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Anyone? Strategies to look at for down trending days?

I appreciate the concern, I guess I should have been more clear. The money I have in my trading account is money I can afford to loose. I have been studying the stock market for a long time, I understand how it works. But I'm new to options trading and I prefer to learn by doing. Any...

Ok, so I just jumped into the trading game after being laid off. I have a small amount of play money to work with, which is just fine. But looking at these charts, almost everything took a slight up trend through december. I'm guessing over the good holiday shopping feelings. Then from january...

This is not about fun! This is serious business lol jk Just wish I had more money to play with :( I'm starting with $1,000 So I'm taking it pretty much 1 or 2 trades at a time. Thank goodness stocks have taken such a plunge, I had a hard time finding stocks last year that were in my price...

I'm going to try and keep a journal in here of what I have been doing. In part for the entertainment of people reading, but mostly because I have a hard time keeping a paper record or file somewhere without losing track of it. So for 2-5-09 I placed an order on AKS for 100 shares at the...

I was talking to a friend recently about option trading the other day. He said he usually buys 100 shares of a stock he likes, then sells covered calls out three or four months. Then if he is forced exercise the option he either buys the call to cover or lets the shares go. Then I started...