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MAKING MONEY FROM RELEASE OF THE CHINESE BOAT CAPTAIN

September 24, 2010

There have been reports that China will halt exports of rare-earth metals to Japan given tensions between the two countries arising out of Japan detaining a Chinese boat captain. On the above reports MCP and REE, two rare-earth metal stocks trade in US have moved up. Today’s decision by Japan to release the boat captain will ease tensions and in all likelihood exports of rare-earth metals will continue. For a short term trade, we will scale in shorts on MCP and REE in the pre market and at the open based on technicals only if prices in the approximation of

ADDING TO OUR SHORT POSITION ON GENERAL MILLS $GIS

September 22, 2010

Adding to our short position on General Mills around $37.10. Earnings today were good and the company did a commendable job of managing its raw material cost. However, our short thesis is based on macro level pricing for grains. The thesis is intact as evidenced by spike in corn price today. We will continue to fully hedge this position with $JJG.

EXITING OUR LONG BROCADE $BRCD POSITION RIGHT HERE AT $6.32 ON IBM ACQUISITION CHATTER

September 22, 2010

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MORE ON ADOBE $ADBE

September 22, 2010

After our post, in the after hours trading, Adobe slightly moved up resulting in no fill at our price. The new price range for the first scale in entry is $26.50 to $26.25 with an eye towards an average entry price towards the lower end. As expected, there are multiple downgrades this morning. Interestingly, the analysts who were recently upgrading at $33 on Apple decision to allow Flash are now downgrading at $27. This is another example of the power of the ZYX Change Method. At the time of Apple news, we analyzed Adobe but it did not pass our screens. Now we have a

ADOBE $ADBE FALL IS A BUYING OPPORTUNITY

September 21, 2010

Adobe is trading down 15% after its earnings. Adobe reported third quarter earnings of $0.54 per share, $0.05 better than the consensus of $0.49 and revenues rose 42.0% year/year to $990.3 mln vs the $985 mln consensus. The stock is falling because investors are focusing on the revenue projections. Adobe projects Q4 revs of $0.950-1.000 bln vs. $1.03 bln consensus. Our fundamental view on Adobe has been positive. After analyzing the earnings report and projections with a fine tooth comb, our fundamental view on the company remains positive. The stock passes all six screens of the ZYX Change Method. We have been

UPDATE ON TERADATA $TDC

September 20, 2010

As per prior post, trailing stop hit on this mornings short at $36.62 allowing us to lock in substantial profit. We are still holding short core quantity which is fully hedged. We will add to short position if price spikes again. www.thearorareport.com THE ARORA REPORT, Ltd. HOME OF THE UNIQUE ZYX CHANGE METHOD DEDICATED SOLELY TO PROFIT FROM CHANGE BY TRADING AND INVESTING VERIFIABLE PERFORMANCE RECORD Every closed trade since 2007, without exception, is included in the performance results. Number of winning positions: 162 Number of losing positions: 10 Average annualized % return per position: 296.77% ………………Check out details .

PROTECT GAIN ON TERADATA $TDC FROM THIS MORNING WITH TIGHT TRAILING STOP

September 20, 2010

EUPHORIA ON TERADATA $TDC

September 20, 2010

Acquisition of NZ by IBM has caused a spike in shares of TDC this morning. We anticipated this possibility and our short position is completely hedged. We think probability of TDC being acquired in the short term is small. We will take advantage of this up spike and start lightly scaling in additional shorts starting right here at $38.17 www.thearorareport.com THE ARORA REPORT, Ltd. HOME OF THE UNIQUE ZYX CHANGE METHOD DEDICATED SOLELY TO PROFIT FROM CHANGE BY TRADING AND INVESTING VERIFIABLE PERFORMANCE RECORD Every closed trade since 2007, without exception, is included in the performance results. Number of winning