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Friday, May 04, 2007

Watchlist additions and filtered trade candidates
CXW - Corr Company of America.

Trade session notes
Nikkei...17394.92...+119.94...+0.7%.
Hang Seng
...20841.08...+159.50...+0.8%.
FTSE...6591.80...+54.00...+0.8%.
DAX
...7498.60...+21.91...+0.3%.
CBOE VIX 12.77-0.32

10:26:26 AM ET The LRCX remaining leg (May call) started to troll north of
break even, thus I have put a .15 points down from bid trailing stop at $1.7. My only worry is a huge reversal in bid. I keep my my fingers crossed albeit VIX is down, just as volume.

11:15:53 AM ET The LRCX May call was closed out at $1.6 saving the trade from being a looser. Only the bid trailing stop was quite loose, thus it was triggered too close to break even.

2:59:05 PM ET I put a limit (GTC) order at $3.1 on for 3 contracts of MT SEP 60 Call.

Open positions at market close 3 May 2007

Plain vanillas
.IBMGA IBM JUL 105 Call $102.80


$2.4
$20.00
.PAQHR PCAR AUG 90 Call $86.70
$4.00


$0.00
Advanced positions - Leftover legs
.UPUGR CTSH JUL 90 Call $84.13


$2.2
($340.00)
.LMQEK LRCX MAY 55 Call $54.92


$1.05
($15.00)
.SWFGI SNDK JUL 45 Call
$43.78

$2.1
($130.00)
.SWQSV SNDK JUL 42.5 Put



$1.65
($130.00)