Posts Tagged ‘market indexes’


Posted by StockRake on February 26, 2011 in Trades

I Swapped To The Short Side

This is a slight chance I’m taking here going short. The trend is still up, but the reasons I see are one major crackage in breadth – number of stocks turning up vs turning down, several indicators I look at on weekly and daily time frames are deteriorating, and the bounce today was good in …

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Posted by StockRake on January 14, 2011 in ETFs, Gold Stocks, India Stocks, Leveraged Funds, Oil Stocks, Options, Technical Analysis, Trades

Bought Some Stocks You Probably Want To Short

Bought some stocks today that most people probably want to short. Still long USO calls, UCO, SOL (smaller position now 50%), SOLR (sold some partially), SSN (half position), URZ. Sold AUGT for 38% gain and sold half SSN for 46% gains (I undertweeted the gain % I think, nobody cares anyways) and bought these shitty …

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Posted by StockRake on June 23, 2010 in Leveraged Funds, Technical Analysis, Trades

Still Short

I kept my fund shorts on. They made a little bit today and would’ve done better by getting out in the morning. Market indexes formed some hammers today, but I’m guessing that we continue to drop. I’m still looking for 1073-1074 $SPX on the downside. This would complete a right shoulder on an inverse head …

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Posted by StockRake on May 28, 2009 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Trades

Went To Cash

Took losses in the index shorts today. This market is rough, but can’t ignore the price action. I won’t be shorting it anymore until I see turn to the downside in my signals. Yes I’ve been trying to jump them. The difference this time around is that I’m not hanging around more than 1 day. …

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Posted by StockRake on December 1, 2008 in Market Comments

Is This Black Monday?

Market indexes have broken through some major support lines and I want to see what happens at the close. I want to be a long buyer only at the close and only if we finish in the red. Any comeback rally day, I will short. I may go short at these already egregious levels today …

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