Friday, September 7, 2007

GOIH Capital Markets: Yahoo-Microsoft Spread Trade Exited

GOIH Capital Markets exits Yahoo-Microsoft spread trade.....

We had shorted MSFT at $29.15 for 200,000 shares and long Yahoo for 400,000 @ $24.20.


MSFT covered at $28.56


YHOO exited @ $23.88

Net: $0.59 MSFT per share x 200,000= 118,000 profit

Net YHOO $0.32 per share x 400,000 = 128,000 loss


Net Position: $10,000 loss