Omnicare Pop, 1 Minute View

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Would have lost money here for sure ... the later in the day, the less I like these.

UPDATE: I was at a Bloomberg conference this afternoon so I looked up OCR on the terminal ($1,800 a month versus the $9.99 I pay for my datafeed) and that entire move took exactly two seconds (the stock was halted in the third second) inside the 15:25 minute, so you need pretty quick reflexes to catch these. ;-)

Fortinet Pop, 2 Minute View

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I usually don't write about earnings pops and drops since they're so common ... this is a 2 min chart of FTNT, my $9.99 data feed can't give me enough 1 min bars to build a chart ... big swinging dick, indeed.  Filing Date 2015-04-20 Accepted 2015-04-20 16:22:32 ... maybe the bots got a jump on things, maybe it was just "an old school point and click prop trader who had always been good with reflexes and doing things quick" (inside joke), can't really see without one of Nanex's millisecond charts ... anyway, risk reward doesn't look wonderful carried into end of day ... not a loser anyway.  

 

Luck -- Season One

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Enjoyed this one, very promising, but only one season since some horses died on set and the PETA Nazis had HBO shut it all down. Dustin Hoffman plays a great Jewish mobster. Santa Anita is a beautiful track (as backdrop). Several interesting storylines created by Milch. See the show if you get a chance. My selected screenshots:

Ayako Fujitani

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Steven Seagal's daughter, Ayako. 

CORRECTION: We have received word that the beauty below is not Ayako Fujitani, but is in fact a beauty named Mary Elizabeth Winstead. We regret the error. 

Iconix Drop, 1 Minute View

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Weird one, the COO resigned on Friday, but there was next to no after-hours activity, then it blew up at the regular hours open? Impossible to borrow? Would have been a home run assuming you could locate the shares. Always like to talk with a human who played this in the heat of battle. 

Five minute overlay (in gray) not accurately aligned due to missing data from $9.99 data feed. 

Movies Watched -- Whiplash

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Lots of recommendations for this one, which may have been the problem ("expectations"), but I was not thrilled with this. Stars the same kid who played a teenage alcoholic (which I appreciated) in something else I recently watched (forgot the title) ... "a less Jewish Zuckerberg."

Anyway, it's about a music student and his sadistic drill instructor, er teacher ... it was around 100 minutes which was its saving grace ... I didn't fast forward so it gets a yellow rating, but I definitely would not recommend it. From 2014 I can still recommend only The Lunchbox and Nightcrawler, nothing else.  

The Sarah Silverman Program -- Season One

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Didn't know anything about Sarah Silverman, but really enjoyed the episode she did for Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which led me to her TV show. First season is only six episodes ... around 20 minutes each ... very funny, very offensive, nothing is sacred, no one is spared ... she's smart and pretty (in a Jewy way, as she would say), almost exactly my age, and clearly smokes a lot of pot, god bless her.  She probably evokes strong emotions (love or hate) in people. Looking forward to season two.

Banshee -- Season Three

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This show continues to astound me.  Just when I think, how can they top the last outrageous episode, they do. Ultra-violent, lots of soft-core "Skinemax" sex, and snappy dialogue -- not for the squeamish or prudish ... I got a little more insight into their target audience since an entire episode this season was from the perspective one has in a first-person shooter video game.

The casting of this show is really interesting... they're not relying on the usual Hollywood friends of friends and favors called in, they're actually getting talented, interesting people to do the work for a change.

The ideal viewer is a young white male, probably a teenager, who is into the military, "special ops," first-person shooter video games, cage fighting, pornography (obviously), but is not a dummy ... he appreciates well-crafted drama, which Banshee surely is.  I'm looking forward to season four!