Thursday, August 6, 2015

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

PICKING BOTTOMS, IGNORING TOPS! ~ $HK $EBAY

the bottom is in! 

... as promised.
... time to change the channel!

SHORT:  via $QQQ puts (hedge)   


Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Avoid Bear Markets with ... EarningsRoulette.com!

@BuyOnTheDip
the morning twit ...

revenue increase of 63% to $2.59 billion

After Hours: 60.00 +6.47 (12.09%)

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Earnings Roulette ~ $FFiV ~ F5 Networks, Inc.





After Hours: 108.70 +11.22 (11.51%)

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The Profit Hunter.
  

Sunday, October 6, 2013

BOTD's Top 5 Stocks


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) 

Friday, September 13, 2013

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

... $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.


Thursday, September 12, 2013

WHO WANTS THE GOLD? ~ $GDX

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


 ... pandora up 150%+, overnight.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

ANTICIPATE YOUR OPTIONS! ~ $SBUX & $P

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.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

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



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


Wednesday, July 31, 2013

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

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

Thursday, July 18, 2013

What does BOTD mean?



... 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

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The CHASE BOOK Trade ~ $FB


     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)

Instagram
  

        ... who took the money?  #EarningsRoulette

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Step by Step $SPY


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



Monday, June 4, 2012

Hammer of the Frogs! $SPY

... 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


... 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)

Thursday, May 10, 2012

the FARMER and the $DELL ~ Earnings Play


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

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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


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



Friday, May 4, 2012

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

... 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.