SIRI Monthly Thread October 2015 (with NFL Chat)

@Sly, User, Waldo, Stag, GetSirius, NJ, OtherSo...

Seriously, Sirius XM (SIRI) Stock Is Ready to Break Out

Check out the SELLS today for Sirius XM. It appears they are exercising stock options coming do. Non-Event IMHO. Probably just some ISOs (income stock options).

http://openinsider.com/SIRI

As you can see provided in the link above, they've been doing this for a while.

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Originally Posted by beehaus

Just checking in to see whats up. Great close today.
Glad to see it was friendly day on the board. I don't mind the back and forth though you can count me in the DM Denco camp regarding the pre-Oct 14 stuff. Anyway I have to say that this is my favorite post of all time. F-ing classic! But who drinks vodka OJ with steak!

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I go out to capital grill for a nice fat juicy ribeye (medium rare) with a side of mushrooms...with 4 absolute vodka and orange juices thinking for sure i will come back to find myself banned from here. Yet i come back to find out i have not been banned yet....what the **** is wrong with you fkn clowns??????????? What the **** does it take to get banned from here? I ****ing give up man...seriously....you guys are more ****ed up than me!!!

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lol...you raise a valid question Bhaus. I could drink vodka/oj's with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich :p I am not much of a wine guy and after drinking beers on the golf course...i like to switch it up. :)

Yeah we did have a good close....4.08 right? Nice feeling to be on the north side of 4 for sure BHaus. Futures slightly green.

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Originally Posted by siriusly_invested

Charles, I've never managed a forum but in the past I have been web master of three separate web sites where the general public seemed to have constant bitches and gripes. It is a thankless chore in that role, as I'm sure it is in yours' to try to keep everyone happy. l have the utmost of respect for what you do. Thanks, and keep up the good work.

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+1, it is a very thankless job.....

If anyone is in for some light, fun reading today, here you go

Technical Analysis and the Art of Voodoo

Congrats on the SIRI close boys (and gals?)....hang in there...

Anyone have any news or insight on Howard yet? Is he going to resign?

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Originally Posted by user34615145

Agreed with respect to AAPL. I sure wouldn't sell it here. Still, even with today's pullback I'm a bit nervous buying at these prices. My strategy has been to sell the puts and try to pick up shares a bit cheaper. For example earlier today I sold this Friday op-ex $111 puts for $2.07...so if the sp keeps going down and I get put the stock I'll essentially be paying under $109 for them. Then I'll turn around and sell next week's $115 -118 calls and try to pick up a couple of more $$$ without actually getting the shares called away...if they DO get called away I go back to selling out of the money puts.

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Update: As I'm sure everyone knows by now, AAPL beat forecasts for the quarter and the stock is up $2+ in pre-market so far. It's looking less likely that my $111 Puts will get exercised. Oh well, as least I'll get to keep the premium. Congrats to those that took a long position on the stock - Looks like you'll be rewarded this morning.

Well user (or me for some of you)... You won't believe this. I spent a good solid 6 hours jack hammering thin set yesterday. I com in and lay down, turn on CNCBC, and the ALERT says "Apple's Earnings Immenent..." I grab my iphone, login to Fidelity and buy Apple shares AH. 5 minutes later, earnings hit. BOOOOOOOOOOM BABY!!

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Update: As I'm sure everyone knows by now, AAPL beat forecasts for the quarter and the stock is up $2+ in pre-market so far. It's looking less likely that my $111 Puts will get exercised. Oh well, as least I'll get to keep the premium. Congrats to those that took a long position on the stock - Looks like you'll be rewarded this morning.

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Originally Posted by midas360

Well user (or me for some of you)... You won't believe this. I spent a good solid 6 hours jack hammering thin set yesterday. I com in and lay down, turn on CNCBC, and the ALERT says "Apple's Earnings Immenent..." I grab my iphone, login to Fidelity and buy Apple shares AH. 5 minutes later, earnings hit. BOOOOOOOOOOM BABY!!

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Your'e right. I don't believe it.... I mean really, a SOLID 6 hours with the💪 jackhammer??! No breaks?. I call bollsheet!!!😉

Well maybe I took 1 or 2 breaks but it was a long time jack hammering that's for damn sure. You're talking about a guy that is 6'3" bending over with a bosche jack hammer. I am telling you, nothing prepares you for the pain doing it. My lower back and legs hurt. Wife said next time you can hire someone to do it.

I am thinkinig that Fart Man may retire or may not?

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Originally Posted by Limit5Bass

Anyone have any news or insight on Howard yet? Is he going to resign?

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Well maybe I took 1 or 2 breaks but it was a long time jack hammering that's for damn sure. You're talking about a guy that is 6'3" bending over with a bosche jack hammer. I am telling you, nothing prepares you for the pain doing it. My lower back and legs hurt. Wife said next time you can hire someone to do it.

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6'3" is small for a texas farm boy. You play football down there too?

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Anyone have any news or insight on Howard yet? Is he going to resign?

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Bass, I just couldn't resist this question....... Is your question asking if Howard will resign, as in extend his contract, or are you asking if he will resign, as in Quit, retire, go away, etc? I've seen that word on this board to have both meanings. Is there some way to distinguish between the two meanings..............for example, would it be correct to say "re-sign" when the intent is that he will renew his contract?............. I'm just curious.

Good morning all. Let's make some dough today.

Are you kidding? Texas is big on football and it starts at a very early age. Have you ever seen the TV show called "Little Tykes?" It's insane how early they teach these young boys to play and play well. To answer your question, YUP. Played all thru high school. My cousin who is much bigger is 6'4" and weighed in at 325 was ALL State, played for Texas A&M, and played Semi Pro Ball for Dallas Diesel. They won the championship game. Anyway, that was a long time ago. I still feel all the aches and pains of playing ball.

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6'3" is small for a texas farm boy. You play football down there too?

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Hey User, I just realized there is a ready resource for id'ing those bright stars and/or planets you referred to the other morning. I mentioned that my sister in-law asked if I knew what was the bright star in the east one morning and I found a minimal mention via a Google search that it was SIRIUS. I troubled over that incident, and ironically this morning I realized I had the exact answer in hand if only I had opened my eyes.

On my iPhone I once installed a free app called STAR CHART, and until this morning I had forgotten all about it. It's too late to know what was bright in the sky last week, but next time I'll be ready. This clever app is so simple.. you just point the camera side of the iPhone to the area of interest in the sky and the camera monitor shows and names what you are looking at.

Now that we have that little puzzle solved, I'm ready to move on to the market. Good luck all.

@Sly... hope you don't mind me joining in on your comment to user. I love those astronomy apps for the iPhone. Last night I followed the instructions (posted yesterday in forum) and tried taking some pictures of the Super Moon. The issue me and my daughter were having is we could get the moon in focus but when we went to the take the picture in timer mode, it would change focus. This never happened when I took pictures of the blood moon. I've been searching around this morning trying to figure out what we were doing wrong. i will say, I was impressed with the somewhat blurry pic of the moon with no editing involved.

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Originally Posted by siriusly_invested

Hey User, I just realized there is a ready resource for id'ing those bright stars and/or planets you referred to the other morning. I mentioned that my sister in-law asked if I knew what was the bright star in the east one morning and I found a minimal mention via a Google search that it was SIRIUS. I troubled over that incident, and ironically this morning I realized I had the exact answer in hand if only I had opened my eyes.

On my iPhone I once installed a free app called STAR CHART, and until this morning I had forgotten all about it. It's too late to know what was bright in the sky last week, but next time I'll be ready. This clever app is so simple.. you just point the camera side of the iPhone to the area of interest in the sky and the camera monitor shows and names what you are looking at.

Now that we have that little puzzle solved, I'm ready to move on to the market. Good luck all.

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@Sly... hope you don't mind me joining in on your comment to user. I love those astronomy apps for the iPhone. Last night I followed the instructions (posted yesterday in forum) and tried taking some pictures of the Super Moon. The issue me and my daughter were having is we could get the moon in focus but when we went to the take the picture in timer mode, it would change focus. This never happened when I took pictures of the blood moon. I've been searching around this morning trying to figure out what we were doing wrong. i will say, I was impressed with the somewhat blurry pic of the moon with no editing involved.

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Midas, my only thought would be that you might have had your camera set to Auto Mode....... I think I might have shot in Manual
Mode where I would be in control of Apature, and Shutter Speed, and I would set my focus to Infinity and manually fine tune the focus on the moon.

I noticed that moon in our clear sky as I ventured outside after dark. I couldn't make time for the camera however, as that was too far down the list of priorities for now.

EDIT: I would have used a remote shutter trigger and would select the 2 second delay to avoid camera shake due to the mirror raising. Also, if you happened to select a long shutter opening, say more than 15 or 20 seconds, then you might have suffered some "trailing" by virtue of the earth's rotation during that shot..............Those are my 2 cents.

Hi LB.....I really think HS is going to stay put. He has the greatest gig in the world. He recently was on Kimmel live a few nights back, sounds like he killed it!....i did not see the episode but here is a youtube link from his appearance. He seems like he is very happy. tune into about 1:45 mark. he states he likes going to the radio station and doing the radio show. Says he likes a nice sedate life. He also stated he left AGT because he hated doing it.

Listen to the entire audio of his appearance below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Giy7o0I2Q64

I appreciate Sly!!! By the way, I got a call from Frost Bank again. They want to use more of my pictures on their website. They will email me 2 days before it goes up. I will post here. Have a nice trading day!

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Originally Posted by siriusly_invested

Midas, my only thought would be that you might have had your camera set to Auto Mode....... I think I might have shot in Manual
Mode where I would be in control of Apature, and Shutter Speed, and I would set my focus to Infinity and manually fine tune the focus on the moon.

I noticed that moon in our clear sky as I ventured outside after dark. I couldn't make time for the camera however, as that was too far down the list of priorities for now.

EDIT: I would have used a remote shutter trigger and would select the 2 second delay to avoid camera shake due to the mirror raising. Also, if you happened to select a long shutter opening, say more than 15 or 20 seconds, then you might have suffered some "trailing" by virtue of the earth's rotation during that shot..............Those are my 2 cents.

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Well folks... those Apple shares I purchased in AH about 5 minutes before earnings just netted me $1,200

It doesn't get any better than that. Talk about living a charmed life. YEEEHAW! :)