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Shorted apple (way back in May)

By iwog   Follow   Thu, 12 May 2011, 11:42am   10,203 views   132 comments
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I'm buying up July puts today. So far I've got 20 x $280, 20 x $285, and 20 x $300. I'm also selling May $350 calls

- ipad clones getting very good
- Google is entering the market
- iphone and droid sales currently about even
- product shortages for apple coming
- chart looks identical to Google in late 2007

I haven't been to Vegas for awhile so this is my gambling for the month.

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1. terriDeaner Follow Befriend (7) 70 threads 1,151 comments

   93   4:01pm Wed 24 Aug 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Yep. The title of this post needs to be changed to "Too late to short Apple (aapl)". But don't worry, the next shorting opportunity will be here soon enough. Sometime shortly before Apple unveils their new line of "Performa" tablets...

2. terriDeaner Follow Befriend (7) 70 threads 1,151 comments

   94   5:51pm Wed 24 Aug 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Haw!

3. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

   95   6:50pm Wed 24 Aug 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Meh, he's moving from CEO to Chairman. Nothingburger.

4. ¥ Follow Befriend 35 threads 5,700 comments Bellingham, WA

   96   7:24pm Wed 24 Aug 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   nah, SJ was moved to Chairman to put him out to pasture in 1985, too. >This puppy is gonna drop, recover a bit, and then slide slowly downwards for quite a while. AAPL should be doing well this decade and next. People don't understand what they're building now, but as a developer I do -- it's a P L A T F O R M. Back in '07, WinMo was a joke, Symbian sucked, Android was a startup, Palm was dead, RIM was app-hostile, and Apple was able to come in and school everyone, including me. Generally I am hypercritical of technology, but the iPhone evolution has impressed me with how well put-together everything has been, considering the starting point. Not that it was or is perfect, but they're evolving this thing really fast and really well, and their foundational decisions were well thought-out. (FWIW, I am equally impressed with xbox 360 & XNA stuff from MS) As iPhone 4-level hw becomes more affordable, Apple is going to own more & more of the market. They've got critical mass now, I think.

5. American in Japan Follow Befriend (28) 149 threads 1,398 comments

   97   10:00pm Wed 24 Aug 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   @Vicente >I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue. Lloyd Bridges in "Airplane"?

6. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

   98   10:02pm Wed 24 Aug 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   American in Japan says Lloyd Bridges in "Airplane"? Bingo! If the stock gets smashed tomorrow, I'm doubling down.

7. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,469 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   99   11:25pm Wed 24 Aug 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Vicente says If the stock gets smashed tomorrow, I'm doubling down. I'm going to refinance another mortgage. It doesn't look like we're going to see a big flop tomorrow however. Futures just aren't buying it.

8. FortWayne Follow Befriend (13) 102 threads 3,759 comments

   100   7:57am Thu 25 Aug 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   so far it's a pretty large drop.

9. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

   101   8:07am Thu 25 Aug 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Large? Less than 2% is not big enough to entice me to buy more. Well I suppose there's still the prospect of a drop due to Fed announcement today.

10. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

    102   12:27pm Fri 26 Aug 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Damn you QE3 & iQuit, damp squibs the both of you! I was counting on a big stock market drop to load up the truck. Well I'll have to content myself with the block I did buy at 360.

11. Done! Follow Befriend (4) 159 threads 2,826 comments

    103   1:07pm Fri 26 Aug 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   clambo says I know Chinese people who are extremely proud of their name-engraved iPods that cost them 1/4 month's wages. Are you saying there's no people that make 300 or less in this country that have iPods.

12. ¥ Follow Befriend 35 threads 5,700 comments Bellingham, WA

    104   2:29pm Thu 15 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   SF ace says It took awhile but Ka-Ching. wow. May 11 was at $240, so that's a nice drop. 'course if you could hold your short through its move to 300 that came later you're a better a trader than I. Stupid LEH moves pushed me out of my puts in Sept 2008. Took a $1000 loss when I could have banked $30,000 had I held a week.

13. Katy Perry Follow Befriend 8 threads 530 comments Murrieta, CA

    105   10:02pm Thu 15 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I don't gamble with my money. tuck your ego and get a life.

14. Katy Perry Follow Befriend 8 threads 530 comments Murrieta, CA

    106   10:20pm Thu 15 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   remember folks there is always someone makeing more and spending more. that ego's a bitch isn't it.

15. surfingerman Follow Befriend 55 comments

    107   6:48am Mon 19 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   guys im really starting to worry about iwog and his puts and options.. im not even joking here, if anyone knows him irl could you try to get him some gambling addiction help,if you cant afford it or something contact me thanks

16. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

    108   9:47am Mon 19 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Cracked a new high of 411.50

17. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,469 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    109   8:40pm Mon 19 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   May be time to short again. =)

18. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

    110   9:03pm Mon 19 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   How's the insider selling action?

19. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 761 threads 7,676 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

    111   10:35pm Mon 19 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   thunderlips11 says Typical Chinese Family makes less than $9,000 a year. Rent alone runs $300-500 for shacks in the slums with a shared outhouse and one cold water pump for 8 families. Education is not free beyond the 8th-9th grade level. There is absolutely no assistance, food stamps, ER visits or anything covered by the government. How many will splurge $200 on an iPhone? Homo Economicus. Like Bigfoot, reported to exist in fantasy books, but never seen in the wild. And yet, corporate America will tell you that this is where all the talented engineers live. 'Nuff said.

20. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

    112   7:11am Tue 20 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   iwog says May be time to short again. =) By all means, love to hear when you're going in for the kill. This abrupt runup does put me off. Reaction to imminent new product releases I think. Going to set some trailing stops.

21. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 272 threads 12,469 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    113   1:26pm Tue 20 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I'd consider it, however I'm going whole hog on the silver and gold short positions right now.

22. EBGuy Follow Befriend 4 threads 2,095 comments

    114   11:41am Wed 28 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   What do people think about Bezo's latest move? I imagine he's taking a big hit on hardware margins to sell content (the old give away the razor, sell the blades approach). My only disappoint with the Kindle Fire is the 576p screen (1024x600) screen; would it have killed them to go to 720p (1280x800). Well, probably, as it might turn into a loss leader at that point. At any rate, it matches the current iPad for widescreen playback. It is interesting to see how tightly they tied it to their cloud (with browser support and storage), which is one reason they skimped on the local flash memory (8Mb). All in all though, very impressive. It may even draw out a techno-luddite like me to do an impulse buy. Anybody know if this has an HDMI port?

23. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

    115   11:58am Wed 28 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Meh. Sooner or later there will be an iPad killer. However this ain't it. The app catalog is miniscule. It'll be an impulse buy sure for some. Others are more like a schoolteacher who asked me questions, who has an iPhone and now that it's time to replace a 6-year old Windows laptop was thinking to buy a Macbook. Once people get hooked by one piece of the technology, buying into the ecosystem for simplicity is a more attractive thing than a price point. We all want to spend less time learning to use gadgets. Personally I'm still ticked off we don't have a unified "Microwave Oven" standard by now. Every blasted time I encounter a new one in a break room or hotel or something, I have to waste a minute or two pushing buttons until I figure out how it works.

24. EBGuy Follow Befriend 4 threads 2,095 comments

    116   12:36pm Wed 28 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Meh. However this ain't it. The app catalog is miniscule. Good point. Looks like they said "No thank you" to Google(!) and customized the interface. Very interesting play. A customized ROM could open the tablet up (but that is not exactly mass market).

25. corntrollio Follow Befriend (5) 27 threads 2,073 comments

    117   4:04pm Thu 29 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Vicente says The app catalog is miniscule. I don't think it will be forever. Most app developers want to display their wares on as many platforms as possible, and Amazon has been aggressive with their terms in order to try to make sure their app store is as good as Google's. Their alleged value-adds aren't that great though.

26. bigbubblemama Follow Befriend 1 threads 18 comments

    118   5:09pm Thu 29 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Tech is a different animal, when you own all the patents, others have to do it the harder different way, the first railroad in is sometime the only railroad in. I see apple momentum kicking up, I don't own a iphone, but these customers are loyal and some public schools are buying ipads for every child, they are getting their customers younger and younger, honestly though best of luck hope I am wrong for your sake

27. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

    119   7:54pm Thu 29 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   So Amazon is going the "walled garden" approach of iPad. Interface doesn't apparently look very Android-like. We'll see but I'm skeptical they could have gone more open and instead decided to try and beat Apple at their own game.

28. ¥ Follow Befriend 35 threads 5,700 comments Bellingham, WA

    120   8:04pm Thu 29 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   ^ nobody gives a shit about "open". Or "Android-like" for that matter.

29. Kevin Follow Befriend 40 threads 2,652 comments

    121   10:26pm Fri 30 Sep 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Amazon made the Kindle Fire because nobody is buying CDs, DVDs, or paperbacks anymore. It's that simple. They couldn't care less about other people's products -- they just need to make sure that their bread and butter doesn't dry up so that they can remain profitable. Amazon is a retailer. It is not the same type of company as Apple, Google, HP, or Microsoft. They have more in common with wal mart than they do with Apple. If Wal Mart released an identical tablet, nobody would care.

30. immigrant Follow Befriend (1) 1 threads 20 comments

    122   4:55pm Wed 5 Oct 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   RIP steve jobs. http://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2011/10/05/apple-co-founder-steve-jobs-dies-at-56/?partner=yahootix

31. CL Follow Befriend (12) 140 threads 1,355 comments Emeryville, CA

    123   4:55pm Wed 5 Oct 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   RIP indeed.

32. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

    124   5:28pm Wed 5 Oct 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Oh my aching AAPL shares. Picked up some in the dip the other day thinking it was a good entry point. Once again.....

33. CL Follow Befriend (12) 140 threads 1,355 comments Emeryville, CA

    125   5:39pm Wed 5 Oct 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Vicente says Oh my aching AAPL shares. Picked up some in the dip the other day thinking it was a good entry point. Once again..... “Eagles are dandified vultures” - Teddy Roosevelt Even if there's a sell-off, you could buy more tomorrow. But do you think it will rally by x-mas?

34. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

    126   7:58pm Wed 5 Oct 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   CL says Even if there's a sell-off, you could buy more tomorrow. But do you think it will rally by x-mas? Not willing to double down on it at this point. Well not unless it drops a LOT. I'll stand pat for a bit and see.

35. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 411 threads 4,111 comments Baltimore, MD

    127   11:15am Thu 6 Oct 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   He isn't dead, you were just holding him wrong. Is my ipod going to be worth more now? His casket cost $499 million dollars because Apple made it

36. corntrollio Follow Befriend (5) 27 threads 2,073 comments

    128   12:17pm Thu 6 Oct 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   You forgot to add the "too soon?".

37. B.A.C.A.H. Follow Befriend (6) 5 threads 2,359 comments

    129   2:37pm Thu 6 Oct 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Those of us who were around back in the day may recall reading some of this stuff when it was in the headlines, about Apple's Near Death experience. Gil Amelio was like all humans, with flaws. But also, like Bush creating a some favorable conditions for his successor, then pushed aside by his successor who'd get all the credit. http://lowendmac.com/orchard/05/gil-amelio-apple.html So after Jobs was dismissed and the Army of Sycophants had nearly driven the company to its death, Amelio may still have turned it around without Jobs' return. In that case perhaps maybe it'd be just another company, kind of like the chip company that Amelio had turned around. Of course we know how it turned out with Jobs in creative controlling force. But without Jobs' Return, an Amelio-kinda turnaround into a bland middling company, with all kudos to Amelio for saving companies, would've been the best that could've been hoped for. Like Cupertino Fortress housing, will it be DIfferent This Time?

38. zzyzzx Follow Befriend (9) 411 threads 4,111 comments Baltimore, MD

    130   9:47am Fri 7 Oct 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   corntrollio says You forgot to add the "too soon?". Not really!

39. Vicente Follow Befriend (8) 203 threads 4,403 comments Davis, CA

    131   9:45am Fri 14 Oct 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Well, things seem going swimmingly for the AAPL today during 4S launch. I put a stop sell in for 415 after it passed 417. If it keeps rising I'll switch to a trailing stop percentage late today or tomorrow. Earnings in a couple of weeks so barring some general stock market drop my guess is it'll keep rising for a while. Also my 4S is supposed to arrive by UPS today, so an all-around great day.

40. sf.irony Follow Befriend 4 threads 16 comments San Francisco, CA

    132   8:29am Mon 17 Oct 2011   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Ouch. Why do people short companies that are on a roll? Why do people short companies because they think "this price is too high"?

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