Position Update Ahead of Fed
With 10 minutes to go until the Fed Release I closed half of my SPY puts that I put on yesterday for a 9.6% gain. Yes if we do see some selling I will regret the decision but my plan was to play the...
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Again Traders Are Left With Questions
Today was suppose to be the big day and we were either going to shoot up or drop down but either way volatility seemed to be expected by many. Well the FOMC released their news and Bernanke did his...
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Things Were Fine…Until We Opened
With all the bad data that came out in the globex session the futures looked good this morning as the globex session shrugged off the data, that is until the market opened and then it was a trend down...
View ArticleBe Quick On The Pullback
Last week I closed out my positions in AAPL and SPX coming into Monday all cash. Last week left me a bit frustrated as I was pleased with positions into Friday but the Thursday night news and Globex...
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Watching For Bond and Dollar Weakness, Not Market Strength
Not much to say here but I am not getting excited by the market strength today but instead want to see more weakness in the bonds and Dollar. Bonds look like they are just retesting the cup with...
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Structuring the Emini-SP500 into the FOMC Rate Decision
Today we have the FOMC Rate Decision at 2:15. Looking at the price action today it can be summed up as boring and with good reason, people don’t want to get aggressive. One instrument I always watch...
View ArticleTropical Storms, Hurricanes, and Stocks
With Tropical Storm Isaac approaching and mostly likely to become a hurricane, I decided to look at what industries and stocks can benefit and be hurt from these natural disasters. The following are...
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Combining The PPT’s Features with Events
Taking a learning lesson from iBC Bloggers The Fly and chessNwine I decided to create a screen of companies with the keyword cement in their business description. In The Fly’s post I wanted to...
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Was Last Night A Catalyst For These Stocks
Going through the news today I read that President Obama signed a cybersecurity executive order, which was also mentioned in last nights State of the Union speech. You can read more from SlashGear but...
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Another Gold Analysis with some Volatility, Options, and Charts
Its no secret that gold and the miners (via GDX) took a hit today. All I heard from CNBC was the looming Death Cross (50sma crossing below 200sma). Quite frankly it got old and then there was the...
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