Archive for: September 2007

I spent a lot of time reading this weekend and in a rare moment of focused attention, I finished reading all of Barron’s before the weekend was over.  I also read an aging Smart Money magazine I hadn’t finished yet.  The whole time I …

To mix it up a little this week I took a look at the monthly S&P 500 ($INX) chart for the past five years.  I went back this far to try to get a better …

You might think I’d learn my lesson on FWLT.  I’ve entered into two positions in the past year that would have been profitable if I had held on, but when it started to dip, I bailed.  I haven’t taken much …

As if the wake from the Fed rate cut wasn’t enough to cause major market gyrations, today is expiration day for September options. The trading activity is always interesting on the last day of options.  The “big boys” can push a …

I just added a new widget to my right sidebar which shows links to other investing blogs’ posts.  The idea is for each time my page has a visitor, I get a syndication credit that will give me “advertising” on …

I received the following email this morning from a reader who asked to remain anonymous, but thought his story would be a good lesson for many others who are trying to learn how to become better traders. 

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Barron’s cover story for the September 17, 2007 issue was on the bright future of Nokia (NOK).  I try not to trade on their cover stories in the first few days after they are written because they often get a short term bounce …

Not even two hours after I said I would not trade any this week Comcast (CMCSA) did an about face and turned negative.  I was short four naked puts that I had previously sold at .75 and received $287 after …

What a day to miss out on being at my computer yesterday.  My interview went well.  I’m not sure if I’ll get an offer, but think I did the best I could.  If they don’t give me an offer then I’ll just have …