Posts Tagged ‘russia’


Posted by StockRake on October 12, 2009 in Financials, Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Options, Stock Market Charts, Technical Analysis, Trades

Shorted The Indexes This Morning

I shorted the indexes with a full position this morning while the indexes were up in the range of .50%. The RUT finished down -.18%. The gain turned out to be around 1.2% avg between the 3 I trade. What I owned going into today: EWZ Nov 71 puts, UNH Nov 27 calls (sold for …

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Posted by StockRake on August 21, 2008 in Defense Stocks, Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Solar Stocks, Trades

Buying Weakness – Still

Bought UWM and QLD this morning with impunity. Up on both of those trades. I knew I had too much of a good thing when CALM hit 9%. Today it pulled back hard. Things still look ok and I’m looking beyond this week’s trading action, not tomorrow or Friday. I’m a little ticked though I …

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Posted by StockRake on August 8, 2008 in Market Comments, Stock Comments

Fannie Cuts Divy, Russian Tensions, and Morgan Freeman Goes Home

These three things have one thing in common. They have no bearing on short term market direction. Its all about the US dollar. You are starting to hear about it on blogs and TV. The market is moving higher because of it. You heard it from here on August 4th. So I’m glad one of …

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