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Stopped out on Hack $30.25 on the decline. This was a rasised stop-loss, more aggressive approach. Locked in some gains. Very short term trading stop-loss to lock in the profits on a larger position/. The larger markets all declined -1% + - Dollar went higher- Interesting- Biotech...

I am getting more aggressive with tighter stops in HEDJ & DXJ based on the momentum moving higher-

Had a nice Memorial day . Thanks to those that have served, and rememberances to those members of our family that served, survived, and have since passed on- including my father and my wife's father- serving in WW2. As i posted some candlestick charts earlier today of PJP- the...

Holding overweight positions in PJP- Rationale has been that it has been in a multi year period of healthcare outperformance. Ideally it will resume that same outperformance- but the last couple of months have shown a couple of significant pullbacks- each with slightly lower lows-...

A co-worker with another company and i were discussing fees and expenses in our retirement plans & he shared with me some of his investment opportunities in his company 401k plan- 4 of his selections to choose from were Fund of Fund- or "Portfolio series-" Where the manager of the portfolio...

Watching Options Extra- - the discussion concerned the VIX is near a low level- and ways to play/protect from the complacency . Since I have nada experience with options- I plugged into Google and several hedged SPY ETF's came up- Based on the $vix. As the Vix rises, the SPY generally...

Market up slightly- Getting about 1/3 account value clearing- into cash- I think I want to look into the global healthcare as a segment worth getting some exposure into- XHC is a global healthcare that is hedged with Canadian currency- This stuff can get complicated- for someone that...

FXE did stop out $108.99 weakness was showing, and - TAN also declined as Oil declined-But according to a discussion of Tan on Fast money- the ETF dropped Hard because it held a china solar play that comprised 12% of it's weight- and that Chinese solar (not an ADR) company lost 50% of it's...

Yes- that helps- thanks for the explanation! FXE will have been stopped out today on it's move lower-

Trying for the chart....No luck

In the trading account, I am all long- I did add 6 XBI today. In the retirement account - I am large CASH- money market fund- Doesn't earn anything , but doesn't Risk anything. FXE looks close to the stop-loss -While HEDJ moved up an equal amount higher- I asked EuroD- on his thread to...

A quick question-you have a far better understanding of these ETF's than I-- I have to admit I own both HEDJ (http://www.wisdomtree.com/etfs/fund-details.aspx?etfid=73) and FXE- in equal proportions- FXE looks to be ready to stop out- HEDJ looks ready to go higher- they look like...

5.18.15 Markets making new highs! Slight upmoves- but higher none-the-less! We'll take it because we need it. It's about time! Mostly green in the account with FXE being in the red and underwater- stop-loss is $109.00 -under 2 prior price pullback swings- on the 2 hr chart. I...

Thank you- for the congratulations! Seeing another newborn (2nd in 2 months) come into the Family causes you to think in wider terms..... I posted that thought as one can spend an inordinate amount of time in this pursuit--I know I have- over the past years - and I allowed it to take up a...

5.17.15 Had a new granddaughter born to my youngest daughter yesterday. When you put everything in perspective- What motivates us to spend the time we spend in the pursuits of profits and trading success? Are we seeking a better quality of financial success to improve the lives...

Understanding that the environment is fluid - it changes- Day by day- Hour by hour- Week by week..... But there is a relationship in the moves that occur on the market's dance floor. http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/sectorsummary.html#&S=P1

Friday 5.15.15 update Crunch time for me on the day job for the next few weeks- Extended hours - Work Saturday as well- I would like to update some charts as illustrations, but i simply have a lack of time to do everything I would like- The Day job pays the bills and allows me to...

XBI is basing sideways in a relatively narrow range- My buy-stop to add to my position is price at $228.25 - $229.00 on a breakout move higher. Stop-loss on this higher move is below this consolidation range- Will use $216.00- below the range- I'm tightening stops on this market up move-...

Finally- green moves across the board with everything climbing higher- except USO- down slightly. Can Friday give a repeat higher performance? I certainly hope so- Looks green across the waters today as well- and while the markets are skeptical -perhaps- this consolidation range will not...

Had to work almost a double shift-Getting in at 11:30 pm- Account is relatively flat/weak- HEDJ looks to go lower- PJP is down & weak, XBI is holding it's recent move higher- Hack moved up from the low.......USO holding Asia is weak this pm because of concerns about the US- go figure-at least...