Archive for: March 2009

I started a new free stock charts technical analysis blog named chart-analysis.com.  I’ll admit it’s not such a clever name, but it’s meant to be fairly concise for my stock chart analysis.  I plan to chart a …

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (aka DJIA or $DJI) finally found resistance on its chart this week.  As luck would have it (that’s sarcasm), it just happened to top out around the 8,000 range that was support in October 2008, …

I’ve been sitting on my 300 shares of Joy Global (JOYG) for a while without the heart to sell covered calls for a low premium while it looked too “cheap” to get out of.  After charting it earlier this morning …

In 2007, I sold options on Southern Copper (PCU) a few times.  I think I ended up taking a little loss on the series of trades (which is moot now) and then moved on to FCX.  FCX ended up taking a harder fall …

Last month I eased into a hedged NASDAQ OMX Group Inc (NDAQ) position with a vertical spread (22.50/20 puts) for a credit of $0.80, not counting commissions.  I took the option assignment at $22.50 and sold the …

This morning I put a limit order in to sell all 500 of my newly acquired NDAQ shares.  I thought I was pricing my order high enough to let it run up for a few days.  Instead, by 3:50 NDAQ …

I’m not typically big into buying put options, but saw a potential good opportunity with Monsanto (MON) this morning.  MON has had a really good run from its lows not so long ago and could keep running, but the last time …

As of the close of yesterday I thought I had my SSO put spread for a full profit, but that changed quickly this morning.  Instead the S&P fell and I lost.  I watched SSO most of the day, along with …

I closed my MON call this morning earlier than I should have.  I’ve been expecting it to break down some, but over thought it and made a mistake.  The upcoming days will tell me how much of a mistake it …