Cody Willard - Trading with Cody (Page 143)

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Jobs report, stock updates and a question from Dr. Jaimie Shores

Jobs? Employment? From a survey that has a +/-100k error as@JeffMiller notes. Not a catalyst for buying or selling stocks nor a meaningful data point for economic analysis. Markets were down earlier, now have come back reflecting the meaninglessness of the payroll number being “worse than expected” by a

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Ciena and Amba updates plus a report on penny stocks

My smallest long position, Ciena, reported a great quarter but gave terrible guidance and talked about struggling into year-end with a few “variables.” I don’t like the commentary out of the conference call either, but I’m not jumping to any rash decisions. I’m making some phone

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What’s up with $AAPL and come join me for a special Live Q&A today

Don’t forget this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST at http://tradingwithcody.com/chat. Today, let’s do a special edition of the chat focusing on individual stocks. You been looking at or already own a stock and want me opinion on it? Come ask

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Top 5 causes of all these bubbles

Let’s break down exactly how big the manipulation of the current governmental bond prices has become. Here are the top 5 factors that are keeping rates artificially low. 1. 0% interest rates. After the great Y2K stock market bubble popped in 2001-2005 or so, analysts used to filet

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Two upcoming speaking events

I have a couple upcoming events to tell you about. From September 11 – 12, 2014, I’ll be speaking at The All Stars of Options Trading (See details below). And, from November 19 – 22 I’ll be speaking at The Traders Expo Las Vegas. Register for the Las Vegas event

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Not so random thoughts

A few not so random thoughts. First, I have a couple upcoming events to tell you about. From September 11 – 12, 2014, I’ll be speaking at The All Stars of Options Trading (See details below). And, from November 19 – 22 I’ll be speaking at The Traders Expo Las

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Ukraine/Russia, Fog of War, Conflicts of Interest and This Market

Easy does it as markets feel a bit like they’re in no-man’s land. Let’s be patient just now and wait for the next great pitch, which is, as always, coming if we’re looking for it. No trades for me today. Today’s headlines are full

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Snapchat is worth $10 billion and other true stories

Don’t forget this week’s Live Q&A Chat at 2pm EST today at http://tradingwithcody.com/chat. Meanwhile, the markets are struggling a bit this morning, and high beta stocks are down. Like I said earlier this week, I think the path of least resistance for the

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Trade Alert – Shorting a hyped up, lousy tech stock (and analysis for our wearables stock picks too)

I told you recently that I’m on the lookout for Bubbled Lousy Stocks to short. Here’s one I’m trying to short right now and am bidding on some puts dated in October and January 2015 with strike prices ranging from $12.50 to down to $10s — JRJC.

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Trade Alert: Hedging my fruit and a new way to think about your money

I am looking at my largest position, Apple, and wondering if I should nibble a couple put options to hedge it a little bit. There’s a lot of love flowing towards Apple these days, and very little bearishness. Recall that we’d added AAPL call options back when it

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Must-reads about Apple, Google, bubbles and crashes

Lots of news, headlines and cross currents out there. Let’s jump right in and get some gestalt. I’m here at the MoneyShow in San Francisco to give a few presentations and sit on a few panels talking stocks and looking to get some gestalt from the folks here

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Markets, AAPL and San Francisco

Markets are up fractionally, slowly building their ongoing bubble blowing bull market cycle upon itself. Trader’s Deep Thought of the Morning: Is $AAPL overloved again? I’m literally up 100x from my first purchase of the AAPL stock from back in March 2003 and I still own it as

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