March 23, 2006  Buy to open the Advance Micro Devices July 35 put option (AKD + SG). Set a limit price of $3.70.   Read More

March 22, 2006  Sell to close the Merrill Lynch Pharmaceutical HOLDRs Trust May 70 call option (PPH + EN) at the market for a gain of roughly 16 percent in a little over seven weeks.  After stumbling initially, the drug stocks have been acting well during the last several months, outperforming the S&P 500 by a couple of percentage points. Read More

Buy to open the Intel (INTC) October 20 call option (NQ + JD). Set a limit order to pay no more than $2.00 per option.   Intel (INTC), the top dog of the semiconductor industry is looking more like a Chihuahua these days in the eyes of many on Wall Street.  Read More

March 20, 2006  Sell to close your May 120 Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index (XAU) call option (XAV + ED) at the market for a gain of approximately 30 percent.   Read More

March 14, 2006  Sell to close the Coca-Cola May 42.50 call option (KO + EV) at the market for a gain of about 20 percent in two months.  Read More

March 13, 2006  Sell to close your Advance Micro Devices July 37.50 put option (AKD + SU) for a gain of approximately 25 percent in just five days.  Read More

March 10, 2006  Buy to open the May 120 Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index (XAU) call option (XAV + ED) at the market.  Rarely will we ever recommend doubling up on a position. But the situation right now with gold and gold stocks is an exception. Read More

3/10/2006 Sell to close the second leg of the iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund June 88 put option (TLT + RJ) at the market price.  Read More

Buy to open the Advance Micro Devices (AMD) July 37.50 put option (AKD + SU). Set a limit price of $4.30.   Read More

March 6, 2006  Sell to close the FPL Group (FPL) June 40 call option (FPL + FH) at the market for a loss of approximately 60 percent.   Read More