Option Block 127: Predicting Facebook’s First Day Closing Price

Option Block 127: Predicting Facebook’s First Day Closing Price

Trading Block: Apple is back to the races following the Nortel patent news — up 10% post earnings and vol popping to the upside. Groupon down 14% – AGAIN. Cisco earnings were decent, but is the worst over? CBOE announces record volume numbers – stock shrugs in response. Activision out after the bell – now trading close to $13. LinkedIn after the bell as well. Tis the season to trading earnings long premium. Odd Block: Unusual activity in IROBOT, (IRBT) AMDOCS LTD – (DOX), and a RENN review from Jan 30. Xpress Block: Jon Grigus talks Facebook, its upcoming IPO, and poses the question "What will Facebook's closing price be on the first day of trading?" LISTENER QUESTION If a brokerage says the fee for option assignment is $20, is that per share, per contract (100 shares) or per order? So if I have 10 contracts of 100 shares each, do I pay 2000, 200, or 20 assuming they are all assigned? Around the Block: Upcoming earnings: GM 2/16 – Marriott 2/15 – NVDA 2/15 – TSLA 2/15. A final rundown of the earnings that came out today.

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