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Trade post mortem - $BIDU, $FL, $PM

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During last week I mentioned trades on my Twitter and Stocktwits accounts. I'm summarizing them here to help keep a record. This is a post-mortem post - I don't intend to give trade ideas here but...

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$JPM Investor day - Position update

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Recently $JPM had its investor day and shared vast amount of information with its holders (link). I feel that the bank shared a lot of information emphasizing its power and value. The investor day...

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JPM warrants could triple in value (JPM-WT)

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This is a long thesis for JPM TARP warrants. The idea is similar to the previous thesis I gave on WFC here. JPM is one of the "big four" banks in the US. It is a full-service bank, with a huge...

$WFC

Long WFC warrants (WFC-WT)

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This is a long thesis for WFC TARP warrants. Wells Fargo bank ($WFC) is one of the best banks trading in the US. It is also one of Warren Buffett's largest holding, and he said numerous times how...

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Long trade: SHLD- Sears holdings

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With SHLD price getting close to 30$ I think it is a good time to describe a long thesis for SHLD. This 4 minutes video summarize the idea pretty well.

$SHLD Chart

To summarize:

1. SHLD will...

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Update IBM trade

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During October, I published a trade idea on IBM. The idea was bullish and contrarian and, in short, was: Even though IBM has deviated from its roadmap - The buyback and the long-term pricing power...

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Long IBM trade

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Summary:

The last earning call for IBM was terrible. Not only missing this year's estimates but deviating from the 20$ EPS in the 2015 road map.

IBM's business is cyclical, and there are...

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Bullish trade Due to Ebola scare (RCL)

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With recent market sell off and Ebola scares, Shares of CCL (Carnival Corporation) and RCL (Royal Caribbean Cruises) are getting hammered - losing 13%-14% in about two weeks.

Chart:

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Verizon Communications (VZ) Long call trade

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I'm taking advantage of the fact that Implied volatility is so low in $VZ to buy a long call. This trade has limited risk: 93$ (1.9% of the risk of buying 100 shares) and unlimited reward.

Here is...