re: Pooh blanket on craigslist 1-May

Here's the picture for the 20" monitor that was listed on Craigslist.org on 27-April-2006.

Picked up 10 June and September Calls for PEIX and ATI. ATI reports tomorrow morning, so we'll see how bloody it is. I dont have much confidence in the market right now seeing how last week was a nice run up with news alerts the Fed was finished raising rates. And then you have todays B#!!$^!T that the market is down, because rate hike fears. With all the bs in the market, why does it continue to attract people to it? Gambling, dont play that game. :P

Closed out my LRCX Puts today, got rocked for a loss of 50%. I also bought 10 APR Call units of BRCM, lost 50% on them as well. That one was a little more of a hoax. BRCM after hours Thursday comes out with great numbers and then get pummeled this morning, because some jackazz firm downgrades it. Damn them hedge fund firms, they need to be shot. Not doing well on these last 2 trades. Whats worst is I didn't even participate in GOOG. I didn't even do 1 freaking call. If anything do the opposite of what I'm doing or do what I'm not doing, because right now things are definitely not working my favor.

Picked up 20 APR put units of LRCX @ 6.00. Unfortunately, they not only crushed numbers after hours, they also guided higher. So I'm due for an ugly opening tomorrow morning and probably looking at a 50% loss.

Sold the GOOG Put. Lost a nice chunk of change on that, but the premiums was still high in my opinion considering there's only 2.5 weeks remaining for the option to expire. GOOG actually reports on the 20th, so expect some volatilty before then. I will probably re-enter another Put since I'm gambling that the numbers are going to be rosy at best.

Picked up 25 units of EICU @ 23.00. This will probably be one of the positions I slowly build up. I really like the fact that this company is a 'telemedicine' play. Not too many of these companies around and I really think 'telemedicine' is the future of medical devices and healthcare.

Sold off my remaining shares of TWTC at low 16s and closed the position on MHGC. The market seems to want to sell off since we were in a trading range of fresh highs for the broader markets. We're approaching earning seasons and already its not looking good. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060411/aftermarket_mover.html?.v=1 Genentech (NYSE: DNA) reported today after the bell and it was down after hours. Whats amazing is that they beat estimates and guided higher for 2006, but apparently that was not good enough for the so-called 'whisper number' that Wall Street looks for. If you ask me, this is just a bunch of bulls#!T, because the institutions are just looking for a means to 1) get in cheaper 2) loosen up some shares, since the general public probably a large % of interest currently on the buy side. Looks like biotech might have a sell-off, but its a great opportunity to pick up some shares cheap and flip later this year.

Picked up .75 units of EICU @ 18.08

Picked up 1 put unit of GOOG April 410

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Recap for March 2006:
Stocks - Unrealized:
GNW +2.1%
TWTC +22.8%
AMLN + 5.3%
BXP 0%
HIMX -2.5%
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Total = 17.5%

Stocks - Realized
N/A

Options - Unrealized
N/A

Options - Realized
N/A

Picked up 1 unit of BXP (Boston Properties, Inc.) @ $93.15. Picked up 2.25 units of HIMX (Himax Technologies, Inc.) @ $9.00.