There are many options to for leveraging up a long trade and one of the new popular ways is to use leveraged ETFs and Mutual Funds. If you have followed this blog for more than a few months you will know that this is majority of what my trades are involved with.
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I was lucky enough to sell my NDX portion of my index funds this morning while it was up nearly 3%. That profit helped offset the loss I took in my RUT portion where I ate a 2% loss. The problem I had was that I was RUT heavy. I was this close | | [...]

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In case you don’t know, I’m short in index funds and hold long TWM and QID. The shorts are working nicely with gains of over 2% right now.
Wouldn’t you know it TOA is starting to make a move after I sell it yesterday. I own it in my CNBC portfolio :).
Glad to have gotten out [...]

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I’m still long in Rydex waiting to see what happens Monday. Good day today 4% in NDX and R2K. NDX closed above the critical 1500 level at the close. I’m looking for continuation at least in the morning session on Monday.

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Well the relief came today and just in time. I’m seeing daily buy signals across all indexes so I’m likely staying put with the longs. Take a look at a ndx weekly chart and see where we are net net over the past 3 weeks at todays close. Then look at what the daily looks [...]

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Holding Short in Rydex funds, long in my beta portfolio that will almost definitely swap to short on Friday at the close. That means I sell the longs at the close and put in orders to short at Monday’s opening price.
Weak consolidation on the NDX holding now underneath its H&S neckline. Dow double topped today [...]

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