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It is quite ODD that the market news this am was all about the expected good jobs report due this Friday- I had to shrug it off and expect that my market short positions would at least stop out- As i got home this pm it turns out this was a large market sell-off day-Fears on Europe- Oil...

qid trade Only a partial position- on freed cash available- it is also based on what appeared to be a market decline forming- However, it could simply not be a decline as a flat market for a few days due to lack of market participants with any real assets. I'm giving this a bit wider stop room...

the last couple of days of selling and market weakness could have been just tax loss selling and closing out of 2014 positions- Starting this week, it should be back to work for wall street- I am holding a larger cash position on the Investment side, and waiting for some cash to clear on...

As a contribution to this New Year- I don't get to read a lot of the threads on ET- should give myself more time to do that. Can be very beneficial . I caught up on 2 threads that I think certainly offer a lot of value, and i hope to benefit from both of them. I know there are many more...

ADDED SDS TODAY- IT'S A 2X SHORT OF THE S&p 500. , and took a very small position in QID (shorts the QQQ's SH would be a 1x short- One of my considerations for this year is employing short positions as well as long positions- My instincts and past history suggests taking mostly...

As i got ready to head out this am, saw some green on the Futures, boosted the stop from $2.40 to @.54. Got taken out during the opening decline as the market tried to rally some-in the am. By $.02 ..it happens- I have to be prepared to use information- and make a decision without viewing...

1.1.2015 Considerations for INVESTING 1st- Trading last. Reading Swenson- 'Unconventional success" and he -like Bogle- points out how fees are what dilutes many investors returns. Let me use my trading account cost results compared to VOO- the low cost Vanguard S&P 500 fund.. THE VOO...

WELCOME 2015. Today is the traditional day to make resolutions for this year that usually include quitting smoking, drinking, losing weight, healthier life style-etc. How about becoming more profitible in the trading account in 2015- At least Exceed the market return. I have to...

ENDING 2014: Well, 2014 ended on an upnote due to my position in TVIX- a volatility play. Actually ended up a year end high - thanks in part to both a fast chart strategy and taking some contrarian plays. This account - and the methodoligy- is to see if I can effectively employ...

How to close this year out? Let's start with transparency-and sharing some past experience. I hold other investments in accounts separate from this 'active" IB trading account- company retirement accounts and other brokerage accts. Not large as accounts go- but somewhat larger than this...

12.31.14 TVIX went higher today with a 14% single day upside move, offsetting the pullbacks in my other positions- This account is actually closing the year at a new high thanks to TVIX putting up a nice gain today. Toot , toot! Right direction at least! I stopped out on only 2/3 of...

12.30.14 Down Day for the markets across all indexes- IBB, CURE, PSCT all "rolled over" with price closing lower and dropping under the 2 hr ema-Today short positions saw some upside- and the one saving grace in my portfolio was the volatility trade i had entered before Christmas. I entered...

This Monday 12.29.14- Dow closed down slightly- IWM higher- SPY higher - IBB , CUR, TVIX all up slightly, allowing me to consider raising stops- PSCT down slightly-but i will allow this stop to remain as set. Since the RUT went higher- my rationale for the PSCT as a small cap focus to ride...

A good friend wrote me concerned about my recent trades posted here. - Although he was not specific in his concerns, his caution to me was that I was making trades Intraday instead of EOD- due to the holidays/vacation, availability of real time screen time. That perhaps i was losing my...

PSCT_ I chose PSCT without a lot of forethought-It represented small caps and a segment of the Tech sector- so I thought it might be in a sweet spot if the swing into small caps has merit. A better choice in the narrow it segment might have been HACK- with all the news about Korea...

IBB ENTRY- After I missed the entry last week back into the market-and the market rallying, - I was looking for a reason to get back into the healthcare sector-Cure specifically- With the issue of Gild & express scripts knocking the wind out of the entire healthcare sector, there was a...

12.26.14 3:00 pm - Got home early, Market in session It appears that the market reaction to the healthcare/biotech sell-off saw additional buying today- including GILD- CURE is presently trading at my average cost, also will allow me to tighten up my stop-loss for next week. Note i...

12-24-14 As the week started off, I was determined to not chase the market- I put a limit order for a small buy of CURE- $134.50 and it was filled as CURE dropped lower- In the news this week was an issues with GILD and a care provider- and that shook the entire healthcare/biotech...

Got some shopping done this weekend and an excellent day navigating the mall with the better half! Getting back to ETF's- Things are going higher as we end this December- I took a small position in Cure today as it pulled back and met my lower limit buy- but it closed a bit lower-...

It sounds like you are indeed prepared! As i got up this Sat am, I find my router is again not talking to my modem! HP tech support got my laptop able to access the internet again-At a cost of $50.00 + $15.00/month for a year's worth of support- I look at that as insurance ...