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Occupation/Title: Formerly System Engineer for a Semiconductor Capital Equipment Company. Consulting in that discipline and trading to make ends meet.
Age: Middle aged, but feel like I'm getting younger all the time. (50ish... heavily on the ish)
Location: California now, Vermont originally.
College: Hard knocks
Favorite Stocks: For trading: CSCO NVLS AMAT KLIC KLAC CYMI LRCX INTC TMTA BRCM (No particular order)
Investment Style: Fundamental Analysis to identify stocks, Technical Analysis for timing. Some day trading. Mostly position trading with 3 day to 6 week holds. A little option writing on the side. Have decided diagonal spreads are the only way to go with options.
Investment Experience: Mutual Funds 83 to 90, 'Buy and Hold' stocks 90 to 93, Position Trading 93 to Present.
Interests and Hobbies: Flying, Camping, Computers, Investing, Listening to good music, ...
Quote: 'It ain't so much the things you don't know that get you in trouble. It's the things you know that just ain't so.' Artemus Ward. 'I'd rather see folks doubt what's true than accept what isn't.' Frank Clark.
Additional Info: 'The best way to manage anything is by making use of its own nature.' Lao Tzu. 'To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult of all.' Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.
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Another short comment. While selling a longer term option and buying a shorteCalls and Puts for Income  09/28/2009 01:34:38 PM
In my example I said: "The Synthetic Long could be sold for a profit of $2.05Calls and Puts for Income  09/28/2009 02:51:30 AM
In general, I look for underlying stocks that: Are short term weak, have sigCalls and Puts for Income  09/28/2009 02:43:46 AM
Because the Put deteriorated in value and the Call you intend to short has appreCalls and Puts for Income  09/28/2009 02:39:14 AM
Bridge, No, I meant selling a short Put. Buying a Call and selling a Put hCalls and Puts for Income  09/25/2009 02:15:14 PM
Bridge, As you know from the entries I often make on the Diagonal Spreads thaCalls and Puts for Income  09/24/2009 05:48:12 PM
Sorry for the late update. I had a good till cancelled order starting 9/14/09 toCalls and Puts for Income  09/21/2009 04:45:27 PM
I hope people are still interested in the series of Diagonal Spread examples I’mCalls and Puts for Income  07/17/2009 05:39:09 PM
Woody, <b>"The reason that today's electric grids are AC is because DC lost tApplied Materials No-Politics Thread (AM 06/22/2009 02:52:04 PM
The GM position is closed, with all options ending worthless. I left about 0.12 Calls and Puts for Income  06/19/2009 01:17:22 PM
From the article: <b>"The Desertec plan requires a new grid of high-voltage tApplied Materials No-Politics Thread (AM 06/17/2009 07:08:43 PM
Jerome, I left about 0.12 on the table the GM plays by not closing it out inCalls and Puts for Income  06/03/2009 02:45:35 PM
Jerome, I left about 0.12 on the table the GM plays by not closing it out inCalls and Puts for Income  06/03/2009 02:45:34 PM
INTC and DOW short options were in the money and eCalls and Puts for Income  05/18/2009 02:33:32 PM
I tend to stick with the old football adage 4 yards and a cloud of dust. SpreCalls and Puts for Income  05/02/2009 05:43:50 PM
Sam, Definite props for the decision to remain uncovered on DOW. Good playCalls and Puts for Income  05/02/2009 09:06:18 AM
If you look at the GM example, originally reported in near real time, you can seCalls and Puts for Income  04/30/2009 11:01:10 PM
What goes around, comes around... The wonder of ouCOMPUTER LEARNING 04/27/2009 01:31:37 PM
On the "old" PC: Select "Files", "Import and Export..." to start Wizard. SelCOMPUTER LEARNING204/27/2009 10:49:26 AM
I'm still using Outlook 2003, but it might still work in the 2007 version. OnCOMPUTER LEARNING 04/26/2009 08:35:53 PM
I’m in all diagonals again for these exposed positions: 1. Sold the Jun 09 GMCalls and Puts for Income  04/21/2009 02:10:37 PM
In some science fields, making it 100% reproducible is called "Productization", Alternative energy104/20/2009 02:02:20 PM
I guess I blew it by not selling a new rental cropCalls and Puts for Income 204/20/2009 10:56:07 AM
The house can technically be beaten in the game of Blackjack because the player Calls and Puts for Income 104/19/2009 01:41:35 PM
Sorry not more real time... just got back and don't have time for a full update.Calls and Puts for Income  04/18/2009 02:56:29 PM
There is no "in the disk area where the pictures aCOMPUTER LEARNING104/16/2009 03:25:45 PM
An update since I took some actions: I got all of the DOW Puts bought back inCalls and Puts for Income 204/16/2009 01:33:23 PM
Just insurance. I normally do not hold the short puts this long. My standard Calls and Puts for Income  04/15/2009 02:24:28 PM
DOW -- I'm trolling to buy back the Apr 09 DOW 10 short Puts with a bid of 0.05 Calls and Puts for Income  04/15/2009 01:35:38 PM
It is actually a little more complicated decision than that... The first scenCalls and Puts for Income 104/14/2009 09:13:40 AM
Barron, You can also roll the call out when September comes around. At neaCalls and Puts for Income  04/13/2009 07:30:37 PM
Sam, I definitely did not expect the short term pop DOW has taken, but am impCalls and Puts for Income 104/06/2009 10:13:51 AM
Since I'm in the "rental" business, I will probably (With options, no plan is evCalls and Puts for Income  03/26/2009 12:30:13 PM
Sam, When I entered this position, the IV's were as follows: (Note: I accidenCalls and Puts for Income  03/25/2009 01:57:34 PM
~ Diagonal Spread saga (with added cash flows). GM moving upward slightly sinCalls and Puts for Income  03/23/2009 12:21:22 PM
Another update to the Diagonal Spread saga. GM is drifting sideways since lasCalls and Puts for Income  03/17/2009 03:59:50 PM
The effect that is being discussed is one of the controls used by government to Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) 03/16/2009 04:00:38 PM
Checked last night: System Idle Process running at 97 to 98%. Clicking aroCOMPUTER LEARNING 03/12/2009 02:20:51 PM
Anything that has to do with the Mouse or KeyboardCOMPUTER LEARNING 03/11/2009 05:36:54 PM
I have a new problem. It started over the weekeCOMPUTER LEARNING 03/11/2009 04:48:40 PM
Technical question: Does anyone have a reference site that gives the solar raAlternative energy 02/23/2009 08:20:00 PM
Gottfried, As always, it seems, too much is taken at face value by the punditCalls and Puts for Income 202/20/2009 10:30:21 AM
Have a few minutes free and thought I’d update on a few positions I disclosed puCalls and Puts for Income 202/18/2009 02:41:31 PM
Sold the Puts for $1.65... Position is in, net Credit $0.35. Now we await Calls and Puts for Income  02/13/2009 03:00:53 PM
When doing anything with a Calendar Spread component, I bias my analysis toward Calls and Puts for Income  02/13/2009 02:07:10 PM
I accidently said Vertical Spread when I meant Calendar Spread. Sorry for the coCalls and Puts for Income  02/13/2009 02:00:04 PM
Sam, DOW actually looks good for a series of Vertical Spreads if the nut can Calls and Puts for Income  02/13/2009 01:40:22 PM
I almost never buy options stand alone, so do not have much experience. Feb expiCalls and Puts for Income  02/08/2009 07:39:43 PM
I have been using Diagonal Spreads in various waysCalls and Puts for Income  02/06/2009 07:17:10 PM
I decided to follow the original plan and keep the rental Jan 10 12.5 Call, sellCalls and Puts for Income  02/06/2009 03:50:23 PM

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