Archive for: May 2008

I updated my current holdings page. Here’s a screen shot of my account as it stands today.  I only have June options remaining and two long positions which are both covered with call options.  I …

I mentioned in last week’s Dow Jones Chart that I thought support was showing and the DJIA could tick higher.  It did.  I came back this week to chart the S&P 500 …

Options were good to me for yet another month.  With today as the last trading day for May options, I can be happy with almost all of my trades.  These are all going in my favor - the naked puts are …

The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) has been on a downtrend since its high on March 17th and this morning made it down the lowest point it has seen since October 11th, more than seven months ago.  Last June I asked …

I closed out my AMAT exposure at the end of Monday’s trading day, prior to earnings release Tuesday after close. 

Originally, I sold May 20 naked puts (ANQQD) on AMAT when it was at 21.  …

As an investor I try to keep my eye on the bigger picture of account growth versus individual stock performance.  Clearly some stocks will be winners and others will be losers.  To help me keep my focus last year I created …

I am recharting the DJIA ($DJI) this week using a slighty different angle for the upward trending line of higher highs.  I’m doing this for two reasons.  One is to show that picking the exact points on a chart can …

I pulled this from “In Play” on Yahoo! Finance today. They referenced this press release from overstock.com’s Web site.  (I watch In Play throughout the day to get the short story on what’s moving the markets.)
9:08AM Overstock.com issues press release …