Archive for: February 2013

My account balance has come down considerably from its recent highs.  I figured it would whenever UCO stopped its ascent.  It still isn’t fun to see this, even knowing the decline was bound to happen eventually.  I mistimed the long …

I spent nearly an hour today trying to figure out how to make a worthwhile options trade on GLD.  I think the gold ETF is going to move higher soon, but I couldn’t decide on an order that would manage …

I charted the daily prices for the past six months on the S&P 500 ($SPX) after the index closed at 1,515.60 on Friday, February 22, 2013….

I mentioned in a post at the end of last week that I planned to get back into IWM today.  I almost decided not to since the small-cap ETF continued to climb and appeared ready to correct.  Then I opted …

I charted the daily prices for the year to date on the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJIA, $INDU, $DJI, the Dow) after the index closed at 13,981.76 on Friday, February 15, 2013.

The moving averages offer some help here too.  The 10-day …

This seemed like a very low-key expiration day, but I freed-up a lot of cash today.  Now, I have to figure out what my next move is.  Small-cap and mid-cap stocks have melted higher over the past few days, but …

Mid-afternoon on Friday, I was doing a round of chart reviews for everything in my account and for what I was considering for my account.  When I got to my oil position, I didn’t like what I saw in the …

I charted the monthly prices for the past 10 years on the S&P 500 ($SPX) after the index closed at 1,517.93 on Friday, February 8, 2013….

I exited my last Disney (DIS) position almost five years ago when DIS was trading for $31.94.  I was smart to do so since DIS lost more than half of its value within a few quarters after I dumped it. …