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You are certainly welcome to use anything presented here-if you so choose- Essentially everything I present here is borrowed/adopted/assimilated from other sources-including from those that share here on ET- and not particularly unique to me. I'll check out Riskarb007- What is...

Update- I have totally missed the big market rally this week- I lost computer access at home, got tied up with work- no computer access during the market hours- Only after 2 hours late this pm with the internet service provider- and then HP Tech support to re configure my internet...

I did not make any decisions this am and did not even catch the premarket futures at 6am- Got in this evening to find that my sole remaining position- FCG - a Nat Gas play gained 8% above it's close yesterday. about 6% above my entry- A real negative about leveraged trades- is...

So, I had a couple of smaller gains, but bigger losses for the day- I was prepared to jump back in long -even in the Investment accounts- but fortunately I wasn't able to get home prior to the close- The talk is all about Oil, Russia's currency- Ruble vs the dollar- contagion? I read an...

Today did not turn out as i expected when I left for work in the AM following the doctors appointment- LOL! It appeared that the market was trying to put in a rally today, an upside reversal- I felt good as i had raised my stops in the SDS, TVIX market short- and was net profitable in both of...

Cure Reentry Trade In conjunction with a pause in the market selling off-

added Cure $122.36- stp $119

MARKETS TRYING TO TURN POSITIVE- Raising stops $23.50 & $54.30 B- small position in tvix on the pullback- $3.22 stp $3.12 Edit- just added CURE $122.36 stp 119

looking at a fast chart- stops raised SDS $23.40 SKF $53.80 Above entry - both 5m charts in a sideways base- stops below

Today, UVXY closed at $28.79- This was lower than my $29.50 sell. Oddly enough, the markets declined further today- It looks like a divergence is occurring- How does the market drop lower, but the volatility index hold level? Perhaps a very controlled and slow decline? Certainly...

Pleasantly surprised -despite the futures being higher pre market- to find that not only were my stops not hit, both SDS and SKF went further in my direction- approx 1 & 1.5% . Not a large move, but perhaps enough that I can ease my stop a bit higher- but not too close- One thing I...

Heading to work- Futures look higher Allowing stops to do their job SDS $22.20 SKF $51.22

I do have a copy of Bulkowski's - I read it quite some time ago- and could stand to read it again-As i recall, he had some interesting statistics on the probability of such and such a technical set up actually working successfully- The odds were not great on some - There was also a chapter...

ON SKF- I was not really focused on having a selection of short trades to take- and it only makes sense to have a list of etf's that I would consider worth acting on - long and to the short side- I need to work on that list- For example- OIL has been going down for an extended period of...

Taking a moment this Sunday 12-14-14 - Market Timing - John Bogle (Vanguard Funds) would point out that timing the market is generally a losing proposition for the vast majority of market participants- including most professionals. Both he-and the company that houses my...

What a Week! CNBC is saying both the Dow & S&P gave back everything gained over the past 5 weeks! Sometimes we get it right- quick stops - take profits- small losses- tactical trading is likely what we are going to head into- It feels like this decline may not have a quick snap back...

added to SDS, & took a position in SKF 3:54 $53.36 Financials look weak - very strong upmove on the daily-

I was indeed LUCKY with the way the UVXY trade worked out- It certainly felt going into the close that the attempted large gains early in the day gave way to additional weakness- I had closed my other positions, had freed up cash , and the "thrill" of the chase- A very bad mix for...

I got home early today to find the market had sustained an early am rally only to be selling off as it neared the close. I allowed my normally negative Bias to interpret this price action- as something that potentially could go on further- What prompts the market to Buy at higher...

I started to mention this- UVXY - tracking position- I think I took it out of the earlier post- The UVXY trade has gained 32% . Too bad it wasn't a decent $$$ entry- Stops are in $21.50 While i don't think I would have the gumption to trade this with any position size- it does point out...