Archive for: December 2007

I sold a naked put on Monsanto (MON) in May and should have continued to do the same each time it expired.  I thought it would have a bigger pull back than it did …

I haven’t charted the S&P 500 in a while, but instead of just charting the $INX this time I decided to chart its biggest ETF, the SPDR Trust, aka SPY.  At a quick glance you can see that my neutral …

I haven’t traded much recently because I cannot find many stocks I think are worthwhile and safe.  As much as I like to make big gains I also like to preserve what I have.  I am only 70% invested towards …

During all of the flurry of activity yesterday the limit order I placed on NYX naked puts from a few days ago triggered.  As the volatility jumped and NYX declined I quickly realized the order I had not too far above …

I have to wonder sometimes if I’m addicted to money.  I think about it all the time, I constantly strive for more and never seem to have enough.  I used to nag a friend in college to stop smoking and one day …

I changed the look of my DJIA chart a little this weekend.  I’ve added in the momentum indicator Williams %R (aka %R).  %R tries to measure overbought and oversold levels.  The 0-20 and 80-100 levels are highlighted in grey automatically.

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I read about Vimpel (VIP) in the January 2008 Smart Money magazine I received today and charted it below to see if the chart agreed with Jack Hough’s theory rooted in fundamentals.  His data was from nearly a month a …

I read about Valero Energy Corp (VLO) in this week’s Barron’s and after charting it yesterday I entered an alert to email me if VLO traded above 65.  It crossed that line in the first 30 minutes of trading today, …

Jim Cramer ranted about Raytheon (RTN) last night.  I charted the stock and saw that it was about to have a bullish cross with its 10 and 20 day moving averages (see the blue and green lines respectfully).  For history’s sake, notice …