Weird spike at 3 PM ... would have burned me if I had played it ... fortunately asleep on SwissAir at the time. Reported earnings in the morning and this is an all-time higher (all-timer high?), but this didn't treat the day traders kindly.
Movies Watched -- Nightcrawler
Really enjoyed this one even though it was a bit long at nearly two hours. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a great fast-talking petty thief / conman / "nightcrawler" (one who films late-night gore for local TV news) ... his high-speed weirdo Dale Carnegie patter is irresistible, and his winning amoral grin a thing of genius. Another New Normal movie, American standard of living (and morality) in permanent decline is sort of the backdrop. This is a movie I can recommend from 2014, along with "The Lunchbox."
If you liked Nightcrawler and can think of similar movies I'd also like, please send me your recommendations.
Mylan Pop, 1 Minute View
More consolidation in the drug sector ... didn't have the scanner running but assume it would have caught this ... two minutes before PR Newswire timestamp ... if you paid near top of bar $66.92 it would have been disappointing but assuming a sub-$64 entry the risk reward was ok.
Banshee -- Season Two
Really enjoy this show, ultra-violence combined with lots of soft-core sex and witty dialogue, what's not to like? Alan Ball really has his finger on the pulse, doesn't he? Target audience must skew young and white and very male.
Black Mirror -- Season One
Three one hour episodes, recommended by Twitter buddy @JasonReno3 ... disturbing stuff, episode one disgustingly absurd, episodes two and three both dystopian near-future visions. Can't really recommend them unless you like being troubled.
Prime Ministerial Performance Art
Seen her in something else, god, she's beautiful
Bad memories of rear penetration
Forbrydelsen (The Killing) -- Season One
I watched 20 one hour episodes of this only to be furious at the end. Spoilers: It doesn't make any sense. Was he a serial killer or not? Why would he kill Nanna? He had no motive, it made no sense. Was it an impulse killing? Then what about Mette twenty years earlier? What secret did he and Theis share? It was just maddening.
I like listening to the Danish language and looking at all these beautiful Scandinavian people with their great names (Theis, Vagn, Pernille, etc.). But it doesn't make up for a terrible, illogical story. What a disappointment. And twenty episodes! Count 'em, twenty hours I spent on this.
Twitter Pop, Two Minute View
Looking at the two minute chart here since Twitter active after-hours and my $9.99 data feed can only grab 500 bars ... didn't have the scanner running but assume it would have picked this one up. "Takeover target" rumor supposedly what drove it. Always interested to talk to the day traders who caught it (there are no day traders anymore).
StockTwits stream from the moment ... yes, once again, there's OpenOutcrier.
Denbury's Climb
No pops today, but Denbury was active all day, as were a bunch of other oil & gas stocks ... OAS, RIG, SDRL, WFT, ESV, WLL, NE, NBR, PTEN, etc. The energy sector stocks have all crashed following crude, so they're active every day and have been for many months now. You can see the cycles in the market by what's active: tech, financials, energy, healthcare (specifically biotech). You have to pay attention.
Motorola Solutions Drop, 1 Minute View
This was the fast boys' play on Thursday ... Motorola Is Unable to Find Buyers After Months-Long Effort ... "market value of about $13.2 billion" ... news reader bots picked up on keyword "failed" ... you'd have to drop down to the tick chart to find your spot ... probably would have made a good play for those who weren't in a muzzer Russian borscht-induced stupor at the time.
StockTwits stream at the time ... there's OpenOutcrier again.
Lumber Liquidators Pop, 1 Minute View
Unusually active, probably wouldn't have made any money on it ... no time stamp on this from the EPA but supposedly what drove things...