Covered Call SVM (Silvercorp Metals Inc )

WBT BOT +1 COVERED SVM 100 MAY 11 15 CALL/SVM @13.48 ISE

Looking to enter a covered call (expiring in Apr11)

Looking to enter a covered call using calls expiring in Apr11.
maybe one this: XNPT, TIVO, PUDA, WNR, NAK, GMXR

Willing to buy CCJ between 17.5 and 20.

WBT SOLD -1 CCJ 100 JAN 12 20 PUT @.75 AMEX

CCJ would be a good buy if it comes down to < 20. So sold a put. I am getting paid to wait.

Trading Stock Options: Basic Option Trading Strategies And How I've Used Them To Profit In Any Market

Flashed a kernel with OC/UV capability

[Kernel] Tigers Blood v2 Voodoo Lagfix, Sound, Color, BLN, OC/UV
Just flashed this kernel. Will test it out for few days. Already OC'ed it to 1200MHz(1.2 GHz).

Reading lot of things about OC, UV, BLN and uses of modified kernel. There must be some use, if not the devs would not have ventured in developing a kernel with these features.
>> Anyday would prefer the simple Kernel+Voodoo. <<


3/17/11: Dont see great difference in the performace. Sometimes there are sound pops(must be a know bug).

Closed GRS cc position

11/22/10 WBT BOT +1 COVERED GRS 100 MAR 11 7.5 CALL/GRS @6.20 ISE -5 -620.00


3/14/11 WBT SOLD -1 COVERED GRS 100 MAR 11 7.5 CALL/GRS @7.47 ISE -5 747.00
 
Profit on invested amount: 117 
%profit: 18.9
months held: 4

Different backups available for rooted Vibrant (may apply to any Android phone)

1. Nandroid Backup:
The easiest and most reliable way to fully and 100% back up and restore your Android phone.
By fully back up, I don’t mean backing up just your address book or your emails, or your dog. I mean EVERYTHING that resides on your phone with the exception of the SD card – what it will create is essentially a full image of your phone’s current state that you can restore to at any time as if nothing happened. This image will be written to your SD card which you are then free to copy around and back up on your computer.
In fact, the nandroid backup is very similar to imaging your computer hard drive before you swap drives – the principle is the same.

•When you restore from a full image backup, you have to restore all or nothing. In other words, you will
not be able to get back *just* the photos.

How to take this backup: Go into ClockworkMod Recovery. Select the option "backup and restore" and then choose "Backup".  I am running StockKernel+Voodoo and I have redbend CWR recovery.

2. Neldar's SGS Kernel Flasher
It lets you take backups of the current kernel.
  How to take this backup:  Use the tool from the Market.

3. Titanium Backup

What can Titanium Backup back up ?
•All the applications you have installed, including protected ones,
•All the data and settings of these applications,
•Most (nearly all) of your phone's settings and data.
•NOTE: It will not backup the system applications from your ROM. Only their settings and data will be
backed up.
  How to take this backup:  Use the tool from the Market.

Backups are very important for your rooted phone. I take all three types of backups(I sleep better knowing I can restore my phone if I break it). I do it on a weekly basis or just before I flash a major update.

MELA covered call position

WBT BOT +1 COVERED MELA 100 APR 11 3 CALL/MELA @2.53 ISE

4/1/11
WBT SOLD -1 COVERED MELA 100 APR 11 3 CALL/MELA @2.93 ISE

Profit: $40.
Profit after commisions: 30
Months held: 1
%profit ~ 10

Covered Calls & Roth IRA

I plan to play with more covered calls using options expiring in two to six months. If executed correctly by picking a safe stock, I should be able to manage to get 4 to 10% on invested money after commissions.

Right now I am doing these covered calls in regular brokerage account. But doing this in regular stock account will make me pay high capital gains(< 1 year holding).
I need to avoid these capital gains. How? Do these covered calls in my regular IRA.
But if I do this in IRA account, I will be paying taxes when its time to withdraw. which is not good too :)
Right now money in this IRA is not much(<12,000). So I made the decision to convert this IRA account to Roth IRA.
I should have done this last year to split taxes into two years but my regular IRA is not much, so nothing is lost I think ;)

****The Roth IRA (Roth Individual Retirement Account) is a powerful, “tax advantaged” investment product. The number one benefit of the Roth IRA is that individuals are able to grow and withdraw their "wealth" tax free. ****

1. If I contribute $5,000 to my Roth IRA this year, am I able to write it off on my income-tax return?
Answer is no.
2. What about commisions I pay to buy/sell stocks in Roth IRA. Can I deduct in taxes.
No. Commissions generated by trades inside a tax-qualified account such as Traditional or Roth IRAs don’t matter. Since you are not tracking capital gains or losses within these accounts there is no deduction for these fees from a tax perspective.
3. Advantages of Roth.

Closed CC

DATE                      DESCRIPTION                                                     COMMISSIONS AMOUNT
12/10/11 WBT BOT +1 COVERED COCO 100 FEB 11 4.5 CALL/COCO @3.90 ISE -5 -390
2/19/11 SOLD 100.0 COCO @4.5 upon Assignment 1.0 COCO 100 FEB 11 4.5 CALL -15 450

Profit: 40
%Profit: 10

COCO CC

WBT BOT +1 COVERED COCO 100 MAY 11 5 CALL/COCO @4.34 ISE

I will close this before or on the day of expiration if it looks like it will be called.
If it is called TOS charges $15. If I close it manually its only $5 commision.

STOP THE BOOTUP / SHUTDOWN AUDIO NOTIFICATIONS!

Bootup: system/etc/PowerOn.wav. renamed to PowerOn.wav.030411


Shutdown: system/media/audio/ui/Shutdown_128.ogg. renamed to Shutdown_128.ogg.030411

lockscreen fix will only work with DEODEXED rom

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Odex vs Deodex

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Theres plenty of debate over what is faster/better to use, im not going to take sides in this one. This is just information about what the differences in the two are, try for yourself.



Deodex basically takes the odex file and stuffs it into the apk as a classes.dex. First boot it dissembles the file into /dalvik-cache (i believe). Now there is basically 2 copies of the odex, one in the apk one in cache. This makes it "portable". This allows modders to work on the apks & easily change stuff. If you want themes or stuff like lockscreen fixes you MUST use Deodex.



Odex is how things come stock. It takes up less room but making modifications or taking apks from other roms is hard. You cannot use themes with this version!! To see odex in dcupdater you must go to menu -> configuration -> rom update settings -> display all roms & display experimental roms. Its marked experimental to avoid confusion because themes in dcupdater will not work with it.

WBT BOT +1 COVERED AXU 100 OCT 11 10 CALL/AXU @7.20 ISE
WBT BOT +1 COVERED GMXR 100 MAY 11 6 CALL/GMXR @4.78 ISE
WBT BOT +1 COVERED AXAS 100 SEP 11 5 CALL/AXAS @4.25 ISE

CHECKING MD5SUM

Download HashTab. To verify the MD5Sum of the file you downloaded before installing/flashing.

Installed KA6 modem

New modems can increase signal and data speeds. Here is an incredible list of each. Pay notice to the version of android you are running.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868774

Edit: I see noticeable improvement in page loading on my Miren browser.  Tested for deccan.com, cnn.com, ibankcoin.com.

My first MOD installed into the rooted Vibrant

[MOD]Captivate Camera Software on Vibrant
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751031

After this installation, now my camera is awesome. Stock camera sucked.

MUST READ: Every Vibrant owner who is planning to root and play with root

After I rooted my phone and installed TiBackup and installed OCLF and installed ROM-Manager, I was researching for a ROM. I found these two posts.

****Amazing posts****
Must read for a person who is planning to root a Vibrant.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111

Root Apps installed so far on Samsung Vibrant

RootExplorer
Wireless Tether for Root Users
Titanium Backup
ROM Manager
ShootMe
Android Terminal Emulator
AndroidWebKey
BusyBox Installer
OneClickLagFix