Posts Tagged ‘selloff’


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 January 31, 2010 in Brazil Stocks, Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Market Comments, Mining Stocks, Options, Stock Market Charts, Technical Analysis, Trades

What I Did On Friday, What’s Coming Next Week

The NDX charts demonstrates how I saved myself from eating a big loss. I got out on the gap up. The reason was the little gap up was showing me enough information for a weekly signal. I knew it had to selloff and that would give me the information I needed to make a decision …

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Posted by StockRake on December 22, 2008 in Leveraged ETFs, Trades

Market Did Exactly What I Expected

From the charts in the thread posted over the weekend, the market did exactly what I was hoping for. We had a 10+ pt drop in the SPX, we had a deep drop that managed to bounce hard off the bottom. Unfortunately it didn’t go positive so things are still in flux and we didn’t …

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Posted by StockRake on November 21, 2008 in Leveraged ETFs

The Fargin VIX Won’t Pop

I would think that with a near 200+ open and then selling off -60 from the levels we are at right now the VIX would at least be green. I want to get long today eod, if we get another selloff today. Hopefully, this will be a massive squeeze starting either next week or the …

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Posted by StockRake on October 23, 2008 in Market Comments

Worst Day In The History Of Days

Do you notice I’m trying to create the most capitulatory headlines I can possibly make? Well I gotta admit, this is starting to get to me. I was a hair away from capitulating today and not waiting to see if my move would materialize. I was more scared when the Dow was -200 then when …

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