This is the historical record of all posts Cody Willard has published since 2010. It is open to the public.
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The best way to get a macro view is to assimilate as much data as possible. I know oil traders who track the number of construction cranes sold worldwide as an input in their crude demand models. And sometimes the best data comes from companies that are leading indicators of
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Here’s what I wrote about FIO heading into its report: FIO’s another long-term bet that I plan to own for a long-time as long the market they are developing continues to grow and they continue to execute. This company is just so new and their product is still
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The link I used (which came straight from the “Share” on the video for the record) was broken. So here’s the correct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsihkFWDt3Y How to Buy Happiness Now then, one other thing to note. I’m “rolling up” my STX calls this
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(Cue cheesy instrumental music and waterfall backgound) You ever stop? I mean, just step back and catch your breath? Or is every day at the market a battle? When I ran a hedge fund for five years, I never missed a market open or a market close (except one day
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Here’s the transcript of today’s chat. See you next week at 2pm EST at http://tradingwithcody.com/chat for more Q&A where you can ask me anything. Hi guys, let’s rock n roll. And by the way, if you want your profile picture to show
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I saw something recently that blew my mind and I need to share with you. A venture capitalist having to defend making a 31200%. In two years. Seriously, read this post from Ben Horowitz , Netscape founder Marc Andreeseen’s investing partner. They were seed investors in Instagram, recently sold for
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Good morning and welcome back. A couple quick hits here to start the day. I’m going to sell about 2/3 of my JNPR calls this morning for a double or so and hold onto the rest. The quarter was strong but guidance for next quarter was a bit
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Guys, Apple’s earnings report is up in about 25 minutes. The tension is tangible amongst tech traders and investors. I hope that you are not so leveraged to Apple and that you’ve been patient and that you sold some when it was above $600 as I repeatedly pleaded
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We got lucky on the Juniper pre-earnings gamble/trade and I’m glad we did it early this morning rather than missing it entirely by waiting til near the close…the company accidentally released earnings an hour before they were supposed to, which is after the market close. The stock
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Juniper was a tree long before it was the name of a router company. Get it? If a tree falls…? Sigh, not funny, huh? I tried. Anyway, I’m also buying some Juniper calls dated out into this summer, from June on, and with strike prices around $21 or so.
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If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they’re about to announce the lottery numbers. – Homer Simpson It sure got ugly in a hurry in tech, didn’t it? Just about the time that “tech feels safe” was about the time that
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Now we’re starting to get some pitches that I want to swing at as we start to re-build our longs. I also want to go ahead and sell the remainder of my APOL puts which expire this month so that I can “roll them down” and buy some longer-dated