Archive for: August 2009

I entered a few orders over the weekend with the idea that they might trickle in during the week while I stay focused on my new job. Instead, two of them hit in the first half hour of the trading day …

I charted the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) after the markets closed on Friday August 28, 2009 when the DJIA closed at 9,544.20.

I’m still on vacation this week while my wife is working and my son is at school.  That means I spend my days rotating between getting stuff done around the house that I’ve been meaning to do since we moved in …

I charted the Wilshire 5000 ($DWC) after the markets closed on Friday, August 21, 2009 when it closed at 10,552.27. The way I chart the broadest index for the U.S. equity market, I see that we are back at …

I only had three option positions expire today.  I was short (I sold them originally) all three.  Here’s the short summary of how my August options ended at expiration:

-4 ALL Aug 23 Put, (+ALLTF) – Finished far out-of-the-money (OTM) leaving me with a …

I’ve been neutral to bearish lately, so I decided to put my money where my mouth is and leg into an SSO short straddle. While SSO was trading at $30.95 I sold to open two SSO September 32 calls (SOJIF) …

I charted the S&P 500 ($SPX) after the markets closed on Friday, August 14, 2009 when the SPX closed at 1,004.09.

This chart has a lot going on and it all points to more uncertainty.  Stay tuned though, it’s interesting and …

This has been a rollercoaster week and that doesn’t even count the big ups and downs of the markets.  I started on Monday with the news that I’d stay employed for at least another month, but at a $15k pay cut.  …

I’ve been so shy about not getting too deeply invested for the past couple of months I’ve missed out on a lot of potential gains.  After today’s rally started I gave in a little.  I decided to ease in with …