Sobering up after a Saturday night of reporting (that, of course, I invited my buddies to join and blew my whole fee for the piece in one night at the tables) I went to a landfill-turned golf course in a town (I forget which one) that was also being considered for a casino.

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In the tables below, I looked for stocks that gave the option trader the best chance at making a profit (percent positive).

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It was much more tangible for me to wait tables part time to make rent while I got through school full time before I graduated.

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In the tables below, I found stocks that were up for the year, despite an increase in the amount of short interest, AND more puts bought to open than calls.

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Adding and subtracting were painfully difficult for me, and I was not able to learn the multiplication tables.

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Eating lunch there for the first time, I noticed that most of the neighboring tables were filled with Iranians.

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And before I had this job I, too, waited tables, seated tables and poured drinks for money.

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If there was one thing I had no use for at that point, it was the stock tables.

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