Trade of the Day (P) 3.26.2012

Break-even: I break-even on this trade if P closes at $11.70 by May 18, 2012.

Unprofitable: This trade is unprofitable if P closes under $11.70 by May 18, 2012.  The most I can I can lose is the $.70 that I paid for the Calls.

Reason I Like This Trade: When P was trading $10.46, I saw a customer buy 2439 Pandora May 11 Calls for $.70.  I then saw more unsual options activity and paper sell May 11 Puts and April 10 Puts.  I knew that I wanted to get LONG, but I always like to define my risk vs reward so I bought Calls since I think the stock will move higher. 

UPDATE 4.9.2012 These Calls are currently worth $.25 and this trade has not worked out very well.  Since I know I can only lose $.25 more cents I will leave these Calls on.

UPDATE 4.11.2012 These Calls have now turned into a lottery ticket and another stock where I have purchased Calls and have not worked out very well.  I will look to take this trade off with any rally in Pandora.  

UPDATE 4.23.2012  Another worthless Calls as these Calls are only worth $.10.  I realize now that everytime I buy Calls they go to zero, so I will be doing that anytime soon.  

UPDATE 4.30.2012  With a rally in P last week, I took these Calls off for $.15, realizing that some money is better than none.  Moving on to the next trade

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