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Roger's 1998 Short Picks
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17016 Anyone catch the piece CNBC did on ENML at the end of the day? Probably will poxcr600-1/13/1999
17015 FWIW-I do think the momentum is waning on the net stocks. It was clear to me bTimoteo-1/13/1999
17014 Jim, thanks for the post. I caught the top with some well placed shorts too, buRoger A. Babb-1/13/1999
17013 I shorted much and early and have put some money in the pockets, so I can afforRockyBalboa-1/13/1999
17012 DBCC should be trading below $5/share. I intend to short the stock on the day Don Westermeyer-1/13/1999
17011 With the concentration on the IPO, the sympathy plays also should cool off, lacRockyBalboa-1/13/1999
17010 Kailash, I only went short AMZN. I had intentions of shorting SPLN also, but Don Westermeyer-1/13/1999
17009 Don - What are you shorting now? I got some Amzn (small amount yesterday) and Kailash-1/13/1999
17008 hope you are well....on Jan. 11 on my S.I. "Lessons" thread, I calledJim Goodman-1/13/1999
17007 And if everybody shriveled up and there were no one left to buy that bottle of clochard-1/13/1999
17006 > the internuts represent a couple hundred billion of market cap. One thingBelowTheCrowd-1/13/1999
17005 SAF, This is looking a lot like biotech in a lot of ways: * An industry that BelowTheCrowd-1/13/1999
17004 Hank, I don't intend to get too greedy on the inut shorts. These guys havDon Westermeyer-1/13/1999
17003 Don, good idea using limit orders in anticipation of being locked out. I sometiRoger A. Babb-1/13/1999
17002 Don, The high flying internets are the only stocks to go short in IMO, but do McNabb Brothers-1/13/1999
17001 Tim, good call on afternoon selloff. This dip may not be over yet. Roger A. Babb-1/13/1999
17000 Hank, You are right about brokerages not liking to deal with naked options. IDon Westermeyer-1/13/1999
16999 Don, You are right about people and even brokers and brokerage firms in how thMcNabb Brothers-1/13/1999
16998 Roger-ironically Discover's screw up on an execution made me money, since tTimoteo-1/13/1999
16997 Hank, A lot people believe selling naked calls is more dangerous than just shoDon Westermeyer-1/13/1999
16996 Morgan Stanley Cuts Equities By 5PCT To 65PCT Of Us Taxable Balanced Portfolio clochard-1/13/1999
16995 Don, How about a YMMBT which is a Feb. $500 call trading for $23 to $24 and a McNabb Brothers-1/13/1999
16994 I haven't looked at YHOO premiums lately. The option premium should start Don Westermeyer-1/13/1999
16993 I couldn't get into E*Trade this morning either. I had limit orders that wDon Westermeyer-1/13/1999
16992 Don, I tried to cover my AMZN short as the dip started back up, but could not gRoger A. Babb-1/13/1999
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