MAKO Surgical Trade Alert (TA) Coming Tuesday, March 6 at 10 AM ET:

Our 1st ahead of earnings Intra-Q bonus TA as a Thank You to all Yearly subscribers. 

Excited,

POTC-

  

Special Intra-Quarter PETA for Priceline Inc. (PCLN) Has Been Sent:

AAPL, PNRA, NFLX, and GOOG were all winners in Q1.

Every Yearly subscriber received this PETA Red-Eye, Tuesday, for a potential trade on U.S. Tuesday morning.    

Thank You,
POTC- 

POTC's Best Safe Money Bond Ideas Coming Saturday, 25, Feb.

Happy President George Washington's Birthday to All

Here's to Liberty and Independence winning over tyrannical big government madness. 

Here's to a return of the days where free-markets were not manipulated by manical big government+corporate bastards like Jon Corzine and Hank Paulson.

And here's to the days where valiant and faithful Presidents like George Washington personally fought in battles to underscore the greatness of the United States of America.

Baidu Inc. (BIDU) Stock Option Trade Alert Closed from Purchase

Psychological Financial Fusion Trade Alert (PFF ratio TA) on BIDU has been sent.

PETAs have been a very successful and educational offering for our growing number of subscribers. We invite you to join us for a Quarter or at BIDU. Few blog teams work harder and smarter than us.

Our recent PETAs on GOOG and NFLX produced returns of over 110% and 300% respectively.

Our most recent PETA for AAPL triggered on Friday and is up huge.

Thank You,

POTC-

Apple Inc. (AAPL) Trade Alert Closed

This delayed Post-Earnings Trade Alert (d-PETA) for AAPL is now closed. Congrats to all who traded.  

Sometimes stocks experience delayed technical reactions that confuse traders, this phenomenon is addressed in this educational report.

Not a subscriber, please purchase this d-PETA  through the PayPal menu in the right margin.

Baidu.com (BIDU) Trade Alert Coming in Late February..

Congratulations to all who traded the past two Post Earnings Trade Alerts (PETAs). Both GOOG puts and NFLX calls generated profits of over 100% in a matter of hours. We are now studying BIDU for potentially profitable trade strategies.

Baidu Q4 Earnings Report Late February, Not Monday
By KEVIN SHALVEY, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 12:29 PM ET
Chinese search leader Baidu (BIDU) has pushed its Q4 earnings report back to the end of February, almost a month later than it usually reports and about two weeks after the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations, says an analyst.

"They're trying to get more visibility. That will probably be the latest that they've reported in the last six years," said Mayuresh Masurekar, an analyst with Collins Stewart. But he also says he does not see the later-than-usual reporting date as a cause for concern.

Last week and Monday, IBD and others reported that Baidu would release its fourth-quarter results late Monday. That had been widely assumed, but the company has yet to file a reporting date with the SEC, nor has it posted any announcement on its company website.
Baidu has not yet responded to emails seeking comment and confirmation of its reporting date. Analyst Masurekar, however, says he had contacted the company and was told the reporting date would be late February.
Masurekar says the company wanted to give itself time after the end of Chinese New Year celebrations to prepare and release its results. Celebrations for Chinese New Year 2012, the Year of the Dragon, began Jan. 23 and end Feb. 6.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters see Q4 revenue of $698.9 million, up 88% from $371.3 million in Q4 2010.
Per-share profit minus items is expected to be 91 cents, up 82%.
 All subscribers will receive this PETA on schedule red-eye after Q4 earnings are announced.

If you're not a subscriber and you're interested in trading with us you can buy the BIDU analysis, or a subscription, by using Paypal in the right margin.


Happy & Healthy 2012 to All our Chinese Subscribers. May the Dragon Breathe Fiery Profits Into Our Portfolios as We Trade Small and with Greater Patience.

Good Things Happen to Good People,
POTC-

NFLX PETA closed

Congratulations to all subscribers who acted on the first part of our two-part Trade Alert on NFLX. We are very happy that some of you have already contacted us with reports of 100+% profits in the first 90 minutes of trading today.

Stock Option Trade Alert (TA) for Netflix Inc. (NFLX) Next:

NFLX reports earnings after market close on Wednesday, 25 January. We will send a Post-Earnings Trade Alert (PETA) to all Quarterly and Yearly subcribers late Wednesday evening.

 Our PETA trade on GOOG last Friday morning produced a return of over 110%. We bought the  $590 PUTs that were set to expire that day; we got in at an average of $3.20 and sold at $6.90.

 If you would like an opportunity to profit,  you can buy the NFLX trade through PayPal.

Our PETAs have an excellent risk-reward profile since we do an in-depth study of the fundamentals, technicals, and price psychology for several days; then after we see the quarterly results and listen to the conference call (CC) sometimes several times, we decide whether the after market price reaction will continue or reverse.

PETAs have been a very successful offering for our subscribers. We invite you to join us for a Quarter or at least this NFLX trade.

Thank You, POTC-

Overnight Profit of 250% on Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG)

On Wednesday 18 of January, 2012, every subscriber received a Trade Alert on ISRG. We suggested the JAN $450 puts the next day, Thursday.

On Thursday the JAN $450 puts opened at 5.00, dipped as low as 4.30 and closed on the high of the day at 6.70.

As of this writing this Friday morning, the puts are at $20.90. Now we suggested booking profits.

"Never Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth" is one of Pig Bob's favorite trading wisdoms.

Depending upon purchase price, our subscribers are enjoying 210% - 330% overnight profits.

Capitalist Pig Bob : /

Google's Costs Soar as Germans Stop Searching in Q4; Longs Bloodied:

Google Inc. (GOOG) Stock Option Trade Alert, Q4 Earnings:

If you are not a Quarterly or Yearly subscriber, please purchase this informational Trade Alert through Paypal in the right margin.

A live webcast of the Q4 earnings conference call (CC) can be accessed at:  investor.google.com/webcast.html.

The replay of the webcast will be available through the same link following the CC.
Please visit Google’s investor relations website at investor.google.com on January 19th, 2012 to view the earnings release prior to the CC.

Google is a global technology leader focused on improving the way people stay plugged into information and friends. Google’s innovations in web search and advertising have built the  website into a top Internet property and are accelerating its brand recognition to every corner of the globe. 

POTC-

Cheers to Jim Cramer, Street.com, Fast Money, Motley Fool, Minyanville, and Seeking Alpha as We Anticipate a Profitable 2012:

Q1 Focus List:
AAPL, AMZN, BIDU, CSCO, FFIV, GES, GOOG, GS, ISRG, JNPR, PCLN, WFM.

Q1 will have a minimum of 5 Trade Alerts, at least 3 will be Post Earnings Trade Alerts (PETA).

PETAs are sent Red-Eye (midnight ET). Please review the entire write-up and be prepared to trade on market open.

PETAs are sent after earnings, so the options could be less expensive and offer a better risk-reward set-up than trading ahead of earnings with large premiums. 

Most traders think they have missed out when a stock is up or down 5%+ post report, but that initial move is often only the beginning of something special. For clarification between a PFF ratio TA and a PETA, please go to the right margin.


PFFs and PETAs require several 12+ hour days of studying financial statements, rewinding conference calls, interpreting key news developments, technicals, politics, macro factors, and the underlying psychology of price. Our goal is to send subscribers educational, aggressive, non-biased, well researched, and profitable write-ups.

 POTC remains firmly rooted in fiscal conservative principles. No bloated government agencies, bailouts, and stimulus packages is the mantra of our Capitalist Pig Bob (CPB). Darwinian free-markets with less fees and regulations are paramount to experiencing growth in GDP, and paradigmal business cycles; whether Railroads, Autos, Mining, or Telecoms, they all brought on the great economic cycles of prosperity.

Yet the advent of faster Computer Chips/Hardware, Software, and the Internet has leveled the global playing field. These technological 'advancements' are open for debate as to whether they are good or bad for cyclical prosperity. We think it varies from sector to sector, with some good and some bad paradigms evolving. Perhaps the regenerative medicine  sector will be the greatest beneficiary of this digital society.


Since more countries have the nuclear bomb, getting out of hard economic times by relying on the Drums of War doesn't work anymore. Guerrilla warfare and Drone technology are the reality on our nuclear planet, yet countries like North Korea having the bomb makes the world a dangerous place, especially for the residents of Seoul, South Korea. 

We are excited with the approaching 2012 Presidential campaign and election. CPB believes the U.S. will drown in mediocrity if our politicians continue to rail against Wall Street with their left hands while collaborating with their right. Donkeys and Elephants alike are to blame here, so you won't ever read that POTC supports any animal that bailed out Wall Street. If CPB had his way, men like Jon Corzine and Bernard Madoff would go straight from the courtroom to the live cable pay-for-view broadcast of the caning board. 


The average businessman is more confused on what future policies will cost him/her; that is the major driver behind the stagnant business and consumer psychology in our opinion. Capitalist Pig Bob wants to see Obamacare and Dodd-Frank fixed. Perhaps when the GOP candidate opens up a double-digit lead in Q2 that will be the beginning of some powerful themes in banking and health care. 

The $500M+ loss in Solyndra as well as the NY Congressional seat should have jarred this Administration. Capitalist Pig Bob was of that opinion after Scott Brown's victory and was proven wrong. Obama's actions post Brown were extremely partisan, and Obama care passed against the will of most Americans. Mandating anyone buy anything, including health care is a clear violation of the 10th Amendment. Obama's actions have been  troubling,  especially considering the November midterm 2010 Tea Party rout.

Everyone who buys a Yearly subscription will receive our #1 stock to go long and #1 stock to go short through July of 2012. 

Shrewd global political forces will influence legislation or lack thereof in the weeks and months ahead. These forces will be especially evident as the January 28th Q4 GDP number posts at 9:30 am ET. 


Every POTC subscriber will be informed ahead of all major market moving economic data from U.S., China, Europe, and India, with weekend S&P Market Timing/Directional Alerts throughout 2012.


Obama's bloated government ensures extended suffering for the private sector. CPB  despises this Administration's economic team as well as the FOMC's insistence on printing 'mo money.' A 0% interest rate policy has done nothing to heal banking or real estate psychology.

The cheap price of money has not helped stop the real recession in housing and employment. Low interest rates and quantitative easing have created the right atmosphere for growth, yet the businessman and consumer remains confused and scared as a result of too many regulations on the horizon. 

The past decade's string of bad events (stock market bubble of 2000, Enron, Arthur Andersen, and WorldCom collapse, 9/11 Terrorism, Wars, real estate collapse post 2003, Bailouts, and Stimulus in conjunction with emergence of technological efficiencies of the Internet, microprocessors, servers, smart phones, and now tablets) has put the entire world in a socioeconomic headlock. Getting a little dirt on your hands, through labor, has been lost and minimized to men trying to outmaneuver each other through any means other than real physical labor.  

The emergence of an uneven manufacturing playing field in terms of lower wages in the East, and the pegging of the Chinese Yuan to the U$D is an ongoing socioeconomic pickle.

How China unwinds this peg and avoids inflation will be a case study for generations to come. And if they don't unwind soon and U.S. GDP  posts < 2.5%+ in 2012, it could spring social unrest in countries like China and potential revolutions in orbital economically weak Euro countries like Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Spain, and Italy. This year's (2012) election in Greece is sure to rock the global markets, are you paying attention? 

Growth is the key, and how does the U.S. grow GDP when countries are pirating our goods and paying their citizens a much lower relative wage? It's likely the hard working Chinese will stand-up for higher wages if food inflation does not subside in 2012. 

The world is facing very complex socioeconomic issues literally in the weeks and months ahead. Our team is prepared to analyze these comeuppances and send profitable trade suggestions as they arise. Are you excited and on board with us for 2012? 

The average Chinese manufacturing wage is around $2.50/hour compared to U.S. $16.00/hour, a 540% difference. The Yuan peg to the U$D is no doubt a major thorn and reason the U.S. has anemic GDP and employment outlooks.

The latest banking crisis crippling Europe reminds us of 2008 on a smaller scale. And we see a silver lining as the S&P holds above 1,200 even as these gaping structural banking faults are exposed. Our goal is to send aggressive and profitable trade suggestions with excellent risk reward parameters clearly spelled out. Yes, we do recommend subscribers use limit orders and electronic sell stops. 

Every subscriber receives our 11 Commandments that highlight aggressive  trading wisdoms and some Commandments apply to traditional cash accounts. The 11 Commandments  remind that scientific trading parameters must be used in order to book profits more consistently. 

The aggressive trader must be nimble and defensive in order to be successful over time, two traits that are difficult to learn when greed is tempting us to act irrationally from hour to hour. We teach you to avoid over-trading and forcing trades, two mortal sins of investment finance.

We always suggest strict entry and exit parameters, whether booking profits or taking losses in stride.

Subscribers to the blog are a diverse bunch since 2008: United States, India, China through  U.S. citizenship, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, South Korea, Russia, Poland, Indonesia, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil,  Philippines, Canada, Japan, Chile, Argentina, Bahamas, Argentina, and Mexico.

Our individual stock option Trade Alerts and S&P Market Timing Alerts attempt to peg direction correctly. And if you enjoy trading the S&P e-minis (ES), Gold (GC), or Crude Oil (CL) futures, you should be very satisfied with your subscription to POTC, perhaps even more so than some of today's expensive Financial Advisors where your account is often times simply a number without a face. 

We are humbled by your trust and ready to slay the market in Q1, 2012. Let's Roll Down Wall Street together, patiently and as patriots looking forward to crowning Barry with a one-term asterisk on November 6, 2012. 

Capitalist Pig Bob : /

~Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2012~ 

POTC-

POTC's Best Stock Option Trade thru Year-End Available until 2 p.m. ET, Monday Only:

Subscribers received this trade today and the feedback from 7  subscribers has been positive.

If you are not a subscriber but wish to receive our #1 option trade for year-end 2011, just use Paypal in the right margin.

Festive Regards to many as we approach Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year 2012!
POTC-

Capitalist Pig Bob : /

~POTC's Political Ambassador of Truth through the Pivotal U.S. 2012 Presidential Election~ 

Happy Thanksgiving Week to Many..

A Happy Thanksgiving to our loyal subscribers who profited  in recent weeks.

The global socioeconomic  landscape has rarely been in bigger flux, we remain hopeful about the aggressive trading opportunities ahead.

Option Trade Alert for Nuance (NUAN) Closed:

All subscribers received this NUAN Trade Alert. If you are not a subscriber and would like to receive the next trade analysis, please use the PayPal menu and subscribe for the next Quarter. 

Nuance Communications (NUAN) Trade Available:

Monday After Close:
Analog Devices (ADI)
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)
JinkoSolar (JKS)
Perfect World Company (PWRD)
Trina Solar (TSL)

Tuesday Before Open:
Campbell Soup (CPB)
Chico's FAS (CHS)
Cracker Barrel (CBRL)
DSW Inc (DSW)

Genesco (GCO)
Raven Industries (RAVN)

Tuesday After Close:
* Nuance Communications (NUAN)

* In-depth Trade Alert for subscribers only. Please use Paypal in the right margin.

Thank You.

Regeneron Trade Closed; FDA Ruling Imminent:

Write-up explained what we thought was the best risk-reward  strategy for trading REGN options ahead of the FDA's ruling on Eylea; a drug for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

FDA decision on Eylea is Imminent.

If you're not a subscriber but would like to receive future trades, please use Paypal in the right margin for a Quarter or Year through February 2013.

Cheers from the Psychology of the Call team (POTC) and the Ambassador of Truth through the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election:

Capitalist Pig Bob : /

Priceline.com (PCLN) Monday at 10 AM ET..

Last Trade Alert for Q3 was PCLN.

Pig Congratulations to Every Yearly Subscriber; Valley Forge Moment for Free-Market Capitalism is Upon Us.

You know why and we are very happy for you (digital postage).

More theme businesses/stocks are in order. This pick was rooted in the oft dirty politics of money & banking. POTC promises to identify more political stocks like this before the PC herd of Wall Street analysts.  

The Psychology of the Call blog's Capitalist Pig Bob (CPB) is very concerned with the current political path that America has forged. The needle of the American free-market compass must be recalibrated back to normal ~economic cycles~, making the 57th quadrennial United States November 6, 2012 Presidential election a Valley Forge moment.

George W. Bush and Hank Paulson started the bailout snowball, yet the current Administration's policies have dislodged America's free-market psychology and placed it on a precipice.

It is widely known that AIG and the ratings agencies were inept and did not see the subprime crisis coming. But then rewarding bad private-sector decisions whether at Goldman Sachs, Countrywide Bank, Merrill Lynch, AIG, or Lincoln National has prolonged the private-equity freeze and the return of what must be normal ~economic cycles~    

The current U.S. Administration has placed us on a dangerous path. CPB is concerned that after a couple of left-field events occur, American citizens will only then experience how many precious freedoms they lost through this fiscal, monetary, and political stupidity of our leaders.  

Herman Cain reminds us that we Can Only Save the Savable. And the brilliant forward-thinker Newt Gingrich remains the model of a politician that we learn from, follow, and support. Newt's wisdom's are timeless & patriotic. There is a video at the end of this piece that powerfully explains the socioeconomic crises we face today, and how historic the 2012 election will be.

Repealing Obamacare, revamping Medicare (especially part D passed on George W. Bush's watch), Social Security, and parts of the Dodd-Frank bill are keys to our 'American' future.

America must condemn a kumbaya-welfare state of mind and all past and future bailouts, stimulus packages, and the central bank traps of quantitative easing (QE) and the flawed Zero-Japan interest rate policy. It's not the cost of money that's the problem, it's lack of confidence in a 'system' that has rewarded failure with bailout and stimulus then raised regulations to paradoxically prolong this psychological freeze.

What we must allow is an economic forest fire to burn the excess back to ash. The excesses created in housing and banking as a result of decades of bad legislation and central bank policies need be allowed to die in a natural economic cycle for a stronger system to root. If we continue to print money to pour water on this economic fire, we will solve nothing.

We must embrace bankruptcies in order for risk-takers to get excited and re-enter the market on a long-term basis. Simply switching private-sector debt to government balance sheets will loop to economic enslavement and slowly morph our Too-Big-To-Fail economy to a 21st Century form of Social-Crapitalism.

Pimco's Bill Gross and Mohamed El-Erian have referred to this cycle as the 'new normal', but we prefer to use the term the 'new abnormal'. How else could we describe an environment where the government overreaches with regulations, taxes, and fees, and then is called to 'Superman Save Us' after some left-field event that sends GDP deep into the red and an official recession? Yet we will likely fall into the longest depressionary cycle if Obama is re-elected in 2012.

The government must never play the role of economic Superman. Economic cycles must experience ~peaks and troughs~ with the least possible amount of government interference. It is dangerous when this 'new abnormal' cycle has convinced some citizens that Wall Street is the problem and little gripe is made of decades of failed legislation and entities like Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

The occupy Wall Street movement is a sad reflection on the class warfare cord repeatedly struck by this partisan Administration. Never have I witnessed a U.S. President who berated Wall Street as much as Obama. Pig shame on this overbearing Administration.  

America must embrace private-sector bankruptcy again as a normal and healthy economic phenomenon, but especially in the banking sector where the foundation of free-markets must have that element of failure to rebuild confidence, re-root with fresh capital, and experience new growth.

It's growth that has been stymied by grubby government hands and Bernanke's Fed in my porky opinion (impo). As Reagan taught us:
Government is not the solution to our problems, Government is the problem.  

 

  Capitalist Pig Bob : /
As Newt passionately explains after the 7-minute mark, 'America was created by people who were willing to say 'Victory or Death' while marching across an icy river in burlap bags and in the middle of a snowstorm. We are going to have to find those people again today'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtjfMjjce2

Stamps.com (STMP) and Baidu.com (BIDU) in Focus:

Thursday after close:

Baidu (BIDU)

Cloud Peak (CLD)

Coinstar (CSTR)

Deckers (DECK)

Stamps.com (STMP)

Vertex (VRTX)

Minyanville Stands Behind Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN):

http://www.minyanville.com/buzz/buzzalert/amazon-bulls-could-still-be/10/26/2011/id/145183?camp=syndication&medium=portals&from=yahoo

Our team asks Minyanville readers not to buy AMZN based on the above piece. The claim that the Kindle will 'add another leg to the stool' will be proven wrong.  And in our opinion, AMZN's foray into Tablets will not bear fruit as Professor Udall believes. 

We invite all Minyanville readers who trade stock options to sign-up for a subscription and Roll Down Wall Street with Us through the 2012 U.S. Presidential election. 

Managing risk with simple option strategies is our pledge to every subscriber. 

Warm October Regards as we do Everything in Our Power to Undermine Obamacare and that Despicable Dodd-Frank Act,

Capitalist Pig Bob : /

I am POTC's Political Ambassador of Truth through the 2012 U.S. Presidential Campaign.

Earnings this Week...

Tuesday after market close:

Amazon (AMZN)

Broadcom (BRCM)

F5 Networks (FFIV)

Wednesday the 26th before market open:

Allergan (AGN)

Ford (F)

Medco (MHS)

Nasdaq (NDAQ)

Wednesday after market close:
AFLAC (AFL)

Ancestry.com (ACOM)

Visa (V)

Thursday the 27th before market open:

Citrix (CTXS)

Exxon (XOM)

Potash (POT)

Thursday after market close:

Baidu (BIDU)

Cloud Peak (CLD)

Coinstar (CSTR)

Deckers (DECK)

Stamps.com (STMP)

Vertex (VRTX)

Friday the 28th before market open:

BorgWarner (BWA)

Calpine (CPN)

Thank You, ISRG Closed for Purchase:.

A stock option Trade Alert (TA) on ISRG is being written. This TA will be sent to all subscribers at 10 AM ET Tuesday. The company will release Q3 earnings after close on Tuesday.

POTC has covered ISRG since 2008 and we have excellent insights into their business.

If you are not a subscriber but interested in this aggressive stock option study, please use Paypal in the right margin.

Thanks for Reading, Educating, and Trading with Us, The entire Psychology of the Call team..