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Buy to open the October 190 Merrill Lynch Biotech HOLDRs Trust call option (GBZ + JR). Set a limit to pay no more than $7.60 for the option.   For much of this year biotech stocks have been clear standouts in what has otherwise been a lackluster market.  Read More

Buy to Open the Amylin Pharmaceuticals January 20 (AQM +AD) call option. Set a limit order to buy at no more than $3.80. Our old friend Amylin Pharmaceuticals (AMLN) is back in our sights. After pulling back from its highs, the share price of this maker of two novel diabetic drugs is perking up again following a positive write-up in this week’s Barron’s. Read More

Buy to Open the Amylin Pharmaceuticals January 20 (AQM +AD) call option. Set a limit order to buy at no more than $3.80. Our old friend Amylin Pharmaceuticals (AMLN) is back in our sights. After pulling back from its highs, the share price of this maker of two novel diabetic drugs is perking up again following a positive write-up in this week’s Barron’s. Read More

August 12, 2005  Sell to close your September 90 XAU call option (XAU + IR) at the market for a gain of about 80 percent in a little over five weeks. The precious metals staged an impressive rally yesterday and the gold and silver mining stocks rose accordingly.  Read More

August 11, 2005  Sell to close the Coeur d'Alene Mines September 2.50 call option (CDE + IZ) at the market, for a profit of about 40 percent.  Precious metals have been moving up as expected and handing us nice gains on our two precious metals plays in the process.  Read More

August 10, 2005  Sell to close your September 40 Nasdaq 100 Trust put option (QQQ+UN) at the market for a 17 percent loss.   We added the September 40 Nasdaq 100 put prior to the Federal Reserve's latest rate hike on concerns that the wording of the Fed's statement would set off alarm bells on Wall Street.  Read More

August 8, 2005 Buy to open the September 40 Nasdaq 100 Trust Put Option (QQQ+UN) at the market. With oil prices moving to record levels, the market has shown remarkable resilience. However, tomorrow's action is far from predictable.  Read More