Archive for: February 2008

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I’m taking the rare break to pat myself on the back today.  If you look at last weekend’s chart of the S&P 500 ($INX) you’ll see I drew the line that acted as a floor and …

I’ve talked a lot lately about my bad trades, but I am taking a moment to reflect on the good which is most of what I’ve had the past few weeks.  It’s just that one bad trade can beat out a …

I’m glad I was planning to take the NVDA 32.50 naked put option assignment.  Someone pulled the trigger on me yesterday, so the shares were assigned this morning.  I received this email from TD Ameritrade:
You have recently been assigned the …

I rolled the dice with BA and waited for it to pull back before tomorrow’s expiration, but it went the other way, but only briefly.  I was training an assistant this morning when my trade trigger alert hit my cell …

I’m sick today, so short on details…

Yesterday while ADBE was making a run, I bought back my two February 35 calls (AEQBG) for a profit of $7.  I though it might pull back some before Friday’s close, but didn’t feel the risk …

My sanity was questioned in some comments last week when I sold a naked put on AAPL.  The charge might be fair, but not because of this trade.  I charted it again …

OK, I’m a stock nerd – I enjoyed charting the S&P 500 ($INX) today.  This is a six month chart of daily price action.  I might have gone line crazy.  That’s why I removed the moving averages.  I had enough lines to …

Two weeks ago I sold five naked calls on Shutterfly (SFLY) for $1.  I got the idea from Barron’s and after charting the stock and thinking how bearish the overall market was, especially for consumers I sold the calls.

On Thursday I …