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Michael C. Khouw

@Michael_Khouw

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Chief Strategist , Co-Author The Options Edge (Wiley 2016) Former: MD CRT Capital, Partner Cantor Fitzgerald, Member NYMEX, AMEX, PHLX

New York Austin San Francisco
Joined May 2011
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
4 years
Parent: "Son, what would you like to do when you grow up?" Son: "I want to be a Navy Seal, fly jets and be an astronaut." Parent: "I was hoping you would go to Harvard and be a doctor." Son: "Ok, I'll do that too." mission accomplished. wow.
@USEmbassySeoul
์ฃผํ•œ๋ฏธ๊ตญ๋Œ€์‚ฌ๊ด€ U.S. Embassy Seoul
4 years
Congratulations! Dr. @JonnyYKim , former enlisted #NavySEAL member, math degree holder @uofsandiego , & @harvardmed alumnus, for becoming the 1st Korean-American @NASA astronaut to embark on assignments to the @Space_Station , Artemis missions to the Moon, and potentially Mars!
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
Former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera will challenge Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in House Democratic primary
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
3 years
1) to offset the dilutive effects of employee stock & option grants 2) because of onerous double taxation of dividends 3) to return underutilized capital to shareholders and 4) to give lawmakers an opportunity to demonstrate their rhetorical skills and financial ignorance.
@SquawkCNBC
Squawk Box
3 years
"There is no reason for a company to move into the market and buy anonymously thousands of its own shares for any reason other than to raise the price of its own shares," says @ewarren on stock buybacks:
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
8 months
"Final Call" for @OptionsAction on Friday evenings after 15 years. Thank you to the show's original EP Max Meyers, Tom Sosnoff & @TheJJKinahan for sponsoring and including me in it, and to all of you who tuned in to watch. @cnbc will continue to provide options markets coverage
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
11 years ago today, on another @OptionsAction Friday, my son Tommy was born. Happy Birthday.
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
5 months
Ski โ€œvacationโ€. Kids skiing, wife shopping โ€˜just getting a fee quick thingsโ€™, while I serve as chauffeur and dogsitter.
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Elon Musk could owe $12 billion this year in one of the biggest tax bills ever, just as he told Elizabeth Warren
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
4 years
Apparently @Tesla $TSLA stock also has a ludicrous mode...shorts now furiously hitting the blue button. "You hit the red button and you see how deep the rabbit hole goes..." @CNBCFastMoney
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Michael C. Khouw
6 months
A slower pace of inflation is not the same as deflation. Inflation at 3.2% means prices are still RISING. You, or whatever idiot wrote this for you, are either dishonest, innumerate or both. Whenever a politician uses the words "let me/let's be/we've been clear" deception surely
@JoeBiden
Joe Biden
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Let me be clear to any corporation that hasnโ€™t brought their prices back down even as inflation has come down: Itโ€™s time to stop the price gouging. Give American consumers a break.
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
6 years
@elonmusk I think you should take $TSLA private at $1000
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
5 years
My wife, after capturing an escaped puppy, receiving her reward. #smoochypooch
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Michael C. Khouw
27 days
If you're unfamiliar with a divisive issue, unwilling or unable to study history, struggle to distinguish right from wrong, or good from evil, and curry favor by parroting a handful of talking points cribbed from other plagiarists, here's a cliff notes version. Those who wear
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Admittedly I wasnโ€™t chomping at the bit to walk the dog after dinner. Once I did though, I was rewarded with a nearly glass smooth bay, high tide, full moon and crystal clear view of the city.
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Michael C. Khouw
7 years
A year old, but on my anniversary this picture reminds me what a lucky man I am.
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
This dog knows nothing of the Dowโ€ฆ
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
For over 75 years, beginning with the Page Act, until the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, the US discriminated against Chinese by restricting or prohibiting immigration to the US. Race-based admissions was wrong then, and it is wrong now.
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Michael C. Khouw
6 years
Naomi Osaka is reportedly set to sign Adidas' biggest ever deal with a female athlete โ€” and it could make her one of the highest-paid women in sports via @businessinsider
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Michael C. Khouw
3 years
Late day trips to the beach, where it is considerably cooler, are much appreciated by those who wear fur coats 24/7.
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Michael C. Khouw
6 years
1) Nobody wants mass shootings. 2) Everybody (including gun owners) wants to keep guns out of the hands of disturbed people like Cruz, Roof, Lanza. Clearly plenty of common ground. Start there. Don't point fingers, which lacks both sense and compassion and only stirs the pot.
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Simply blaming inflation on war in Ukraine, shutdowns in China is lazy, dishonest and harmful. Examine these US domestic prices from YE2020-YE2021 prior to war. Chicken +13% Ground beef +16.5% Housing +18.8% Eggs +20% Wheat +27% Corn +36% Milk +41% Crude (WTI) +54% Gasoline +60%
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
5 years
A friend spotted this and sent it to me. โฆ @Options_Edu โฉ โฆ @OptionsAction โฉ โฆ @CBOE โฉ
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Hard to see how the street views $AMZN results quite so favorably. $14.3b NI less 11.8b Rivian = 2.5b net operating income which would represent a big YoY Q4 decline. Perhaps a bounce off 12% underperformance v. NDX since mid-Nov? Not great #s @OptionsAction
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
4 months
โ€œWe have made the decision to close our In-N-Out Burger location in Oakland, California, due toย ongoing issues with crime. Despite taking repeated steps to create safer conditions, our customers and associates are regularly victimized by car break-ins, property damage, theft, and
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
5 years
The $LULU April 135/145/155 call spread risk reversal, which we recommended Friday at 20 cents, can now be sold at $9.15. Close it out. @OptionsAction
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
1 year
Theoretically letting oneโ€™s 100lb dog have the run of the place isnโ€™t ideal. However, how can one not be happy just knowing such blissful rest is possible?
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Michael C. Khouw
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Two nights in a row. Even Sophie is impressed (Bow) Wow!
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
One of the less appealing things about working from home means my lunches - when ingredients are scarce - frequently resemble something that might have been concocted in a fraternity house kitchen at 2AM.
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Michael C. Khouw
3 years
While the kids are trick or treating mom, dad and dog have some dinner nearby.
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Michael C. Khouw
1 year
The view outside my window. You know what day it is. @CarterBWorth @OptionsAction
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
oh God this is scary. You want to bring down inflation? The answer you seek is in the foothills of the Himalayas.
@JoeBiden
Joe Biden
2 years
You want to bring down inflation? Letโ€™s make sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.
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Michael C. Khouw
1 year
Ever hopeful, even when weโ€™re not grilling, she must go over and make sure.
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Michael C. Khouw
6 years
14 years ago my brother @jkhouw and I embarked on a transcontinental motorcycle trip, and I met my wife as a result. No that's not our litter on that St. Louis street. I don't drink what appears to be orange soda or smoke cigarettes.
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
4 years
Happy Birthday @MelissaLeeCNBC
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
5 months
Anyone who believes middle-aged people are โ€œprivilegedโ€ hasnโ€™t experienced it yet. Nothing like having your kid explain things to you while youโ€™re writing their tuition check chugging a liquid diet in preparation for a colonoscopy. What a privilege.
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
5 months
This must end!
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
For the 2nd day in a row the $VIX is higher and the $SPX is higher (albeit marginally). @OptionsAction
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Lifeโ€™s pleasures remain simple for some.
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Michael C. Khouw
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@DougKass
Dougie Kass
6 months
Penn president Liz McGill should be immediately fired for these comments made this afternoon @dougkass
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Michael C. Khouw
9 months
Adams: Cost of migrants 'will destroy New York City' Too many local politicians treat this as someone else's problem or act as if it is unfairly their problem alone when it inevitably arrives at their doorstep, so I'm not normally inclined to defend them,
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Michael C. Khouw
3 years
Somehow I don't see my own kids being quite as happy with homemade costumes as we were back in the day... (I'm the lion on the left). Of course we were also delighted by Gilligan's Island reruns on a 19" Trinitron, so...
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Michael C. Khouw
1 year
My son โ€œOh! they have Off White!โ€ โ€œWhatโ€™s โ€˜Off Whiteโ€™?โ€ I ask. OMG
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Michael C. Khouw
5 years
Happy Fathers Day!
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Michael C. Khouw
3 years
Very nice weather for a walk this morning (warmer than the jacket would suggest)
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Michael C. Khouw
2 months
Finally, no rain. Time for the beach!
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
If you ever make a political contribution DONโ€™T give out your number...or anything really. Iโ€™ve been (and am being) hit up via text and email for races around the country. My mistake. I threw chum in the water. Donโ€™t follow my example.
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Michael C. Khouw
7 years
@realDonaldTrump Japan runs persistent trade surpluses and I wouldn't trade our economy for theirs Mr. President. Deficit is not always a bad word.
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Michael C. Khouw
8 months
Kids had friends sleepover last night, asked for bacon. $12.99 for a 12oz pkg @Safeway ? Bacon >$17/lb? Iโ€™m guessing breakfast of eggs, bagels, bacon, homefries, juice and some fruit was $40 for those 4 hungry teenagers. So for $21,500/yr (post-tax) youโ€™ll cover gasoline for two
@dallasdesq
dallas
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@Michael_Khouw And seeing some touch $7/gal around the Bay Area. Even if a family can afford it, there are still trade offs to other consumer behaviors.
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Michael C. Khouw
6 years
Respectfully Mr. Buffett, doubling your net worth may not make you happier, but there are many Americans with limited capital or none at all. In a capitalist society -which I love and advocate btw - that can be an unhappy place. In a lower strata than yours, studies may disagree.
@CNBC
CNBC
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Billionaire Warren Buffett: Doubling your net worth won't make you happier
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
Picked up the phone to this recorded telemarketing call just now. "Congratulations, you have been selected for an 8 day cruise on Royal Caribbean. For more information press 1. To be removed from this call list press 2..." 22222222222222222222222222222
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
3 years
define "free"?
@VanillaVICE
Vanilla VICE
3 years
@paulpdc @OptionsAction @CNBC You can sign up for Robinhood here to trade stocks for free:
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Michael C. Khouw
3 years
Iโ€™m ready...
@DrBlam0
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3 years
@Michael_Khouw don't you think the time is right to make Options Action a nightly program ??!
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
Nothing "uplifting" about repealing anti-discrimination laws. You're not fighting for equal opportunity for all. You're fighting for the power to grant preferential treatment to groups YOU choose; the precise opposite of equal opportunity. Stunning #cognitivedissonance #NoProp16
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
1 year
Iโ€™m not MAGA or Republican (am a registered independent), but where congress is concerned the very first thing we need is to โ€œStop the bleedingโ€. Iโ€™m likely not alone in thinking that the lot of you do more harm than good, so nada is an improvement.
@RepJeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
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What have Extreme MAGA Republicans done for the American people during their first 100 days in the majority? Nada.
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Michael C. Khouw
3 years
The timing of implementing New Year's resolutions for diet and weight loss cannot correspond to when the ball drops, but rather when the supply of my wife Holly's delicious homemade holiday toffee with dark chocolate and chopped pistachios is exhausted. There's a few pieces left.
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Merry Christmas!
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Michael C. Khouw
3 years
Happy New Year ๐ŸŽ†
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
6 years
Apparently a @cnbcfastmoney viewer didn't care for my commentary on unusual @optionsaction in $AMD You can find their email, and my response, here.
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Michael C. Khouw
7 months
Dogs really get used to routine. โ€œWe were supposed to leave for the dog park already! Whatโ€™s the hold up?โ€
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
Quite a bit more hair back then...
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
How high are they?
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
4 years
There are now 420 operational Starlink satellites ๐Ÿ›ฐ ๐Ÿ˜‰
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Michael C. Khouw
1 year
U.S. on Track to Add $19 Trillion in New Debt Over 10 Years "on track"? Really? If you like railroad metaphors how about using "off the rails"?
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
4 years
Discussing COVID-19 and the risks isn't fear mongering and it isn't pessimistic. Asking for aggressive preventative action and planning is actually optimistic, not fatalistic. It assumes we comprehend risk, and have some control over how this plays out.
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Michael C. Khouw
6 years
If you are short an instrument you can lose more than the amount you shorted. If you buy an instrument (such as $XIV that is short) your max risk is what you paid BUT the underlying fund/product may bust when those thresholds are hit. @OptionsAction @CNBCFastMoney
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
1 year
A trader bought 7,500 Feb 3rd weekly $13 calls in $SNAP sold 15k of the $14.5s for even. Will see profits between $13 & $16 (up 16-43%) w/peak profits of $1.125mm if it closes the week up 30% at $14.5. Breaks even below $13, loses above $16. @optionsaction @Snapchat
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Smart, funny, prepared and remarkably patient.
@dalars88
clifford heath
2 years
@OptionsAction @Michael_Khouw Melissa Lee is the best anchor/moderator on TV. Her voice is so pleasant, and she never interrupts (unless it's necessary or funny).
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Michael C. Khouw
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Michael C. Khouw
6 years
Those that oppose the current administration, but also oppose socialism should say so. While socialism is ultimately self correcting, those cycles last too long and I donโ€™t want my kidsโ€™ generation to suffer that fate. I explained to them wealth must be created not appropriated.
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
Whatever one's politics we cannot degenerate to the point where the those in power simply decide whether or not the electorate needs to hear anything from the candidates. Don't want to listen? Don't tune in. I'd imagine most minds made up, but we're on a slippery slope already.
@JakeSherman
Jake Sherman
4 years
PELOSI on PREZ DEBATES: โ€œI donโ€™t think there should be any debates. .. I wouldnโ€™t legitimize a conversation with him, nor a debate in terms of the presidency of the United States"
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Michael C. Khouw
8 years
Hillary now hoping Trump won't accept the election results.
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
5 years
$BYND making a passable vegan burger once slathered in toppings is one thing. Replacing smoked brisket, porterhouse and Kobe is another...
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
About to depart NYC area with NO one else in my row on a Friday night! โ€œYou lucky duck, this never happensโ€ the flight attendant says as she grabs my wine glass. Somehow this doesnโ€™t feel so lucky. #notnormal
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
6 years
For whom? The person killed in the accident? For the seriously injured? Itโ€™s fine to discuss policy, to debate and to disagree intelligently, but your friend Russ may want to stifle the partisan vitriol. It is just base.
@StephenKing
Stephen King
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A trainload of Republicans on their way to a pricey retreat hit a garbage truck. My friend Russ calls that karma.
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!!
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Michael C. Khouw
7 years
Does anyone want to "voluntarily" give up their seats? or would you like me to re-accommodate you?
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Michael C. Khouw
8 months
At the current pace the US National debt will be approaching $45 trillion 4 years from now. So rather than worrying about the hole below the waterline you're focusing on toweling off the deck chairs for a few select passengers?
@POTUS
President Biden
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Listen in for an update on my Administration's student debt relief actions.
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
Everyone should have concrete, actionable answers to the fundamental question about the coronavirus: Where should I go, and what should I do, if I start to feel sick? @jameshamblin
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Decided to run out and grab @starbucks before โฆ @OptionsAction โฉ and parked next to this very special โฆ @singervehicles โฉ #Porsche . My birthday recently passed and sadly this was not a constituent of the โ€œHolly Indexโ€. Thereโ€™s always Christmas babe! ๐Ÿคž
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Michael C. Khouw
5 months
Has a defendant ever confirmed the appropriateness of a judge's decision at a bail hearing more quickly and definitively than this guy?
@EndWokeness
End Wokeness
5 months
A judge in Las Vegas was just attacked during a live hearing after she denied probation for a career felon
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Michael C. Khouw
4 years
I feel like a math class would be life-changing for some people...
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
5 years
The S&P500 fell ~1.25% in less than an hr beginning at 2:12, then rallied a nearly like amount in just 40 minutes. The intraday volatility quite extraordinary.
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
โ€œWhy do you stay cooped up and look at screens all day? Life is so simple! Warm sun. Cool grass. Bliss. Oh, and while youโ€™re up could I trouble you for one of those cheeseburger cookie things? Thanks.โ€ -Sophie D. Dog
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Dogs like headrests
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Michael C. Khouw
5 years
Where did you and Cory gain your superior understanding of acute pain, addiction, diagnosis and treatment? law school? or a trip to the dentist?
@gillibrandny
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
5 years
If we want to end the opioid epidemic, we must work to address the root causes of abuse. Thatโ€™s why @SenCoryGardner and I introduced legislation to limit opioid prescriptions for acute pain to 7 days. Because no one needs a monthโ€™s supply for a wisdom tooth extraction.
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Fed Chair Powell says it's 'very, very unlikely' the U.S. will see 1970s-style inflation "...unless people open their eyes of course. Then they will see it. So please everyone close your eyes and listen to my voice, your troubles are drifting away..."
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
3 years
Started posting responses to viewer questions and educational videos to @twitter & @YouTube which are preserved for posterity here (just like this 10 year old headshot). For updates and notifications please consider subscribing. @OptionsAction
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
I just learned something I should have known years ago, that @GuyAdami and my wife share the same birthday (tomorrow). Happy 30th Birthday to both! @OptionsAction @CNBCFastMoney
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
6 months
It's discrimination wrapped in a con.
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
6 months
DEI must DIE. The point was to end discrimination, not replace it with different discrimination.
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Michael C. Khouw
2 years
Recover quickly my friend.
@CarterBWorth
Carter Braxton Worth
2 years
Rough day for the market, and a rough day for my face. Had Mohs surgery this morning- a success, happily. (Getting older isnโ€™t for wimps). Wonโ€™t be on air this evening, for the obvious reasons (see photo). Have a great show, teams @CNBCFastMoney and @OptionsAction
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Michael C. Khouw
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I had doubts, but she used a white board; this must be legit! Where do I sign? *I'll use a dry erase marker and white board too if you don't mind.
@RampCapitalLLC
Ramp Capital
4 years
How to make money in 2020* *results may vary
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Michael C. Khouw
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โ€œI can handle things. Iโ€™m smart! Not like everybody says, like dumb. Iโ€™m smart and I want respect!โ€ - Fredo Corleone
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@Michael_Khouw
Michael C. Khouw
3 years
@GuyAdami uses an interesting analogy. Rates have been artificially compressed, if they spike too quickly, the markets will experience decompression sickness aka "the bends". Bubbles can form in, or migrate to, any part of the body (market?) so symptoms will vary. @CNBCFastMoney
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