I posted about being in the inverse etfs FXP and SDS, but I didn’t post that I took medium sized short trade at the Rydex 10:45 window in the inverse spx, inverse ndx, and inverse rut funds. It was an ultra risky play considering the NDX was already down 6% at that time. I was [...]

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I like money better than losing it.
Sold:
RIG - 3% loss early this morning
EWZ - 3% loss just before this post.
EXM - Throughout the morning. For such a small FRIGGIN position I lost a nice chunk on it. 25% loss taken in EXM. Their docks, their ships all can f off. I like my money and [...]

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This morning I went into the indexes heavy adding to my Friday shorts with markets up considerably higher than where they are now (Dow +148, NDX -20, RUT +7.85, SPX +11).
Bought:
QID, SMN (tried to buy both EFU and FXP - seeing now the trades didn’t go through - damn FXP was good for 7% off [...]

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No. I’ll see what happens this week, react, and make money. I added to my long position today. I didn’t post yesterday due to the happenings of Tropical Dud, Fay. I sold MATK yesterday with a loss of a few %. I did this as shot to buy a firework related play and its a [...]

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It wasn’t a good trade, but it was a nice profit. EFU is breaking out and I sold into the breakout like a shmuck. I think its going a lot higher, but I have the patience of a hamster on viagra. I may buy it back. However, I’m still holding my watchlist picks of HOGS, [...]

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I mentioned yesterday that I went short with a “medium” position. This morning I’ve added to the index funds in the RUT only. I also bought TWM and EFU (2x inverse MSCI etf). The EFU is a play on the strengthening dollar. If the US dollar strengthens, the emerging markets will go down. The weak [...]

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I decided at the close today how can I complain about getting more than 7% in the NDX/QLD and 5% in the RUT/UWM.
Not only that, but finally SNTS took off today. I’ve bitched about being on board PWAV and then not being in it RIGHT before the break. This time I didn’t jump off the [...]

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I laid out my trading plan last night and even last Friday. So far it was right on the money. Minor selloff into Fed meeting and now a rally post Fed. Ben Bernanke must be a fan of the Olympics because the market is rallying right into the torch ceremony. I kid. I joke. I [...]

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Did we get a signal today that the US dollar is ready to rally? Commodities got slobber knocked. Steel, coal, shipping stocks, ag stocks, oil and oil stocks as well as alternative energy stocks, you NAME the stock it got crushed today. However, the financials held up.
Commodities go down, dollar goes up and with the [...]

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Instead of waiting till the close to put back on shorts I took off in a profit taking protection manner (which was smart), I decided with the RUT up nearly 3% (for 2x funds) and the NDX up 2%, I bought QID and went short with my index mutual funds heavy. Market has sold off [...]

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A great day! 4.6% in the RUT or 4.3% in the TWM. If you don’t know, TWM is an ETF that gives you 2x inverse of the RUT daily close. I cutback my index short at the close significantly to protect profits. I went from being heavy or all in short to lightly short. I [...]

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Everything was working today.
CPST broke out today on very big volume to another record 52 week high. If you’ve been reading SR since September of 2007 you know I like this stock.

The indexes had a great day today. 3.6% for the RUT and another 3.6%ish for the NDX. Nice.
My QQQQ calls which had their premium [...]

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Posting this 2am my time. Such dedication.
Worked:
CPST broke the 3 dollar level. Closed up around that range. New 52 week high. I profiled CPST on Dec 8th 2007 as a breakout candidate when it was trading at $1.35 at Clean Green Stocks.
If you been following my trading of it here, I’ve been in and out [...]

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Sold:
TITN @ 19.76 and 20.50 for a gain of 3.6%, if I had a little patience I could sell here @ 20.73 for 5%+
Bought:
DRYS @ 69.51
CPST @ 2.49
JOYG @ 70.23
RUT @ 712.74, right about where we are now as I type this (12:34pm est) RUT looks like its testing support and might give one [...]

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These are often called inverse etfs or funds. They are a way to long an etf that performs opposite or inverse the performance of particular etf.
Single Beta Inverse ETFs
EUM - This is a single beta short ETF of the MSCI Emerging Markets index. If EEB closes up 1%, EUM will be down 1%.
EFZ - This [...]

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