weekly breakout, and headed toward that magnet at one hundred. The sector is STRONG! Health Care stocks: CHARTS (click here)

full dipclosure: long both, looking for 100% on the $100 roll.

WHO WANTS THE GOLD? ~ $GDX

2013-09-12T08:59:00.000-07:00

Long the MAJOR MINERS!
$GDX

25.87

-0.94 (-3.51%)

p.s. .... $P 24.05+2.67 (12.49%)

The ALL-TIME HIGH Club ~ $SBUX & $P

2013-09-12T08:21:00.001-07:00

... pandora up 150%+, overnight.

ANTICIPATE YOUR OPTIONS! ~ $SBUX & $P

2013-09-11T23:42:00.000-07:00

Long $SBUX calls ...

hashtag winning.

Pandora ... headed to all-time highs.

how do you make money in stocks? buy options.

... the music and coffee trade.

... follow the money.

Bullish Appreciation Day ~ $FB $GE $NFLX $SBUX *$VIX

2013-08-01T16:31:00.001-07:00

... markets hitting new all time highs, $VIX headed to zero, and cocaine is cheap ... the world is yours!

SPECULATION @ WORK ~ General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)

2013-07-31T20:13:00.000-07:00

the General.


LONG the Sept 25 CALLS!

... with our recent win in $FB (+3000%), it's time for more speculation! The General is forming a nice bull flag with a new high target. Note today's volume in the Sept 25 calls (long) ... BOTD!

The DIPfolio

What does BOTD mean?

2013-07-18T22:15:00.000-07:00

... with the new plates, i get asked a lot now. BOTD??? Bo (Jackson) Touch Down?, Born on the Dock?, Bloated Organic Tempura Dumplings?, Bugged Out Tit Doctor?, Beemer of the Douche? ... Let's ask Free Dictionary:

BOTD? ... it's a stock thing.

ALL-TIME HIGHS.

... In 2007, when i started www.BuyOnTheDip.com, i had the foresight to pick an appropriate moniker, too bad my timing hasn't always been sublime.

does BOTD work? ... new all-time highs = YES.

///M3

The CHASE BOOK Trade ~ $FB

2013-07-17T22:33:00.000-07:00

     The FaceBook is up 8 days in a row and breaking out from a recent base ... over bought and extended. So, why buy now? ... Earnings ~~Monday~~ Wednesday. This trade either works or it doesn't. Trading is about having an opinion and risking capital on that opinion.   ... social, mobile, search, ads, instagram, etc ... buy FaceBook before Earnings!

LONG the AUGUST $29 CALLS @ .40 ... 40 contacts ($1600) *

*looking to add on pullback(s)



        ... who took the money? #EarningsRoulette

Step by Step $SPY

2012-06-06T07:11:00.001-07:00

Step 1) Monday = Hammer
Step 2) Tuesday = Confirmation
Step 3) Today = Follow Through

from $127/$128 to 130.77+1.74 (1.35%) ... from out of the money to near-the-money, to in-the-money. *raise stop above cost

watch resistance: @ 200ema

Hammer of the Frogs! $SPY

2012-06-04T12:08:00.001-07:00

... today's candle just turned into sexy mallet of love, time to pounce on the bounce. feeling froggish? ... LEAP.

Long-term Equity AnticiPation

LONG: $SPY 130 Jan 2013 $CALL

the 200 day simple $SPY support

2012-06-04T08:30:00.001-07:00

... Sell in May? too soon in June? ... we hit the 200sma today, look for a support bounce tomorrow/wednesday.

I haven't bought anything in weeks, anxiously awaiting todays 200 kiss. Get your BOUNCE buy list ready.

disc: long $SINA $POT $ZNGA $HK (all common, all underwater)

the FARMER and the $DELL ~ Earnings Play

2012-05-10T10:12:00.000-07:00


BOTTOM of the BOLLINGER BANDS

EARNINGS ROULETTE: JUNE 16 CALLS @ .47 cents!

EPS guess? ... May 22nd (AH)

the FARMER: Long $POT

below the old BHP bid price, buy under $42

PLUS (+) marks the SPOT ~ $SPY $CALL

2012-05-09T08:06:00.001-07:00

... went long May 135 $CALL on the morning dip. 6 days of selling, time for a bounce. Today's candle (+) looks promising, dough-g!

who's afraid of the big bad $VXX ?!

2012-05-04T10:05:00.001-07:00

... has room to the upside, watch EMA resistance. sold my 17 $CALL position today (50%+ profit)

... looking to buy May 18s on any bullish pop for an over weekend hedge.

"Faith In Floyd." (the second coming) ~ Halcon Resources $HK

2012-04-28T13:17:00.000-07:00

more oil, more coil.

full disclosure: LONG $HK

BIG DATA MATTERS! ~ Mattersight Corp $MATR

2012-04-14T13:17:00.000-07:00

STOCK #1 = $MATR

ANALYZE THIS.

Large and Untapped Market: We estimate the market potential for our analytics in the United States at $5+ billion per year. The market is very new, and we believe it is less than 5% penetrated.
Enterprise Analytics Footprint: Mattersight's technology applies millions of proprietary algorithms to previously unstructured and unanalyzed customer and employee interactions. Our analytics are used in service, sales and collections calls centers. We have also deployed analytics applications for fraud, customer retention, and the back office.
Analytics as a Service in the Cloud: Our analytics are delivered in the cloud, and virtually all of the company’s revenues are recurring.
Significant Returns for Our Customers: Mattersight's unique analytics and delivery model generates 2x to 10x returns for our customers.
Impressive Customer List: The company has built an impressive customer list, including three of the top five HMOs, three of the top four Property & Casualty companies, one of the three largest retail banks, and one of the two largest Prescription Benefit Management companies.
Long-lasting Customer Relationships: The company’s average revenue per customer is in excess of $1 million per year. A typical contract is between $3 million and $20 million and runs for an initial duration of three to five years, with a number of the company’s earliest customers having signed extensions of an additional three to five years.
Significant Revenue Visibility: The company has a large contract backlog, and its revenue retention rate is 95%. *source: www.Mattersight.com

Behavioral Backlog

VALUE ADD: SAVE TIME & MONEY

--  Predicting future customer and employee outcomes and behaviors
--  Routing calls based on predictive algorithms to the best available
    agent to handle each specific caller
--  Identifying the best opportunity for improvement for each specific
    agent, supervisor and manager

"We are extremely proud of our groundbreaking work in understanding the connection between language patterns and human behavior. The large investment we have made in this area creates significant value for our customers and very valuable competitive advantage for our company,"
~ Kelly Conway, President and CEO.

STOCK #2 = $VRNG

MOBILE MATTERS: ... show me your Vringo! $VRNG

MOBILE PURE PLAY
22 PATENTS FILED (2 approved)
MARK "shark tank" CUBAN = 7.4% stake!

FaceBook visual ringtones ... Facetones! (of course)

Andrew Perlman talks Vringo

video platform video management video solutions video player

Jon Medved on TECH M&A

EXTREME BULLISHNESS! ~ Skullcandy Inc NASDAQ: $SKUL

2012-03-25T10:55:00.000-07:00


** HUGE SHORT INTEREST!!!

BIG NAMES, BIG GAINS.

SOCIAL CHAMPS!

BUY: $SKUL $15.56 +0.49 (3.25%)

... 44% sales growth YoY !!

p.s. the X-treme Team: $MNST & $UA

Apple ♥ Neckflits! $AAPL & $NFLX

2012-03-08T22:21:00.000-08:00

MLB, NBA, NHL ... and NETFLIX!

CUP and "forming" HANDLE

1) APPLE FRIENDLY *free marketing!
2) 20% SHORT INTEREST *squeeeze worthy
3) GLOBAL EXPANSION *europe, india, asia

“The iPad’s a big plus for Netflix for two reasons. One is, it’s just a much higher-resolution screen, so it’s just a much better viewing experience for all of Netflix’s customers. But secondly, Netflix has a much higher profile positioning, it’s much easier for Netflix to capture new customers through iTunes and so forth.” ~ Tilson

LONG MARCH 17th 110 CALLS

... if this works, look to "roll out" to the APRIL 115s

... everywhere.

RISK = COMPETITION

p.s. when my 4 year old says Netflix it sounds like, ... neck-flits.

... "daddy, can i have the eye phone to watch neckflits?"

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!!?!? ... Pandora $P

2012-02-23T23:28:00.000-08:00

... your station.

PLAY #1: BUY $P 13.02 +0.69‎ (5.60%‎)

JOHN DOE has the UPPER HAND!

play #2: BUY $AKAM: 36.52 -0.09‎ (-0.25%‎)

BUY on the DRIP!

AKAMAI is the streaming video FaceBook play of choice
... BUY ON THE DRIP! (gap fill bounce)

The AUSTERITY of PARLIAMENT ~ G-FUNK!

2012-02-12T19:53:00.000-08:00

SMOKED GRECIAN LATTE

AUSTERITY VOTE: 199 to 74

... waiting for a pullback.