Archive for: June 2007

June 12, 2007

Chart vs Fundamentals on Allegheny Technologies, Inc (ATI)

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 12 Jun 2007

I might be doing some wishful charting on ATI.  I’ve gone all of the way out to the monthly charts to find a moving average that supports holding onto it.  The 10 month average for ATI is around 97.  ATI …

The Art of My Trading Model

Filed under: Beginners, Finance - 12 Jun 2007

While I try to follow hard and fast rules on the way I invest, I am starting to realize that a lot of it is more of an art than a science.  I was asked if I ever buy back …

June 11, 2007

Owning NUE or Watching Sopranos - which is worse?

Filed under: Finance - 11 Jun 2007

We wasted yet another hour watching the season finale of The Sopranos last night.  We went to bed pissed at such a pitiful ending to a show that had so many good episodes (not counting the last 2 seasons).Being disappointed with …

June 10, 2007

Charting the Dow ($INDU)

Filed under: Finance, Indices - 10 Jun 2007

This week’s view of the one year weekly Dow ($INDU) chart is really interesting to me after the much needed pounded we finally received last week.  I would have been happy with the chart even if we didn’t have the Friday …

June 8, 2007

Learning from my Trading Mistake on TV

Filed under: Finance - 08 Jun 2007

Grupo Televisa SA (TV) was a bold move for me when I sold the naked puts ITM and it was flying in my direction until ethical law makers got in the way and decided to essentially spread out the rights …

June 7, 2007

Calls vs Puts

Filed under: Beginners, Finance - 07 Jun 2007

I had an interesting exchange in a Yahoo! Finance Group where I’m a member yesterday and then Kadena commented and posed the similar question early today on this blog.  I figured the topic of calls vs puts was worth …

June 6, 2007

Option Trades: Naked Puts Sold on ARRS, MRO and CHK

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 06 Jun 2007

When it rains, it pours.  After not selling any options for nearly two weeks (since the MON naked puts on 5/25) three of my limit orders hit this morning.  Hopefully this is just the small correction I’ve been waiting for.

I …

Covered Call Mutual Funds

Filed under: Finance, Media - 06 Jun 2007

Smart Money magazine has an ariticle in the July edition on mutual funds that use covered calls.  Their picks are FFA, BDJ and NFJ.  I’m not going to go into much more depth than just to mention it for any …

June 5, 2007

CROX Naked Puts

Filed under: Finance, Stock Picks - 05 Jun 2007

Crocs, Inc (CROX) makes the ugliest shoes in the world and the sell like mad.  My brother, who doesn’t invest in stocks, has been encouraging me to get into CROX (the stock, not the ugly shoes) since it was in …

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