City biking 30:00 [3] 6.0 mi (5:00 / mi) +5m 4:59 / mi
Finally starting to feel recovered from last Saturday's hilly 10-miler. It snowed today out in the western 'burbs...but it was only cold and rainy in the City, and temps hovered around 38-40. Boiler overhaul at Newport; bath grouting and plantings at Fletcher.
Worked my way down to the close of the NYSE. Was short American International puts at a 52.50 strike. Was watching the ticker closely during the last hour, as AIG rallied 50 basis points, and closed exactly at 52.50 thus allowing my short puts to expire worthless. Hot dog! Chicago is the birthplace of modern option trading, and for many local people, if you can't talk "option lingo" you're not a real Chicagoan.