Posts Tagged ‘mdt’


Posted by StockRake on October 1, 2007 in Options, Radar, Trades

Sold SMH Calls More Room On The Upside

Sold the SMH calls I bought Friday. I took a 28% gain on the trade. I know there is more room on the upside and I’m having seller’s regret as we speak. A couple stocks I’m scouting today are: ALKS, MDT (again), ID, MCZ, GBN, and maybe MALL.

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Posted by StockRake on July 25, 2007 in What Worked Today

What Worked Today 7252007

RUT calls – I basically churned in RUT calls today, but the final trade I made was right. In fact, if I wasn’t so chicken sh$t about my positions lately I would’ve just held all my RUT calls from my first buy till tomorrow’s close. I’ve been rattled lately as my trading account had a …

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Posted by StockRake on July 19, 2007 in Trades, What Sucked Today

What Sucked Today 7192007

Overloading my trading account to one play. EBAY. Stupid move. I won’t do it again. Lost a nice chunk of it, but I was swinging for the fences and I did calculate my risks. I actually lost less than I was willing to lose on the trade if you can believe it. The official numbers …

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Posted by StockRake on July 17, 2007 in What Worked Today

What Worked Today 7172007

Being long. The index funds churned out about 1% today. I’m still there. HSKA – Bounced a little bit today. What Didn’t Work Today My home builder lottery option trades are slowing going down the tubes… MDT call options are also dwindling. I’m considering sucking it up and taking the loss there which stands at …

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Posted by StockRake on July 16, 2007 in What Sucked Today

What Sucked Today 7162007

Nothing, but EBAY really. My BZH calls took a big hit. This is a lottery ticket trade so I’m already counting it as a loss. I then got stupid and tried something special. I bought KBH July calls hoping for a short squeeze this month. These are really lottery ticket options and again already chalked …

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