Posts Tagged ‘fas’


Posted by StockRake on July 7, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Technical Analysis, Trades

We Got The Bounce I’ve Been Playing For, What Now?

A really nice move today. Did I know this up day was coming? Yes I did. It was in the charts and indicators. The only accolades for calling it are in my account and that is all that matters to any of us anyways. What am I doing now? While everyone thinks we have bottomed, …

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Posted by StockRake on July 7, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Technical Analysis, Trades

Long Again The $RUT

I was heavy long from Friday coming into today. I sold everything at and before the morning window at Rydex which is 10:45. I took in gains of near 3.8% in the 2x funds on average with my $RUT, $NDX, $SPX spread. I also dumped all my call positions making money on LVS, XLK, GOOG, …

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Posted by StockRake on June 28, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds

100% Short, 30% Nervous About It

If you watch the market closely you know the market is at a critical point. I’m trying to focus beyond the short term here though. If I step back I’m seeing many many stocks that are beginning a pattern similar to MON did months ago. There are many inverse ETFs looking like they want to …

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Posted by StockRake on June 16, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Technical Analysis, Trades

Market Has A Little Room To The Upside

Didn’t get to post yesterday, but I went to cash. Today I played FAS with some success then gave back the profits by the close with that late whipsaw. I went long the 2x NDX and SPX at the close, with about a 30-20 split towards the NDX on my 50% long trade in the …

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Posted by StockRake on April 21, 2009 in coal stocks, dry bulk shipping stocks, Market Comments, Oil Stocks, Options, Solar Stocks, Stock Market Charts, Technical Analysis, Trades

FAS Trade and Other Crap I Forgot In Last Post

The other thing I did was cut my index longs back from 100% to 50%. Today was a good/great day, no need to risk anything. However, I do think we move higher, then not settle on those highs. There will likely be an opportunity to sell tomorrow and if its there in the morning with …

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