Posts Tagged ‘calls’


Posted by StockRake on May 16, 2011 in Trades

All Positions Were Closed This Morning

All the call positions that I owned heading into today were closed this morning. All were profitable except for SUN calls which I did have a shot at getting out with a meager gain, but did not act. The rest went for 30%ish and one was 8% or so. A very nice counter trend move. …

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Posted by StockRake on July 1, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Options

Buying The Morning Lows Was Smart

I came into today 50% long in my Rydex account and one select long with JCP calls. JCP looked good right out of the gate and I then went into TNA and LVS calls. The market started out with this lame up move, but LVS calls were ripping. I didn’t take the gains. I ended …

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Posted by StockRake on April 19, 2010 in Agriculture Stocks, Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Technical Analysis, Trades

Was Short Coming Into Today

Had a 30% index short, bumped it to 100% short this morning. Closed it completely today at the close because I really don’t have a good edge right now and wanted to trim risk. I was long FAZ coming in and sold it for a gain premarket. Then went back into premarket 2cents higher, then …

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Posted by StockRake on October 12, 2009 in Financials, Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Options, Stock Market Charts, Technical Analysis, Trades

Shorted The Indexes This Morning

I shorted the indexes with a full position this morning while the indexes were up in the range of .50%. The RUT finished down -.18%. The gain turned out to be around 1.2% avg between the 3 I trade. What I owned going into today: EWZ Nov 71 puts, UNH Nov 27 calls (sold for …

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Posted by StockRake on December 13, 2007 in Options, Trades

What A Ride With DNDN

The Jan 7.5′s I got in for .32 @ 2:54 est then it ran as high as .51 or 59% in a matter of minutes. I was selling the whole way up trying to minimize my at risk $. I made two sales at .43 and .41 so roughly a gain of 31% inside of …

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