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Sell to close your October 115 Oil Service Index call option (OIH+JC) at the market for a gain of about 75 percent in just nine days.  We remain bullish on oil and oil stocks, especially in light of the damage sustained to the energy industry's infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Gulf coast. Read More

Sell to close your November 65 Internet HOLDRs (HHH) call option (HMH + KM) and your September 123 S&P 500 Depositary Receipts (SPY) call option (SPY+IS), both at the market.  Read More

Sell to Close your Amylin Pharmaceuticals January 20 (AQM +AD) call option at the market for a gain of more than 100 percent in just one week. Amylin Pharmaceuticals (AMLN) stock jumped this morning in the wake of a bullish report out of Bear Stearns, sending our option soaring.  Read More

BUY to Open the October 115 Oil Service HOLDRs call option (OIH+JC) at $5.00 or below.  After backing down from the recent highs of $67.10/barrel, oil prices are back to their uptrend. Last Wednesday's inventory report that caused the biggest selloff in months, was not, in fact, that bearish.  Read More

Buy to open the October 190 Merrill Lynch Biotech HOLDRs Trust call option (GBZ + JR). Set a limit to pay no more than $8.00 for the option. For much of this year biotech stocks have been clear standouts in what has otherwise been a lackluster market.  Read More