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  • ‘Momentum Monday’

    Posted on June 4th, 2010

    Here’s an embed of my weekly Momentum Monday show which I love doing:

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  • The CBOE Experience Tour Promotion Starts NOW!

    Posted on June 4th, 2010

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange has begun offering a fascinating educational set of tours to the investing public for those interested in the inner workings of the world’s premiere options exchange.
    The CBOE Experience Tour includes a visit to the floor, an on location history of the evolution of listed options, a Q&A session from experts [...]

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  • Overheard on StockTwits: Time to Short Real Estate? $IYR, Commodities Ugly, Uber-Bearish Sentiment

    Posted on June 4th, 2010

    Futures were down big last night only to rebound this morning and then sell off again.  Here’s today’s morning StockTwits buzz:

    Merger Monday is back but the euphoria associated with it was short lived.  It’s the reaction to the news not the news itself.

    I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about the action in the Chinese markets, which has been very unhealthy as of late.  @jf789 points out that its not translating to stocks such as $BIDU.

    Interesting that Boone Pickens is holding a ton of $RIG.

    Now that is some bearish sentiment:

    Yet people are still seeing bearish setups:

    It could finally be a good time to take the short real estate trade although those who have tried to short it have gotten killed over the past year.

    We mentioned the bearish activity in $HG_F and $CL_F last week.  The trend continues

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  • StockTwits is now Zecco Zap Trade Enabled!

    Posted on June 4th, 2010

    Today you are going to see something new and awesome on StockTwits: The little pink “Z” you will now find on the site stands for Zap Trade, and it’s a feature powered by Zecco Trading that is available only on StockTwits.
    Zap Trade: Trade instantly without leaving StockTwits
    Zap Trade is a little “widget” that appears [...]

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  • Community Ideas for the Week 5/24/2010

    Posted on June 4th, 2010

    Each Sunday we ask the StockTwits community for their best ideas for the week.  Here’s this week’s ideas:
    @FibLine likes $GS for a move to 149.24 then to 170.

    @flong182 like $RMBS if it gets above 24.38

    @OptionRadar likes going long $FRED into earnings.  We have included the chart he posted below as well.

    @TheHarper and @pacami like [...]

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  • The CBOE Experience Tour Promotion Starts NOW!

    Posted on June 4th, 2010

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange has begun offering a fascinating educational set of tours to the investing public for those interested in the inner workings of the world’s premiere options exchange.
    The CBOE Experience Tour includes a visit to the floor, an on location history of the evolution of listed options, a Q&A session from experts [...]

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  • StockTwits Ticker Pages – Now With YCharts

    Posted on June 4th, 2010

    We are happy to announce a new addition to our ticker pages – YCharts.   If you are not familiar with yCharts, you should definitely check them out.  They have created a really nice and simple way to visualize and compare stocks based on fundamental data.
    To view YCharts on StockTwits go to any ticker page, such [...]

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  • StockTwits Stock Camp Hosted by The CME Group Coming June 2 in Chicago

    Posted on June 4th, 2010

    StockTwits Stock Camp is coming to Chicago on June 2 (from 3-5pm CT) and will be hosted by The CME Group.
    We are LOVING this as we are assembling a large group of our sharpest traders across asset classes including Equities and the E-Mini Futures, Commodities and Forex.
    StockTwits will present three panels focusing specifically on the [...]

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  • StockTwits at the Trader’s Expo June 9th in Pasadena

    Posted on June 4th, 2010

    I’m excited to be taking part in one of Investor’s Business Daily’s Workshops at the Trader’s Expo in at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA.   I will be hosting a panel along with the guys from IBD on How to Use Social Media to Improve Your Trading Results on June 9th from 5 to 7pm.

    In addition there be some panels featuring member from our community.

    On June 10th from 4:30-5:30pm we will host Top StockTwits Traders’ Strategy Talk, will be moderated by Phil Pearlman and the panelists include SMBCapital’s Mike Bellafore, Investing With Options’ Steven Place and Your’s Truly.  We will discuss equity and options trading strategies that are working specifically in the current environment.  You can find more details on the panel HERE.

    On June 12th from 1:15 – 2:15pm Phil Pearlman will host an educational presentation, Using Social Media to Improve Market Performance, providing great information for market participants as well as those run finance trading related businesses on the web.  You can find the details HERE.

    It should be a great turnout.  You can register for the event here.

    If you would like to discuss the Expo or link to your presentation or exhibit on  StockTwits, use the tag $EXPO10 for inclusion on the Traders Expo Stream.

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  • JetBlue on Twitter….Asshats! $JBLU

    Posted on June 4th, 2010

    So JetBlue tweets.  Big f$$*%ing deal. You don’t even know how to send a coupon, the best part of Twitter. Asshats.

    Just because you CAN have a Twitter stream does not mean you SHOULD have one.

    The airline business is a shitty business.  Overall, JetBlue $jblu has been pretty good (I am alive).  Website is fine, rewards program is good, leather seats, and TV.  I have rewarded them with loyalty.  I fly JetBllue. That’s how it works.

    But because the airline business is a shitty business and there really are a bunch of relatively shitty choices, it does not take much to lose a customer or gain a customer.  Hence, there is NO investment in customer service.

    That makes no sense to me.  There is no reason for JetBlue to suck so much ass.  The tools are there to handle your best customers.  All I can do is vote with my wallet and blog and Twitter stream so I will.  Maybe the intern running the Twitter could sign up for Assistly , email me, call me, something….Instead, they will get abused for what I believe is stealing my time and money.

    I believe JetBlue is screwing around with flights and schedules, especially from San Diego.  For the fourth time in 6 months, JetBlue has cancelled a flight and while they send me an email and phone me a few hours before, that’s all you get.

    Since there are no other choices out of the city to certain destinations, you are stranded or left to book a last minute trip at mind boggling last minute rates on another shitty airline.  Mistakes happen, but this is not a mistake.  I believe JetBlue is cancelling flights at the last minute based on the reservation numbers.  I don’t have the time ot care to prove it, I am the customer and it seems obvious.

    JetBlue has now cost me way too much money to consider them.  I will fight them for for my $3-4,000 because I can.  I will be relentless.

    JetBlue…like American Express you are dead to me.

    On the bright side @JetBlue …JFK airport sucks balls in the worst ways so it was inevitable.

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