Goldman Dropping Upgrade Bombs

The markets opened slightly
lower this morning,
although the
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upside pre-announcement
has lifted the futures in the last few minutes. Goldman is dropping upgrade
cluster bombs in the semi and semi-manufacturing sector.
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,
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and
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are getting holy water sprinkled on them this morning.

Unfortunately, continuing concerns in the mumbo-jumbo
accounting department continues to weigh on overall sentiment, with
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and once again
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being named in various publications over the weekend.

Updates

With volatility back on the lows, we are going back on the
“buy puts on strength” program, but in the
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s only.

We are monitoring the “accounting fraud” sector
for possible initiation of proxy buy-writes.

Current Recommendations

Buy the
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May 55/60 call spread (buy the 55 calls,
sell the 60 calls) for $1.50 (25%).

Traders may make scale purchases of puts in the QQQs on
strength, taking partial profits on sell-offs.

Technical Levels:

INDEX CLOSE PREVIOUS
WEEK’S CLOSE
POINT
GAIN (LOSS)
PERCENTAGE
GAIN (LOSS)
20-DAY
MA
50-DAY
MA
200-
DAY MA
DJI 9907.30 9840.1 67.20 0.68% 9903.08 9936.98 10104.03
S&P 1122.20 1133.28 -11.08 -0.98% 1137.33 1142.21 1165.84
COMP 1911.20 1937.7 -26.50 -1.37% 1969.95 1965.26 1939.78
QQQ 38.14 38.83 -0.69 -1.78% 39.53 39.95 40.19
BKX 833.26 870.97 -37.71 -4.33% 857.46 851.97 859.17
BTK 509.86 527.56 -17.70 -3.36% 533.71 566.32 546.63
DRG 377.40 375.3 2.10 0.56% 376.84 384.18 390.59
CMR 569.58 563.87 5.71 1.01% 560.77 558.35 548.43
CYC 537.92 529.75 8.17 1.54% 526.95 527.12 526.84
DOT 166.44 176.21 -9.77 -5.54% 185.40 188.84 199.73
NWX 309.55 318.45 -8.90 -2.79% 330.71 331.12 335.85
OSX 85.56 84.45 1.11 1.31% 80.81 80.92 91.98
RLX 931.01 916.82 14.19 1.55% 918.93 906.58 869.33
SOX 552.87 535.94 16.93 3.16% 551.28 544.21 554.87
XAL 91.33 92.7 -1.37 -1.48% 92.94 89.60 112.39
XAU 62.80 59.14 3.66  6.19% 58.78 55.54 55.67
XBD 498.15 510.59 -12.44 -2.44% 517.23 507.59 479.95
XCI 770.76 776.05 -5.29 -0.68% 795.11 792.09 770.10
XOI 513.37 508.9 4.47 0.88% 505.84 502.23 533.52
FOP 108.52 111.47 -2.95 -2.65% 116.83
SWH 45.36 47.07 -1.71 -3.63% 47.23 45.69
VIX 22.87 21.93 0.94 4.29% 23.60 24.33 27.37
VXN 43.08 45.67 -2.59
-5.67% 47.05 48.61 56.38
QQV 35.56 38.21 -2.65 -6.94% 39.74 41.25 48.16

Rolls/Adjustments

None.

Recap of open trades

Long-term

Reverse Collars


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— March 17.5/15 reverse collar (long the
March 17.5 calls, short the March 15 puts) at $1.50 credit average (50%),
settled at $.80 credit.


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— April 25/15 reverse collar (long the April 25
calls, short the April 15 puts) at $.05 credit (100%). Settled at $1.40 credit.

Buy-writes

None — volatility too low! Again, this is a general
recommendation. Specific opportunities always exist.

Proxy buy-writes


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Jan. ’03 35/May 45 call calendar @ $4.75 (100%).
Settled at $7.55.

BA Jan. ’03 40/May 45 call calendar @ $2.75 (100%).
Settled at $4.65.

Complex Strategies


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— Long the GILD Feb. 70 straddle at $8.00
(50%). Settled at $5.00, but we have captured $5.50 in gamma scalping profits
already!

Short-term

Call Positions

None.

Call Spread Positions


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— Long the March 30/40 1:2 call ratio spread @ $1.50.
Settled at $.55.


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— Long the March 17.5/22.5 call spread at $.80
credit average (50%). Settled at $.30. Note: This spread is a result of a
reverse collar roll.

Put Positions


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— Long the March 39 puts at $2.35 (25%). Settled at
$2.30. Stop below.

Put Spread Positions


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— Long the March 55/65 put spread @ 2.125 (100%).
Settled at $2.20.

STOPS


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: Stop @ 14.90, close only.


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: Stop @ 39.50, two consecutive days close only.


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: Stop @ 11.95, close only.

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