Posts Tagged ‘put-options’


Posted by StockRake on March 2, 2011 in Market Comments, Technical Analysis, Trades

Still Short After All These Hours

Still short the 2x funds, TZA, EDZ. I sold out of TYP and some TZA today panicking thinking I was wrong, but thankfully kept it all in other accounts. Then at the precise moment that the market decided to go red I bought IWM puts. I sold near the bottom which basically made my day …

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Posted by StockRake on June 1, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Options, Technical Analysis, Trades

Recap Of Today’s Victories

Came into today being short via AIG put spread, SPY put spread, EPV, and TZA. Right on the open I’m looking to to get rid of this AIG spread which was up a small amount, but by the time I was able to close it the gain was real small. AIG had a a nice …

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Posted by StockRake on May 18, 2010 in Technical Analysis, Trades

The RUT Feels Like This

In terms of the kiss on the 21dema, this is what the $RUT looks like to me. Too tired to recap individual trades. Made alot of them, made money. The 2x Funds did a little more than 3% today. I own, TZA, IWM puts, still 100% short 2x inverse funds, EPV, and DRV (another lagger). …

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Posted by StockRake on May 14, 2010 in Technical Analysis, Trades

Went Back Short Yesterday At Close

I didn’t create a blog post yesterday, so this is my recap. What I did going into Wednesday was eat some losses. I was heavy short at Tuesday’s close and covered all my shorts into Wednesday morning and the rest at Wednesday’s close after getting psychologically mind f$%cked by the move. With all my charts …

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Posted by StockRake on May 11, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Technical Analysis, Trades

Silver and Gold Broke Out

Silver and gold broke out. The charts have been saying this was coming. However, the issues with the Euro are probably what is really pushing this puppy up. I don’t care the reason though. Reasons are great backdrops for the charts and its nice when it lines up with the direction you want to be …

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