What Would You Do If You Had Glass (GOOG)? 3.4.2013

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Google Glasses are a reality head mounted display that allows its users a hands free interaction, with the Internet, via voice commands. The glasses appearance is simply an aluminum strip, with two nose pads, and the heads-up display in the upper corner of the eye. It works by having the virtual retinal display project images onto the retina. This means you will be searching the web, getting directions, having Google + hangouts, recording videos, taking pictures and even sending messages from a blink of an eye. It also has the ability to take photos and record videos up to 720p.

Can you believe it… just years ago the smartphone was this revolutionary idea that had/has us going crazy over apps. Now we will be wearing glasses that look like were from Star-Trek everywhere we go…hard to believe.

It will change the way companies advertise, instead of all the ads on the web, it seems reasonable to say they will transition over to the glasses. To say at this time how they will be done, is quite unreasonable… but the sky is the limit.

This technology can also have tremendous effects on how you watch your favorite sporting events. Instead of siting on your couch with a 1080p TV, how does watching it streamed 720p from your friends glasses sound? Yes, that is exactly what these glasses have the ability to do. If your friend is sitting courtside at the NBA Finals, front row at the super bowl or even third row down the first base line at the world series, you could see exactly what they are seeing real time. Disputes from the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL etc. over the thought of that happening is a whole different story, but we can dream for now!

If you want to get your hands on a pair of these, Google announced that they are taking pre-orders requiring those interested to tell Google “what you would do if you had Glass”?

Author: Peter Nitso

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Is GRPN Now A Deal? (GRPN, NZGA, QQQ)

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In short, time will tell. Yesterday’s gap down was a prompt rejection of the 200 DMA
(day moving average), and may be the catalyst for shares to move lower and retest
lows. The 50 DMA recently crossed over the 100 and 150 DMA, but yesterdays price
action was also rejected by those levels as the stock tried to rebound from beneath
them.

The ailing daily deals site suffered a loss of $0.12, but this may be a turnaround
point as the stock traded over 100 million shares. From a fundamental prospective,
the business model is being questioned as players like AMZN and GOOG join the
scene, for the barriers to entry are minimal. Additionally, the stock has been a
target of shorts as there was early controversy of GRPN’s accounting practices.

The graphic below is GRPN.

 

Biggest Bearish Activity 2.28.2013

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Bear Market Crash Volatility

Paper bought 600 HAS March 40 Puts for $.70 when stock was trading $40.17
Paper bought 600 ECL April 75 Puts for $1.10 (4.7 times usual volume) when stock was trading $77.10
Paper bought 400 AIRM April 41 Puts for $1.275 (15.1 times usualvolume) when stock was trading $44.45
Paper bought 600 KSU April 105 Puts for $5.10 (2.8 times usual volume) when stock was trading $103.81
Paper bought 181 THRX March 20 Puts for $2.10 (2.5 times usual volume) when stock was trading $20.15

Biggest Bullish Activity 2.28.2013

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bullishPaper bought 37,402 AMTD Aug 23 Calls for $.25 (18.5 times usual volume) when stock was trading $19.09
Paper bought 1800 INFA June 35 Calls for $3.50 (7.6 times usual volume) when stock was trading $35.36
Paper bought 905 REN April 7.5 Calls for $2.35 (3.9 times usual volume) when stock was trading $9.61
Paper bought 950 PLCM July 10 Calls for $9.10 (3.5 times usual volume) when stock was trading $9.10
Paper bought 982 PGH Oct 5 Calls for $.15 (2.8 times usual volume) when stock was trading $4.13

Unusual Options Activity 2.28.2013

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rok-tabs-kotmPaper bought 37,402 AMTD Aug 23 Calls for $.25 (18.5 times usual volume) when stock was trading $19.09
Paper sold 5993 JCP Jan 2014 8 Puts for $.60 (3.6 times usual volume) when stock was trading $16.75
Paper bought 1735 MCP Jan 5 Puts for $1.80 (2.9 times usual volume) when stock was trading $1.80
Paper bought 10830 TXN Jan 35 Calls for $2.70 (3.6 times usual volume) when stock was trading $34.48
Paper sold 5000 MTG March 2.5 Puts for $.10 (7.2 times usual volume) when stock was trading $2.75

Is Silver Undervalued? (SLV, GLD, USD) 2.27.2013

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The chart of silver may be depicting a buying opportunity with limited risk and a tight stop. Silver is in a down channel, but the current price may be suffering from an oversold condition.  The market has seen this movie before. Silver saw a similar slump in December of 2012 where the metal fell over 10% as it traversed from the upper bound of the channel to the lower bound of the channel. The candlestick formation when silver bottomed during the aforementioned period is eerily similar to the ones at the present time. See chart below for specifics, but in essence, they are forming neutral dojis…an early indicator of a bottoming process.

Other drivers of the metals trade include push and pulls from the currency market. Over the same period mentioned above, the US Dollar index has rallied and the EUR/USD currency pair has fallen, giving more reason for the metal weakness. This may soon cycle back to prior levels, but is absolutely a risk to the outlined thesis.

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