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    $SPY Reported explosion at Boston Marathon finish line.
    Apr 15, 3:00 PM
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    • mdesilvio: some pics at huffingtonpost http://huff.to/ZlU6td
      Apr 15, 3:28 PM
    • tough times: lets pray for everyone out there..
      Apr 15, 3:36 PM
      • Erick McKitterick
        Out RAX short and THC long. What a great day
        11/7/12
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        • Vertical Spread: Still long THC?
          11/14/12
        • Erick McKitterick: No I left the THC long back on Nov 7th. I both tweeted the trade and put it on SA.
          11/15/12
          • Erick McKitterick
            Shorting RAX into the close
            11/6/12
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            • Erick McKitterick: Paid services are available such as LiveVol Pro or Bloomberg Trade station. I use LiveVolPro it's 250.00 a month.
              11/6/12
            • Toyman317: Thanks.
              11/6/12
              • Erick McKitterick
                Closing AGQ and GDX trades from yesterday. BOOYAH!
                11/6/12
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                    GM, and WLL calls going nuts. BOOYAH!
                    11/6/12
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                        RHI call volume off the charts.
                        11/5/12
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                        • sundate36: Interesting... What do you think about MWW?
                          11/5/12
                        • Erick McKitterick: Real light day 4 MWW options so hard tell. Personal opinion is MWW will go the way of the economy. If U R negative go short positive go long
                          11/5/12
                          • Erick McKitterick
                            Huge call buyer in EXPE bought Jan 48 and 50 calls 8.2K and 4.1K is going to get paid tomorrow. 48's went for 7.00 and 50's for 5.90. Wow!
                            10/25/12
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                            • Ocean Man: I think that was Mr Viera.
                              10/25/12
                            • Erick McKitterick: Yeah what a move!
                              10/26/12
                              • Erick McKitterick
                                AAPL here we go
                                10/25/12
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                                  • Erick McKitterick
                                    FB put spreads come to daddy!
                                    10/23/12
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                                      • Erick McKitterick
                                        A couple months ago the buyers of the AUTH 7.5 - 10 OCT call spread may get paid. News still pending, I was one of them!
                                        10/9/12
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                                        • SteadyOptions: Erick, we want you back!
                                          10/10/12
                                        • Erick McKitterick: We'll see stay tuned
                                          10/22/12
                                          • Erick McKitterick
                                            BBRY puts.... BOOM!
                                            5/29/12
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                                            • Joe Razorback: BBRY Puts would have been Nice!!
                                              5/30/12
                                            • Erick McKitterick: I closed them now and am looking to re-enter on any pop
                                              5/30/12
                                              • Erick McKitterick
                                                NFLX short is MONEY!
                                                4/23/12
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                                                    6 Million Dollar 105-85 weekly put spread bought on NFLX does not bode well for NFLX after earnings.
                                                    4/22/12
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                                                    • Erick McKitterick: Whisper number of (.12) vs (.27) consensus estimate so they are going to need to blow out numbers here.
                                                      4/23/12
                                                    • Erick McKitterick: Great short if you got into it though
                                                      4/24/12
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                                                        CS - begins re-issuing TVIX shares. Good now I can re-short. :)
                                                        3/23/12
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                                                        • drrobcornell: I'll let it go to zero before I pay off the shorts.
                                                          3/23/12
                                                        • Erick McKitterick: This price action is just insane here.
                                                          3/23/12
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                                                            I couldn't even find shares of TVIX to short. Wow large holder just dumped 10K+ blocks all day after 2:30. Margin calls tomorrow anyone?
                                                            3/22/12
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                                                            • winyuen: Thanks Erick. How often does the NAV rate change? CS says it will reopen the issuance of TVIX shares. How much lower can TVIX go?
                                                              3/23/12
                                                            • Erick McKitterick: If investors don't bid up TVIX it could go much lower. Some say shorts are a problem, see what happens when there are no bids. That's Worse
                                                              3/23/12
                                                              • Erick McKitterick
                                                                Giant EEM 43-41-39 put butterfly 100K/200K/100K for net cost of 3 Million. Highlighted in my daily recap article.
                                                                2/3/12
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                                                                    SPX, SPY, and IWM puts bought across the board. Big 4.6M hedge to the downside for Feb 1300-1200 put spread
                                                                    1/26/12
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                                                                    • Dinny: congrats Erick - you are very bearish
                                                                      1/26/12
                                                                    • Erick McKitterick: I actually did finally move back to a net short position today so yes I'm bearish here.
                                                                      1/26/12
                                                                      • Erick McKitterick
                                                                        SEC should investigate this! INHX had 2 blocks on Friday. A Feb 10-15 call spread 2K times for 1.35 and a 2.3K May 15 - Aug 25 Call diag!
                                                                        1/9/12
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                                                                        • humahuaca: but Erick, the SEC has much more important stuff to look into. I hear some new videos were released on youporn
                                                                          1/9/12
                                                                        • Erick McKitterick: No I understand overall it's a drop in the bucket but once again shows common investors are left out to dry without inside info.
                                                                          1/9/12
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                                                                            Large 8K June 60 VIX call bought
                                                                            12/29/11
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                                                                            • sthiruva: Erick, what do you think about buying TVIX and CVOL?
                                                                              Jan 12, 9:38 AM
                                                                            • Erick McKitterick: TVIX is going to more than likely go down until backwardation comes back into play. CVOL doesn't trade 1000 shares a day so I have no idea
                                                                              Jan 12, 12:28 PM
                                                                              • Erick McKitterick
                                                                                Went short SIAL via put options following the 3K puts bought on the Feb 65 puts.
                                                                                12/22/11
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