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Post by Mav on Jul 4, 2013 23:06:58 GMT -8
Will Apple keep the party going with some bullish fireworks tomorrow?
Or is it time for a pain range hangover?
Personally, I think AAPL holding 418-420, preferably over 418.9, would be great. Also semi-symmetry. ;D
EDIT: It's super-early, but AAPL's at about 424 pre-market. Based on iOptionOI (thanks for the recommendation, iPad), my tinfoil read says a close over 420 would be pretty nice from an OI perspective. Let's see if AAPL beats pain range expectations, and traders "care enough" to take notice this shortened week.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2013 0:18:05 GMT -8
iPad's worst nightmare--- a gap. First trade in the PM $424.00.
I'm holding July 5 $420/$425 BCSs, so I couldn't be happier. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine AAPL moving from $388.xx to $424.00 in 4 sessions - in this environment.
Now for the Close above $425. (My body aches from being twisted like a pretzel for the last week).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2013 2:00:20 GMT -8
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Post by Mav on Jul 5, 2013 2:58:43 GMT -8
It's so obvious to have a card slot on top of a port. No fair! That aside, I like the innovation part at least. Seems the combo port only works with the super-small micro SD cards, which I have none of. Not like regular SD card slots are going anywhere.
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Post by phoebear611 on Jul 5, 2013 4:23:26 GMT -8
Had a 4th of July bash -about 30ish people - various generations represented - various socioeconomic groups represented. Everyone has a cell phone. I asked for a show of hands on who has an AAPL iPhone? All but one raised their hand (that person had switched to a Galaxy and said they hated it and planned on switching back). I asked who was up for an upgrade to the 5S when it comes out - 13 raised their hand. I know my little focus group was extremely unscientific but not only is there nothing wrong with this company but all these upgrade cycles are like the gift that keeps on giving. (Even JPM takes note of the new programs for iPhones in conjunction with reports iOS7 beta runs extremely slow on older models - the iOS7 rollout could drive more customers than normal to upgrade to a newer i-device.) Ah...even on holidays or in all I do ... I'm always thinking of AAPL...Like that old Willie Nelson tune, "You were always on my mind...you were always on my mind.."
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Post by phoebear611 on Jul 5, 2013 4:33:28 GMT -8
June non-farm payrolls +195,000 Private sector jobs +202,000 (May was revised upward from 175k to 195k) Unemployment stays at 7.6% Markets all green
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Post by rickag on Jul 5, 2013 5:11:27 GMT -8
June non-farm payrolls +195,000 Private sector jobs +202,000 (May was revised upward from 175k to 195k) Unemployment stays at 7.6% Markets all green Sounds good, but AAPL marches to a different drum.
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Post by mmombo on Jul 5, 2013 5:13:08 GMT -8
iPad's worst nightmare--- a gap. First trade in the PM $424.00. I'm holding July 5 $420/$425 BCSs, so I couldn't be happier. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine AAPL moving from $388.xx to $424.00 in 4 sessions - in this environment. Now for the Close above $425. (My body aches from being twisted like a pretzel for the last week). Problem solved. Gap gone - At least to the upside.
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Post by lance on Jul 5, 2013 5:24:57 GMT -8
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Post by macwire on Jul 5, 2013 5:31:14 GMT -8
LOL cnbc. Great report. Talk goes to tapering ASAP
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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Jul 5, 2013 5:55:37 GMT -8
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Post by phoebear611 on Jul 5, 2013 6:16:46 GMT -8
Question: If AAPL does not allow the logos of others to go on their products, how did CNBC change all their AAPL laptops that use to have the AAPL logo into the NBC logo? I am confused .
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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Jul 5, 2013 6:22:48 GMT -8
Isn't the CNBC just a decal overlay? Or maybe you are teasing me....
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Post by Lstream on Jul 5, 2013 6:23:42 GMT -8
Question: If AAPL does not allow the logos of others to go on their products, how did CNBC change all their AAPL laptops that use to have the AAPL logo into the NBC logo? I am confused . I expect that NBC did this after they purchased. The difference is that carriers want to brand the device before they are sold. Apple can't really stop people from tricking out their devices after they are sold. But rebranding en masse pre-sale is completely different.
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Post by rickag on Jul 5, 2013 6:28:27 GMT -8
Read the article, was not aware NTT Docomo has bled 3.2 million subscribers. For me this puts a new light on recent posturing by Senior VP Kazuto Tsubouchi in a chat with the Wall Street Journal concerning offering an iPhone after losing an additional 40,000 subscribers. I don't see Apple caving to any demands by NTT Docomo regarding customization of the iPhone for them...... ever. About the only items Apple may negotiate on are minimum unit commitment.
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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Jul 5, 2013 6:29:13 GMT -8
Well,
We retreat to 418 but a hold there today would be fine in my book. Typical goofy post holiday Friday.
Gregg, did you exit those 420/425 spreads?
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Post by Red Shirted Ensign on Jul 5, 2013 6:31:23 GMT -8
Read the article, was not aware NTT Docomo has bled 3.2 million subscribers. For me this puts a new light on recent posturing by Senior VP Kazuto Tsubouchi in a chat with the Wall Street Journal concerning offering an iPhone after losing an additional 40,000 subscribers. I don't see Apple caving to any demands by NTT Docomo regarding customization of the iPhone for them...... ever. About the only items Apple my negotiate on are minimum unit commitment. And as IOs7 nears, the pressure increases.....I think IOS7 will be a huge hit in Japan. It combines the style and technological advances with cutting edge "in-crowd" cache....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2013 7:07:38 GMT -8
Had a 4th of July bash -about 30ish people hmmmm my invite must have got lost in the mail.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2013 7:12:34 GMT -8
Well, We retreat to 418 but a hold there today would be fine in my book. Typical goofy post holiday Friday. Gregg, did you exit those 420/425 spreads? Unfortunately not. Felt good about the jobs report and AAPL upward trend so did my morning routine. Got through and AAPL was down $4.00+. I'll never bathe again.
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Post by artman1033 on Jul 5, 2013 7:18:55 GMT -8
from an email: Diary of an Internet Troll I get sucked in sometimes. About twice a year. I have to respond. It's the old joke: "honey, I can't go to sleep right now. Someone on the Internet is WRONG!" The last time it happened was...yesterday. But I'm getting better. After a few back and forths I blocked that person. I blocked myself from responding. Why do I ever do it? Simple, for a brief moment I need love. I think I will get it "out there". I'm always wrong. A few weeks ago, someone claiming to be a full time Internet troll wrote to me and let me ask him questions him about his obsessive trolling. His name is GVOK. You may know him if you spend thousands of hours on www.startrek.com arguing about politics or Jesus. GVOK is no teenage, pimply idiot typing out screeds from his high school computer lab. GVOK might be your lawyer. He wrote: “After graduating law school I worked for a LAW FIRM, bored out of my mind and miserable for eight years and was laid off in 2009. I had also bought a large, beautiful house that I am now renting out because I could no longer afford the mortgage." So GVOK, while he was at his former job as a high-priced lawyer, started spending hours every day on message boards. He wrote: “I’ve had three experiences trolling. Two message boards on Star Trek and one comment section of a Youtube video on whether Jesus was real. Trolls rarely admit they are wrong and I’m no exception. I was converted from being an upstanding board member into a troll by a board bully named Admiralbill. Now Admiralbill was a staunch Republican, a real ditto head, ex-navy guy from Texas. He vehemently attacked anyone who remotely espoused a liberal viewpoint. After a few times being attacked by him and observing him attack others I decided to attack back. ALL OF THIS IS TO SHOW I THOUGHT MY REASONS WERE PURE. The following is a list of methods I employed: 1. I would post a news article that tended to put the Conservatives in a bad light. This was obviously intended to push Admiralbill’s buttons but I could always argue that I thought the article was interesting and might stimulate discussion. It had the effect of putting him on the defense because he felt compelled to respond to it. 2. I would then keep him tired and on the defensive. I did this by responding quickly and concisely. I always found it funny when another poster would write a long drawn out post responding to every single point in the previous post. I would just choose one point to refute or agree with. THIS HAD THE EFFECT OF NEGATING ALL THE WORK OF HIS PREVIOUS POST. I conserved my energy with small posts that took me ten minutes to craft after they exhausted themselves with long ones that took an hour. 3. I usually asked questions in my responses. This also put him on the defensive because he felt compelled to respond to a direct question. Thus he never set the tone because he was always responding to the tone I set. 4. I specifically stated at times that I did not want Admiralbill to respond in specific threads to avoid conflict. Of course this had the intended opposite effect. I think it was more than five years before I was banned from the website. I was constantly thinking of new ways to piss Admiralbill off. To this day part of me still hates how mean and self righteous he was. James, I know you don’t vote but it’s enough motivation for me to vote Democrat knowing that in some small way it gets back at him. There’s definitely an addictive cycle when it comes to trolling. The exhilaration is the drug that for a moment takes away the pain I feel during the 90% of the rest of the cycle. I can only speak for myself but I suspect most trolls (and people who engage in e-debates in general) probably share a common personality type. They probably work jobs or live lives that are in someway unsatisfying. They want to feel special and crave attention and respect. They are highly dependent on the opinions of other people. And this is really at the heart of the matter, a message board troll feels intense shame. It is shame that motivates him to shame others. Where this shame comes from is a whole other discussion but part of it definitely had to do with working a job I hated for so long. As you mention in your book it is basically pointless to try to change another person’s mind but I suppose at some level I was also operating under the delusion that if I said the right thing he would admit he was wrong. There is an interesting connection between trolling and working these boring corporate / cubicle jobs that became clear to me after reading your book."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2013 7:48:03 GMT -8
Searched the usual sites but can find nothing that comes close to explaining today's reversal. Anybody, or are we still at the beach?
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Post by nagrani on Jul 5, 2013 7:53:43 GMT -8
Nope. Just washing the gamblers from The sea shore.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2013 8:14:30 GMT -8
Searched the usual sites but can find nothing that comes close to explaining today's reversal. Anybody, or are we still at the beach? There are half a dozen links on the cnbc app in the stock news section tagging AAPL to stories relating to smartphone slowdown concerns after the bad Samsung and HTC results. I guess those are the only two profitable smartphone companies other than Apple (outside of China/India at least).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2013 8:32:11 GMT -8
I was just reading some samsung coverage on a tech news site and saw a hilarious comment that implied that Wall Street is worrying for no reason about Samsung growth as Apple will release a new product category soon that Samsung will be able to copy.
I know humor is sometimes hard to detect online, but I think the comment was meant as a serious one.
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Post by Mav on Jul 5, 2013 8:34:21 GMT -8
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Post by phoebear611 on Jul 5, 2013 8:40:50 GMT -8
I agree with burgess ... several times today Jon Fortt ran the segment about mobile slow down and Samsung's earnings. Stock got hit (Samsung did) due to this. Incorporated in his story was that Samsung will be getting competition from Google's Motorola phone which will be geared toward the lower end as well. iPhone was mentioned in the overall discussion about cell phone saturation. Although some of the weakness can be rationalized as having resulted from these comments - I think it's nothing more than people being at the beach and the almighty PIN.
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Post by artman1033 on Jul 5, 2013 8:42:44 GMT -8
new commercial?
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Post by Mav on Jul 5, 2013 8:45:52 GMT -8
The accelerated trendline's from Friday been broken for now. Hmm.
It is an odd week, but this level of relative weakness still makes me wonder just a bit.
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Post by lucy on Jul 5, 2013 9:01:37 GMT -8
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Post by lance on Jul 5, 2013 9:02:08 GMT -8
At current slope the 200 day MA will be in the 440-450 zone in September if AAPL can maintain its same sideways trading. This could lead to all major MA converging setting AAPL run an up with no major MA to leap frog. August September is looking like fundamental bottoming in profits, new products hype and technicals all meeting in harmony for a change in direction for the stock.
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