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That 1812.5 level seems to be a real barrier at the moment doesn't it ? The 4hr chart looks like some wierd back to front cup & handle right here.

"Darn, I missed your call after that spike down, could've made a mint!" Calls .....? Too busy trading old chap.

Is that a new all time high I see ...........?

"Moves like this totally debunks the myth that only down moves are sharp, short selling isn't safer than going long, you can get killed either way. " My experience is that tops take a LOT longer to form than bottoms in the market, hence shorting requires more skill IMHO. The trade today...

Slumdog, any updates ... still trading....?

Robert, have you switched back to posting $ profits ?

We have expiry this week don't we ? I wonder where the smart money wants the Dec futures to expire ......?

Resistance now around 1785, this is looking more interesting here 1783.5 at the moment.

Hi, that's investing you are talking about, this journal covers my short term trading. Different kettle of fish altogether. I suggest you read the high yield board over at the Motley Fool for some ideas, there are some very clued - up people there...

Summary Week Ended Friday 13th December 2013 20 stock trades: 2 AAL + 112.70 BPS 16 BLT + 73.86 BPS 2 STAN + 171.34 BPS Stocks net + 219.27 BPS 17 Index Trades: 17 FTSE + 51.72 BPS Net all trades + 270.99 BPS Return on account for the week 3.58 %. P:L ratio...

Interesting stats: http://www.dailyspeculations.com/wordpress/?p=8873

Summary Week Ended Friday 6th December 2013 14 stock trades: 8 BLT + 136.62 BPS 1 BP + 31.5 BPS 5 STAN + 171.34 BPS Stocks net + 339.46 BPS 10 Index Trades: 10 FTSE + 36.47 BPS Net all trades + 375.93 BPS Return on account for the week 4.53 %. P:L ratio 5.46 : 1...

Here's one Xmas scenario... Big miss on payrolls, market sells off strongly, then we have a mad rally into Xmas & New Year.

Longs or shorts ?

Summary Week Ended Friday 29th November 2013 5 stock trades: 5 BLT + 51.49 BPS Stocks net + 51.49 BPS 4 Index Trades: 4 FTSE + 10.03 BPS Net all trades + 61.52 BPS Return on account for the week 0.94% Long and short trades, all intraday. I traded 3.5 days this week...

New all time high....?

This makes me wonder how much further this has to go: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-21/stock-funds-lure-most-cash-in-13-years-as-market-rallies.html

Judging by the vols, we have not seen capitulation of the bears yet.

The S&P and the Dow just demonstrate what happens if you throw a mountain of cash at the equity markets.

Thar she blows....