Archive for: March 2011

I noticed last week that MVV was trading November options now, but was too busy playing catch up with work after taking time off for my grandmother’s funeral to make a trade on it.  I also wanted to see how …

I charted the S&P 500 ($SPX) after it closed for the week on Friday, March 25, 2011 at 1,313.80.

After getting a 7% correction the “Risk-On” trade quickly came back into fashion recently.  Now that we’ve had …

I charted CSX Corp. ($CSX) this morning before the markets opened after it closed yesterday at $78.96.  I missed getting in again at the recent low after my naked put expired last week.  Now that it’s had a few days to run …

I charted daily prices for the past year on the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA, $INDU, $DJI) after it closed on Friday, March 18, 2011 at 11,858.52.

A couple of weeks ago when I posted a …

Yesterday I mentioned that I had thought of closing my long put on SSO.  Today I got around to pulling the trigger.  I didn’t catch the absolute bottom, but that’s what really got me watching.  Every time I entered a …

I was all about being patient this week, until late this afternoon.  I still haven’t done much, but did make a small trade today.  I was waiting to see how low the markets were going to trip before finding some …

I charted the S&P 500 ($SPX) after it closed for the week on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 1,304.28.

The SPX wasn’t messing around this past week.  My prediction of more down days to come after the 10/20 day moving averages …

When options expired in February I said I planned to sell April puts on Boeing (BA) once they were posted because the downside looked limited.  If I had followed through on that plan I might have caught BA close to …

One of the changes I’ve made this year is to only sell half a position on my initial entry into a position and once again I’ve proven (I say this without pride) that seems to be the best approach in …