Posts Tagged ‘iwm’


Posted by StockRake on April 12, 2010 in Energy, ETFs, Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Trades

I’m Short Overnight

I rolled my index cash to short, 2x NDX, 2x RUT at the close today. I closed up my gold positions taking 5%+ in the DGP, and breakeven in HL, just for protection. I closed my 2x and 3x Energy long positions REA, ERX, DBE, all for nice gains. I will be buying all of …

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Posted by StockRake on March 16, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Trades

Took Gains In Options At The Lows

I sold my IWM and SPY puts for gains near the day’s lows, and trimmed some TZA and all of FAZ when the market was rallying back to even. I kept my 2x inverse index funds where they were 75% rut short 25% ndx short. Still holding TZA, SRS. There is a good chance with …

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Posted by StockRake on March 11, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Market Comments, Technical Analysis, Trades

A Smackdown Day Is Approaching

I was short heading into today and took half of my index shorts off at the morning window when the market was down. The market started rallying right off the lows. That was a decent gain, however, the late day rally on the half I left on, washed that out. I put that cash to …

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Posted by StockRake on March 10, 2010 in Technical Analysis, Trades

Heavy Short Indexes At Close

Took a short at the close in the 2x index funds. 50% NDX, 50% RUT. Traded IWM puts most of the day, was up quite nicely on the break lower in the morning, then chopped around all day and gave back that gain and then went into the red. However, at the end of the …

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Posted by StockRake on February 3, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Options, Technical Analysis, Trades

This Morning Started Out Right

The morning started out right and tight. I woke up late about 9:45, the overnight shorts started to work and I pressed my positions with SDS calls, SSO puts, IWM puts, TZA, and DTO/USO puts. Everything except the crude shorts were profitable when I cashed out around 10:30ish (BZQ, FAZ, etc). The crude related shorts …

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