I charted the S&P 500 ($SPX) after the markets closed on Friday, 8/20/10, when it finished the week at 1,071.69.
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The first thing I noticed when I looked at the S&P 500 chart this week was that even after what felt like a painful slide lower, it’s still trading within Read More
Posts Tagged ‘Finance’
Stock Market Investment :S&P 500 Chart – Sliding, But Still In Trading Channel
Posted 22 Aug 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
Stock Investments :Options Expiration – August 2010
Posted 22 Aug 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
Today’s option expiration finished somewhat differently than I thought it was going to as of a week ago. Here’s the breakdown of how it went down:
VXX, two August 24 Puts – I’ll be assigned 200 shares of VXX on Monday morning. Instead of trying to roll Read More
Stocks Investment :Carnival of Financial Planning – Edition #154 – August 20, 2010
Posted 22 Aug 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
MyTradersJournal.com has the honor of hosting this week’s Carnival of Financial Planning.
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Best Personal Financial Planning and Personal Investment Articles this Week from Personal Finance Blogs
Welcome to Read More
Stocks Investments :AVAV Price and Value Charts
Posted 22 Aug 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
I have AVAV covered calls expiring tomorrow and it looks like I’ll be holding onto my shares, i.e. the options are out of the money by more than 6% with one day to go. I’ve been debating what I should do; exit my position now or hold on for one more round of covered calls. [...] Read More
Stock Investment :Current Portfolio – August 16, 2010
Posted 22 Aug 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
I haven’t made a trade yet in August. That’ll change this week with options expiration upon us as I adjust my option holdings. It’s not necessarily because I’ve been too busy to get to it, but more so that I couldn’t find anything I liked that I Read More
Stock Investment :DJIA Chart – Below 200 Day Moving Average
Posted 22 Aug 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
I charted the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA, $INDU, $DJI) after the index closed on Friday, August 13, 2010, at 10,303.15.
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Two weeks ago I questioned if the DJIA chart had just swung its third strike and was heading lower. We’re only about 160 points below that mark Read More
Stocks Investments :S&P 500 Chart – Straddling the 200 Day Moving Average
Posted 22 Aug 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
I charted the S&P 500 ($SPX) after the markets closed on Friday, 8/6/10, when it finished the week at 1,121.64.
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A couple of weeks ago I stated the SPX looked range bound. Check out the chart I posted then and notice where the SPX topped out this week, even before the jobs Read More
Stocks Investments :End of Month Summary – July 2010
Posted 22 Aug 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
July was a very good month for me, as I’m sure it was for all investors who were long stocks. By the end of July my combined accounts balance was 2,122.50. I have my equity based assets with Interactive Brokers (0,777.73) and my debt based positions with TD Ameritrade Read More
Stock Market Investment :Dow Jones Chart – Failed at Moving Averages
Posted 22 Aug 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
I charted the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA, $INDU, $DJI) after the index closed for the month on 7/30/10 at 10,465.94.
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The Dow Jones was stopped once again at the top of its trading channel (strike one). The index made a solid attempt to climb above its 100 day moving Read More
Stock Market Investment :JPM Option Strangle
Posted 15 Jul 2010 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
Last week I mentioned that I took an option assignment on my JP Morgan (JPM) naked put. I sat on the shares for a little while trying to decide how to make my next move. I thought JPM might have some more upside, which it has since I was forced into buying the shares, but was [...] Read More
