November 10, 2005  Buy to open the January 22.50 Staples (SPLS) call option (PLQ + AX). Set a limit to pay no more than $2.00 for the option.  Office supplies retailer Staples (SPLS) has all of its pencils in a row these days.  Read More

November 8, 2005 Buy to Open the April 25 Intel (INTC) call option (INQ +DE). Place a limit order to buy the option at $1.60 or below. Read More

November 3, 2005 Buy to open the iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) June 88 put option (TLT + RJ). Set a limit price of 3.10 or better.  Read More

November 3, 2005  Sell to Close the January 25 CVS Corp (CVS) call option (CVS+AE) at the market. Read More

Sell to close the January 90 Retail HOLDRS call option (RTX + MR) at the market.  Stocks have staged an impressive rally during the past several days on signs that the economy is healthier than previous believed.  Read More

Correction: Sell to close the January 90 Retail HOLDRS (RTH) put option (RTX + MR) at the market.  Stocks have staged an impressive rally during the past several days on signs that the economy is healthier than previous believed.  Read More

November 1, 2005  Buy to Open the January 25 CVS Corp (CVS) Call Option (CVS+AE). Place a limit order at 1.40 or better.  Read More

Update October 27, 2005 Maintain your position in the April 40 Amylin Pharmaceutical call option (AQM + DH).  Read More

October 26, 2005  Sell to Close your iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) December 90 Put Option (TLT+XL) at the market for a gain of about 40 percent since June.  Read More

Sell to close the December 60 CACI International call option (CAI + LL) at the market for a profit of roughly 70 percent in just two days. We added the CACI International (CAI) call option this past Monday on expectations that the stock would rally following the release of the company's third-quarter earnings report today.  Read More