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I’ve been debating buying back the SSO June 50 naked put I sold last December and mentioned it last week in my rambling post.  SSO was trading at $47.89 back then.  Today while SSO was …

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 …

After I bought a March SSO put earlier this week the market turned to let me know my timing was less than ideal.  I could’ve bought the put at half the price the following …

I’ve been getting more nervous about the chances of a bigger correction lately and after the close yesterday I started thinking that I should buy some puts on SSO, MVV and UWM.  I was looking at near term, out of …

I’ve intentionally not traded this week.  Since I’ve been selling so many longer term options lately I thought I should take a step back, let the dust settle and see how (a little) time affects my current portfolio.  With volatility …

I’ve been waiting for a good solid down day in the markets to add some extra exposure and used today’s dip to increase my holdings some.  While I’m still underinvested overall, my use of some ultra ETFs makes up the …

Although I’m starting to get the feeling that we might be at the cusp of a new downturn I decided not to wait and added a little more exposure in my TD Ameritrade (AMTD) account that’s supposed to be dedicated to …

I got a renewed bullish outlook after hearing Jamie Dimon’s bullish comments last night on top of seeing the successful debt offerings from Greece and Italy (yesterday) and then from Germany and Portugal (today).  I haven’t even bothered to close any of my …

In 2010′s contest with other bloggers for the four top stock picks I had a simple goal – I wanted to improve on my rank from 2009.  That was a fairly low bar to pass since I was second from the bottom …