Archive for: January 2010

I charted the S&P 500 index ($SPX) after the markets closed on Friday January 8, 2010 when it finished the week at 1,144.98. 
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For those of you who have been reading My Trader’s Journal for a while you know I have a hard time staying away from NDAQ for long.  It’s good about bouncing in a decent trading channel and I think the …

A few months after my CVS vertical put spread position expired last summer CVS tanked on November 5th down to an intraday low of $27.38.  It closed at $28.95 that afternoon and that started a …

Just as I did last year with my 2009 goals post I’m setting my investing goals for 2010.  At the end of 2009 my account balance was $85,007.52 and I sent a $16,000 deposit in that will be …

I originally opened my in-the-money EEM naked put position based on EEM touching its trend line of higher lows.  Since that’s how I started the position I only thought it wise to exit my position now …

I charted the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA) on December 31, 2009 after it closed for the year at 10,428.05 and see two distinct trading channels still intact.
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2009 will go down as one of the most interesting years for the markets in my opinion.  We started the year with panic as if the world would end and nobody would ever buy any products or services ever again and then jumped into …

As a follow up to last year’s contest for the four best stock picks over a full calendar year, I’m honored to join the same group of other financial bloggers in a friendly contest for the top stock picks of 2010.  We all agreed to post our …