Posts Tagged ‘index trading’


Posted by StockRake on January 10, 2011 in Alternative Energy, Oil Stocks, Solar Stocks, Technical Analysis

My Solar Trades Are Working Well, Now Oil Needs To Move

My solar trades initiated on Dec 31st 2010 are working very well. SOL is up 21% and 20.5% SOLR is up 18% SSN is up 11.5% UCO is essentially flat (bought on 12-21 tho) USO calls are down 43% so wish I did a call spread here AUGT (non oil/solar mobile stock is rocking) 57% …

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Posted by StockRake on October 9, 2009 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Options, Trades

Have You Noticed Something Around Here? Consistency

For the last 8 months you probably haven’t noticed that my trading consistency has gotten much better. From my absolute fuck ups in 2008, to my current streak of “good trading” I’m proud to say that my index trading account is back to being up for the year. With the 2008 and the beginning of …

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Posted by StockRake on August 28, 2009 in Leveraged Funds, Technical Analysis, Trades

We Got The Pop, But Then It Dropped

Well we got the move I was expecting yesterday. The only issue with the whole thing was that the entire move was made on the open. This is almost ALWAYS a fade situation. However, my unfortunate trading life is that I use Rydex and they only have two trading windows per day. The positives are …

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Posted by StockRake on June 2, 2009 in dry bulk shipping stocks, Leveraged ETFs, Natural Gas Stocks, Trades

What I’m Doing Now

I’m still in cash in my index trading account. This market is either ready for a blowoff top or a selloff and I can’t tell which one, so I’m chilling here. Today I made some trades in OCNF, PRGN, SRS, and I sold my UNG. I sold UNG around the morning for less than 1% …

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Posted by StockRake on June 19, 2008 in Market Comments, Stock Comments, Technical Analysis, Trades, What Sucked Today

No Mas! Covered Today and Going To Wait

Today I decided to cover up and take the hit to my index trading account and walk away. Right now the volatility is creating moves that aren’t aligned with my daily and weekly timeframes. I can’t trade at Rydex comfortably right now and don’t want to risk the great profits I’ve gained so far this …

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