This S&P 500 ($SPX) chart shows the past three months of daily prices after the index finished the week at 1,244.28 on Friday, December 2, 2011. The large cap index just finished its second best weekly point gain ever, but is facing resistance from its 200 day moving average Read More
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Stock Market Investment :S&P 500 Chart – Moving Averages with a Bullish Crossover
Posted 11 Dec 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
Stock Market Investment :Sold DIA Naked Put
Posted 11 Dec 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
Yesterday I mentioned my plans to come in on either direction the jobs data pointed us. Although the details within the jobs data were mixed, the headline number helped push the scrum to the bulls’ side to start the day. Seeing the ECB showing more teeth in their snarl helped Read More
Stocks Investments :Closed TWM Naked Puts
Posted 11 Dec 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
Yesterday I mentioned that I might have to close these puts early if small caps continued to rise. This morning in my month end summary I referenced the move again when I said I need to be better about closing positions early when I have a good profit. Soon after I wrote that I decided [...] Read More
Stocks Investment :End of Month Summary – November 2011
Posted 11 Dec 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
November showed how good October was. It made flat feel like a loss after having such easy money the month before. I gained a little, but was essentially flat. I could’ve done better if I didn’t pull back on my risk exposure as much as I did, but sometimes it’s Read More
Stocks Investments :Sold DDM Naked Put
Posted 11 Dec 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
Like most bullish investors, I woke up to see some exciting futures this morning only to see them improve even more with each piece of data and news story that hit the wires. I was considering opening more exposure on Monday (and obviously should’ve), but the opening pop was Read More
Stock Market Investment :DJIA Chart – November 25, 2011
Posted 28 Nov 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
I charted the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU, $DJI, DJIA), after the markets closed on Friday, November 25, 2011, after the Dow closed for the week at 11,231.78. The Dow is almost in no man’s land on its chart. It’s below its 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 day moving Read More
Stock Investments :Sold UCO January Naked Puts
Posted 28 Nov 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
It’s not that oil looks like it is going to shoot all that much higher from here, but maybe more that I don’t think it’s going to tank to ridiculously low levels. My current oil exposure is all in UCO and includes 300 shares long, plus a December 32 naked put and three January 40 [...] Read More
Stock Investment :Shifting Risk with MVV, SSO and TBT + A Trading Model Change
Posted 28 Nov 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
As I mentioned last week with my TWM trade and in my $SPX chart on Sunday, I’ve grown more bearish lately and I made some more changes today. I started with a basic sell to lighten my overall exposure to the markets. I sold 200 shares of SSO for .88 and received ,375.01 Read More
Stock Investments :S&P 500 Chart – November 18, 2011
Posted 28 Nov 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
This S&P 500 ($SPX) chart shows the past three months of daily prices after the index finished the week at 1,215.65 on Friday, November 18, 2011. The technical indicators are piling up to create a strong bearish case against the large cap index. The 200 day moving average (dma) Read More
Stock Investments :Options Expiration – November 2011
Posted 28 Nov 2011 — by admin
Category Stock Investment
Category Stock Investment
Options expiration finished pretty good for me on a few positions, but really bad on a couple of others that wiped out my gains on the good ones and then some. This is how it shook out this month: UCO – 3 November 26 naked puts – Finished out of the money by a long [...] Read More