got a question out there, send us a tweet at cnbc. we'll answer it right after the show on our website tonight. scott taking a look at one of those names carter mentioned. netflix. in addition to scott, find great trader blogs and educational materials. check it out. here's what's coming up next. ♪ >> announcer: talk about a well liked trade. a couple weeks back, brian bet facebook shares would rally. he was right. how does he plan on making even more money? plus, call it the face of fear. >> here's johnny! >> we've got three charts that could have investors running for their lives. we'll reveal what they are when "options action" returns. "options action" sponsored by think or swim td ameritrade. [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all on thinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ ♪ [ cows moo ] [ sizzling ] more rain... [ thunder rumbles ] ♪ [ male announcer ] when the world moves... fu

send us a tweet at cnbc options, we'll answer it in our web extra.ight scott as he mentioned has an alternative trade on gld which he doesn't endorse. but he'll lay that out for you. check it out. in addition to scott find great trader blogs and educational material. you want to take a look. here's what is coming up. >> so we didn't net profits, last month a bearish bet on netflix, the stock has stayed flat. why is he doubling down on his bearish bet? plus, it's king kong versus godzilla. that's because it's d.c. dysfunction. >> this isn't some damn game. >> this ain't no game, flash. >> versus the biggest week for corporate earnings. so who will win? we'll explain when we come right back. ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your brain box. ♪ all on thinkorswim from td ameritrade. ♪ ♪ [ bell ringing, applause ] five tech stocks with more than a 10%... change in after-market trading. ♪ a

so be sure to tweet us at cnbc fast money, send us questions, comments. we have brian kelly, josh brown and guy adami. let's get to our top story, technology. it is all about the nasdaq, the nasdaq 100 having its best week in three months. the next thought for the composite seems to be 4,000, we haven't seen that since the dot com bubble 13 years ago. and the story getting us there, google. it's at an all time high hitting over $1,000 a share today. larry page combined $5.7 billion on google stock. should investors keep riding this tech train? >> i don't think you can ride the google train now. some people disagree. but when the stock is up, google is up 10% today, all time high on ten times normal volume. it was excellent. but i don't think this magnitude excellent quarter. my sense is if you're the trader and you have to take some profits, and look for pullback. i think you'll get it. i think you'll see pullback down in the low 900s. >> aren't we now pricing growth? finally we perhaps turned the corner in terms of the mobile monetization story. therefor

tweet at cnbc wex or direct to me @rosswestgate. is it outrageous that highly paid sports stars are going to get on strike over highly paid rates of tax? that is the sort of debate that we're having. european equities, we've been up for tenuous of the last 11 sessions. we are down today. the ftse is 1 is 00 is rather flat. xetra dax off 0.2%. cac 40 off 0.5%. ftse mib down 0.85%. >>> uk gdp coming in as expected. the stoppingest year on year growth since the first quarter of 2011 is. gilt yield as a result, slightly higher on the back of that data. 2.64% the yield on the ten-year treasury yield at the moment 2.15%. and on the currency market, the focus has been on the strengthening euro. 1.3823. just below the high we hit. plenty of companies today complaining once again about the strength of the euro. if you have any thoughts about that, please e-mail us. worldwide@cnbc.com. >>> still to come on the show, the race through alibaba takes an apparent u-turn as the company is having another look at the hong kong stock exchange for its

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e-mail us, worldwide at cnbc.com, tweet as cnbc wex or direct to me @rosswestgate. >>> two u.s. senators have praised ireland after it said it would shut a tax loophole after shutting the loophole. this is as angela merkel's party is under fire after a large donation from bmw. let's get more from annette in frankfurt. annette, as i understand it, there was a deal done here between the uk and germany. this is a report i read where britain would back germany's stance on easing up on co2 regulations in return for germany easing up on britain not being covered by banking union. what do you think of that? >> yeah. actually, that was the deal i was hearing as well about. nothing is official, but it seems logical because germany with its big car industry has a natural tendency to shelter that industry in the uk with its big banking scene has a natural tendency to shelter its banks. back we are nationalistic agenda. this donation from the quan family who is controlling bmw, it is legal, but it comes at a time that is not really good for angela merkel and her cdu because, of course, just

accepted us a tweet@cnbc option wrshz scott is taking a look at the spy. in addition to scott, you'll find great trader blogs, and exclusive trades. check it out. here's what's coming up next. >> talk about being anti-social tsh. >> shut up. >> there's the social jind linked in has tanked of late. plus, which one of these is dying to call into the show? >> but they won't. >> options action is taking your calls when we come back. on ther in real time. ♪ the shell brought him great fame. ♪ but then, one day, he noticed that everybody could have a magic seashell. [ indistinct talking ] [ male announcer ] right there in their trading platform. ♪ [ indistinct talking continues ] [ male announcer ] so the magic shell went back to being a...shell. get live squawks right in your trading platform with think or swim from td ameritrade. , applause ] live squawks right in your trading platform five tech stocks with more than a 10%... change in after-market trading. ♪ all the tech stocks with a market cap... of at least 50 billion... are up on the day. 12 low-volume st

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tweet cramer, e-mail or give us a call at 1-800-743-cnbc. miss something? head to madmoney.cnbc.com. >>> as i've told you over and over, the big theme this earnings season is execution. well-run companies with terrific companies doing better. ppg. they make coatings for cars, planes, glasses, boats. you name it. dupont is spending off a portion. if you like dupont, you should love ppg. not that anyone should fall in love with a stock because it's a piece of paper. ppg reported a week ago and delivered spectacular results. rose 17% year over year. even better, they see europe stabilizing. that is huge. this remarkable company has made a lot of money over the years. stocks just 25% return since we talked to the ceo in april. his throat was sore at the time. let's see what chuck is up to. welcome back to mad money. >> hey, jim. it's great to be back. thank you. >> you sound good. your conference calls are always a great joy. it was an mazing quarter that you delivered. >> oh, it was. we had an excellent quarter, and we felt great about it. >> i think we don't

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tweet about. at twitter #going public. we turn things over to cnbc headquarters. >> good morning. futures are stliltly hi slightl. the markets feel the strain of the government shutdown on growing anxieties the budget impasse will extend to the next fiscal fight over whether or not to raise u.s. debt ceiling. a long shutdown and potential default could have a greater impact on the economy. the treasury department warns that default could plunge the u.s. into a worse recession than from 2007-2009. there is no economic data today. we were expecting the monthly jobs report this morning but that's postponed indefinitely because of the government shutdown. the dow yesterday dropping 137 points to 14996, and the nasdaq losing 41 to 3774. as you say, twitter taking the wraps off the details of its anticipated ipo, the social media site looks to race $1 billion and will use symbol twtr. twitter says it has 218 million monthly users and gets the bulk of ad revenue from mobile devices. >> thank you very much. something in my ear? >> a little hard to hear. >> we'll work on that. >> boy, wind

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tweet cramer, #madtweets. send jim an e-mail or give us a call at 1-800-743-cnbc. miss something? head to madmoney.cnbc.com.  >>> what's been working in spite of the ridiculous mess in washington? what keeps flirting with the 52-week highs regardless of what the crisis du jour happens to be? i can think of one household name, a stock you know that's worth owning here because it just refuses to quit. i'm talking about whole foods. wfm for you home gamers. here's a stock that's been consistently making new highs since september when everyone realized that washington was going to make a mess of the economy. right now with less than two full days to go until we hit the debt ceiling deadline, whole foods is only small change away from its 52-week high. actually, its all-time high. tonight we go off the charts not just looking at the stuff, which does look pretty good. better than mccain's, don't you think? you shouldn't judge a bag of fries by its cover. we have tim collins, the brilliant technician i talk about in my column at realmoney.com. they can sell you incredibly expensive fo

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tweet cramer #madtweets. send jim an e-mail to madmoney@cnbc.com or give us a call at 1-800-743-cnbc. miss something? head to madmoney.cnbc.com. >>> if there's one thing we know about the market, it's that wall street always has a voracious appetite for growth stocks. now last wednesday we got truly stellar results from two of my favorites. the two great high growth names. tractor supply, largest chain of farm and ranch stores in the country. a rural version of home depot. and lumber liquidators. america's largest specialty retailer of hardwood floors. here's the rub, if you're trying to run a diversified portfolio, and everyone should be diversified because anything else is reckless insanity, then you only have room to own one of these fast-growing retailers. tonight we're going to teach you to compare and evaluate these great growth stocks, we're going to figure out which is the better buy. tractor supply or lumber liquidators. and because i'm all about helping you become a better investor, i'm going to show you how to do this kind of one-on-one steel cage death match thing at home. when we compare

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