Idea18 - Short Stocks / Put Options

Short/put is where investors exchange bearish ideas - you can get and post your bearish ideas.

Idea18 is the area for investors/traders to exchange ideas so we all can profit. Idea18 is divided into 3 areas: Long/Call, Short/Put and Option Strategies. This section is Short/Put, which is mainly for "bearish" ideas. Generally, if you are bearish on a stock, you can also buy put option instead (unless the stock has no option available).

Remember to:

Date	Analyst	Topic
11.26.2008	Linda Damon	SPLS - option traders are buying puts ahead of earning. Comments and Questions ( 1 )
11.06.2008	Linda Damon	JWN - traders are buying put option ahead of earning announcement. Comments and Questions ( 2 )
10.29.2008	Shane Anderson	CSCO - option traders are betting the earning is not good Comments and Questions ( 1 )
10.19.2008	James Kar	AXP - American Express reports earning next Monday. Will there be any surprises? Comments and Questions ( 4 )
10.15.2008	Shane Anderson	SBUX - Traders are buying Jan 09 $10 put option. Comments and Questions ( 0 )
10.13.2008	Nick J.	F - Ford may be a good short candidate. Comments and Questions ( 5 )
10.11.2008	Shane Anderson	Zion - unusual option activities that worth your attention Comments and Questions ( 0 )
09.24.2008	Sergey	Put option on Capital One Financial Comments and Questions ( 13 )
09.19.2008	James Kar	DELL - investors are bearish on the stock. Comments and Questions ( 0 )
09.03.2008	James Kar	AEO - someone bought a large order of put option. Comments and Questions ( 0 )