Any thoughts on $OXY going into earnings tomorrow? Feels like a long term bearish investment but some of the oil names are popping over the past week.

I've got a few 5/15 17.5s that are going up or going to zero. They've done a good bit to preserve capital and Carl doesn't want Vicki's head on a pike currently. So we'll see

IrishTxAggie said:

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I've got a few 5/15 17.5s that are going up or going to zero. They've done a good bit to preserve capital and Carl doesn't want Vicki's head on a pike currently. So we'll see

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Same for me

Now that you have your Tahoe, you didn't really want one of those anyway.

I'd be a lot happier with 1/6 of a Ferrari!!

Any thoughts on ATVI tomorrow?

stxag8 said:

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Any thoughts on ATVI tomorrow?

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twice as many calls as puts for today's volume. Most volume was in the 70 and 71 5/3 calls. I've been seeing people post some info that the gaming stocks are setting up for a potential bullish move, guessing they expect with quarantine that people are buying games and paying for in game add ons. We will see.

How is there that much volume to buy?

No idea. But the print was there.

Another growth stock everyone should be keeping on their radar. Along with okta, now, net, twlo, se, DOCU, CRWD, coup, fsly, etc.

Atlassian is a good "work from home" play.

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Something some of y'all may want to keep an eye on; ECL had about $50MM worth of stock bought between 16:00:01-16:00:19. Basically in 18 secs someone bough ~1/4 of the avg. daily volume and they did it AH.
That's about .10% of outstanding shares. Someone is being sneaky

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Ah I've been meaning to buy one of those big volume ecl 5/15 calls you posted the other day and forgot about it. Tomorrow will probably be too late

Let me know when it's time to buy puts on team, jira is not my favorite software

PoopyPullup said:

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Let me know when it's time to buy puts on team, jira is not my favorite software

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Would love to hear more, not something I have any experience with.

Why has $X (US steel) exploded recently? Am I missing something? Is the market all drugged up on recovery hopium.

Infrastructure bill talks

So it's more infrastructure hopium...

Maybe Trump is turning US Steel plants into money presses for Powell.

Rice and Fries said:

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Why has $X (US steel) exploded recently? Am I missing something? Is the market all drugged up on recovery hopium.

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Maybe rumors of Trump and China trade war with tarrifs on imported Chinese steel? I know nothing, just guessing for a reason.

Do any of y'all read these? Looks like the matrix to me

https://www.jpost.com/health-science/iibr-completes-development-phase-of-covid-19-vaccine-626913

Wonder if this makes the rounds tomorrow

krosch11 said:

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https://www.jpost.com/health-science/iibr-completes-development-phase-of-covid-19-vaccine-626913

Wonder if this makes the rounds tomorrow

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Haven't read this yet but I still think the Oxford vaccine from the Jenner Institute wins the race

Do you think I'm disagreeing because of your politics or because you miss that the fear porn results in the feds action (equally politically driven)? I want an unmanipulated market, both directions.

I am a complaining bear in the current set up. Feels like ES_F is being low volume manipulated to gap up.

Agreed. This market is frustrating to trade in right now. I think I may call it quits for a while. Unless of course Bill Ackman gets on the TV again.

If that happens I'm getting a margin account and betting the house! Lol

$30,000 Millionaire said:

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I am a complaining bear in the current set up. Feels like ES_F is being low volume manipulated to gap up.

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I'm a bull pissed off that fear and ****ty data was used to destroy one of the greatest bull runs in history. The knife cuts both ways

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Do you think I'm disagreeing because of your politics or because you miss that the fear porn results in the feds action (equally politically driven)? I want an unmanipulated market, both directions.

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We don't know yet if the fear is appropriate, excessive, or far less than there should be. Time will tell and anything else is conjecture. I believe in data and science, and I'm willing to admit when I don't know things. I would rather the media talked about it and trusted people to make up their own minds on how much of a threat covid is to them. A lot of people are getting into confirmation bias, both ways, and cherry pick what they want to believe.

To be more specific, I think the fed is moving the market more than anything with the printing and bond buying. Like everyone else, I hope this is a "hoax" but it increasingly looks like it's very real.

Genuinely curious, but how do you see the bullish market right now? In your opinion is this a short term rally or V shaped recovery?

Initially when things started dropping I was very bullish on things, I assumed the lockdowns would last a month. Now we are two months into this though while states like NY, CA, and WA are holding their economies hostage for another month or more. Not to mention there could be more outbreaks as things start to open again. Just don't see the good news on the horizon. Little shocked so many are optimistic about things still.

The SPY has had me dizzy for a week now, so just trying to understand. Lol