In at 30.57.

I have been a long term cisco stock holder as i am in the same profession. As i see, there are other big/small names that have bit into Cisco’s revenue. What do you think about Juniper, PaloAlto, Arista, etc. The orgs i have worked (some big names) and talking to colleagues tech infra is not Cisco ruled anymore as there are these smarter and cheaper device options. Shouldnt these other companies be fighting for a slice of Trumps infra spending?

In at $30.4565. Also purchased CSCO 07/21/2017 32.00 C at $0.91.

Hi Jim,
Thanks for another recommendation as you say it is optional I think I may have read something on it in Personal Finance awhile back – not sur.
Here is the Option I have: it is 212 days til expiration CSCO Jul 21 2017 30 Call. The call is ITM.
I think I will watch and wait for stock price to go down a bit and then get some stock as well. Take heed I am not a great Options trader folks. Here is a link to my chart: http://schrts.co/XYNt6K

My good news was knowing what I know about indices here is your tip for day members when an indicie is in the red, 4 out of 5 stocks in that indice are too. My good news is I got my garage door unstuck from the ice, and now my wife vehicle can see the light of day. I did this since all indices are red – but being obsessive I checked Systematic wealth too.

This is not what I signed up for. I can’t afford to have my money tied up for that long with that kind of return.

Bought CSCO170617C31 for $1.24

Already a holder of CSCO.
Bought at $28.35 sometime way back in June and been sucking the dividends and price rise off it ever since.
Thanks, Jim.

Thanks, Jim, black arrow, Roger and Gompps.
Had Csco from before. But now trying to buy the call. New at buying calls, usually selling them.

My Play on this stock will be the 2018 Jan 35 Call. There fairly cheap right now. Closed yesterday at .79 Cents. I will do 20 Contracts for now and If It starts 2 rise, Bump the quantity Upwards. I’ll be honest. I can’t buy all these stocks that keep coming along. I will take my chances for a while on the option arena and If things work out, then I’ll start doing more stock Trades. I’ve invested a good bit of money into the Matrix system program that was just offered. Need 2 get the money back b4 venturing any further into even more advisor programs. Lets make some money b4 we do anything else. I saw an ad on the homepage of this site about 29 stocks to sell right now? Wonder what those issues are? Please advise if U can. Thanks.

I took a wild card position on CSCO. Bought 100 Contarcts. Apr. 35 Calls. 7 cents.

I don’t know if anyone will see this, But there is a very good possibility on CSCO calls. Stock is slowly heading up. Earnings due 2-15-17. There may be an excellent play on THE MAY 35 CALL. If the stocks moves up just $1-$1.50 above the current stock price, the Option will at least double in Value. Then to make it even tastier, a 2 point gain or a little more could increase the option value 5-6 times the current value. Pretty awesome rate of return. We’re looking at a possible 100-600% gain on this option play. That would be so awesome if it works out. I’m betting it will. I own 285 calls so far. I’m spread out from the 32-36 price range. There U go people. Good luck.

One thing I’m going to do with CSCO next week is to buy some puts to protect myself against the calls if the stock doesn’t move ahead. I have a huge position on this one and I don’t want to come up short. Now if the stock takes off, the price I pay for the puts will be peanuts compared to the possible gain. They bought APPDYNAMICS and that should help them grow their earnings handsomely in the future. So the future does look bright for them. So at the moment, there are no clouds to overshadow the stock and the sun is shining brightly. Go, Go, Go CSCO!!

Up 106.65% on CSCO. Now the decision to cash out or let it run. Hmmm, decisions, decisions!

Derek

Hello Derek. So far CSCO has been a big winner for me. As I said, I have a huge position on it. I’ve been loading up on it since December. I’ve been playing it all along. I reached a peak of about 400 contracts on it. I turned a lot of them and now I am sitting on 300 contracts and they are all free. I made enough money on all the contracts I had and in the end here, I have 300 freebie’s. That means all have been paid for and the returns provided enough money to leave me with 300 to keep going. That calculates to some serious money coming in now that the stock is up again today. All green from here. The rate of return far exceeds 100%. I did buy some puts yesterday just in case it went the other way. They also were free. At this point I have no money of my own invested in the contracts. So it doesn’t matter which way it goes. I bought a lot of AAPL calls as well and the story is the same with those also. Up. Up, and away!! WOW!!!

By now I’m sure most of you know that we got the result we wanted out of last night’s quarterly earnings report from CSCO (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cisco-reports-second-quarter-earnings-210500387.html), and the stock is up nearly 3% this morning after already having risen in the days leading up to the report. As you can see from the comments below, some of the call option trades have already paid off handsomely, but I have a target price of $37 for CSCO and still four months left in my target holding period so I am leaving this position open. I may raise the stop price if CSCO rises to the point that we have a 100%+ annualized return in it, but we are still a couple of points away from that so for the time being I am not making any changes to this recommendation.

You’re making a wise decision to hang on to CSCO for a while yet. From what I heard the other day on CNBC, CSCO is headed to much higher ground. I still have all my OPTIONS on it. I am hanging onto them for the time being. Waiting it out. I have loads of time left on them, so the big score is coming. Even if the market pulls back CSCO will most likely hold it’s own and then resume the northbound trail. There U go!! Thanks.

Sold my CSCO calls today bought @ 1.29 sold @3.70. Thanks, Jim, Black Arrow, Roger and Gompps.

This is the first call I have bought in a long time.

Now I ask: is it better to exercise the call? (margin is not a problem at this point) I am still below Jim’s limit of 31.50.

Thanks for all your input.

Mitigated my loss in AFSI and JONE

For those of you still in CSCO, needless to say yesterday’s quarterly earnings report was disappointing (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cisco-revenue-falls-sixth-quarter-201215316.html). My target holding period is up this weekend, so I am watching it for signs of near-term direction after this morning’s big drop on the opening. Of course, yesterday’s overall market selloff didn’t help and I don’t see pressure from the Trump situation abating unless the special counsel has completed his work, so I don’t expect much help from the market. Stay tuned.