I charted daily prices for the past six months on the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA, $INDU, $DJI) after it closed on Friday, April 22, 2011 at 12,505.99. This past Monday had all the markings of the beginning of a bigger fall for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. All I needed before I jumped ship…
Month: April 2011
Sold June UCO Naked Put
After delaying far too long, I finally got back into UCO this morning. If you recall my statement on Monday, I said I had planned to get in to UCO then, but decided to wait and might regret not getting in while I had a chance. That was more than $4.50 ago per UCO share….
Sold VXX Covered Calls
I have mixed thoughts about this market. On one hand I think the bull market has more time left in it just solely based on the time we’ve run from the bottom to present. On the other hand the ground we’ve covered has me wondering if a solid 10% correction still isn’t in order. We’re…
Sold ITRI June Covered Call
On Friday I pointed out my regret for not closing out my ITRI position when I had a chance to exit for a few bucks. That bit me a little harder this morning as ITRI fell deeper than Friday’s close. I didn’t wait very long this morning before trying to sell a covered call on…
S&P 500 Chart – April 15, 2011
I charted the S&P 500 ($SPX) after it closed for the week on Friday, April 15, 2011 at 1,319.68. The past week is so clogged up with moving averages crossing over near trend lines I included an inset of the past four days magnified to make it clearer how the week ended. The trend lines played…
Options Expiration – April 2011
I had short options on four different stocks/ETFs that expired today. All were profitable and I plan to work with all of them again for either May or June expiration options. My only April option that wasn’t profitable was QCOM and it was assigned a couple of days ago and has gained some ground since…
QCOM Option Assignment
I guess someone on the other side of my QCOM April 57.50 naked put contract got scared and decided to dump their shares on me while the markets sold off yesterday. I knew I was going to take the assignment by Friday afternoon since it was fairly deep in the money so this just gave…
S&P 500 Chart – Tell Me What YOU Think
I grabbed a chart of the S&P 500 ($SPX) after it closed for the week on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 1,328.17. I’m short on time this weekend, so let me know what you think of this chart and where the technical indicators are telling us the markets will be in the short and long term.
Sold DSX June Naked Puts
I spoke too soon in my post earlier today when I said I was sitting back to wait to see where everything is heading. A few days ago I entered a limit order for DSX naked puts in case it dropped back into the lower range it’s been bouncing through. That order just hit this…