A Trading with Cody "Trade Alert" went out on March 8, 2024, with a full writeup, when it was at $83. It closed on May 13 at $132.
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Do you guys have an interest in doing a Conference Call version of our Weekly Live Q&A over the phone every few months? We could record it and make it a Cody Underground Podcast and publish the transcript afterward. Let me know and if there’s enough interest,
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It’s widely been reported that Herbalife “won” its war against Bill Ackman, a hedge fund manager who has long claimed that the company is built upon a pyramid scheme and that it doesn’t have a sustainable business model. Herbalife’s big “win” was that US Federal Trade Commission
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Last night as I was going to close my computer to take it upstairs with me to stay overnight with my medically-fragile (but less so than ever!) daughter, Amaris, I saw a Trump’s and Hilary’s picture on a headline on Scutify. My happiness about playing, feeding and trying
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Time to add another small tranche to my recent QQQ put position that is to work as a hedge. Nothing big, just another round about the same size as my last purchase of puts with September expirations and $110 strike price. Likewise, I’m going to trim a little, maybe
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I am in meetings all day today, so we will need to cancel today’s Q&A. If you have any questions, please email them to me at support@tradingwithcody.com, and I’ll be sure to answer you directly. Let’s talk about the market and the economy
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Let’s do some housekeeping. It’s time to lock in some more profits. I’m going to sell the last of my QQQ call options that we bought into the depth of the Brexit panic, locking in some very nice short-term profits, as these call options have more than
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DJIA back above 18,000. Aren’t you glad you didn’t panic when the media and so many other people were panicking over Brexit? Aren’t you glad you did a little buying when others were fearful? I’m going to make a couple trades this morning, locking in
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A couple weeks ago, we had the following discussion about Zillow in the Trading With Cody Chat Room: Cody, I just received this in my email from Zillow. It is a rental property manager toolkit, which is ingenious and helpful. I believe it will drive folks not only to Zillow,
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A few housekeeping items and other notes to start. I’m going to sell 1/3 of my QQQ call options that I’d bought into the teeth of the Brexit panic, locking in some profits but leaving 2/3 of the position on the sheets. BenjaminGraham wrote: “Successful investing
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I came down with the flu or something last night and am aching and miserable today. I’m going to do another small tranche of buying today, but am not rushing into anything. Then I’m headed to the doctor. I’m buying a small tranche of common stock in
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Nothing shocking, no drastic moves for me today. I am going to bid on some QQQ call options into the close, starting a tiny toehold position in them today. Looking at QQQ call options that will expire in August or so with strike prices around $105 or $106. Again, just
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So, stocks are indeed getting crushed today as the world digests the possibility that Britain might be its own mostly sovereign nation once again and not a full quasi-state in the European Union. Remember when nations were just nations? As you guys know I’ve raised a lot of cash