Posts Tagged ‘spf’


Posted by StockRake on July 21, 2008 in Biotech Stocks, China Stocks, coal stocks, Commodity Stocks, Drug Stocks, Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Oil Stocks, Trades

Sold the ACI and BTU Calls For Gains

Took 30%ish or more on the ACI and BTU calls. Very nice 1 day bounce there. Still holding the CVX calls, but considering dumping those taking the small loss and being happy with the big gains in the coal stocks. Went short with QID and upped my index fund short position this morning. Just sold …

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Posted by StockRake on July 18, 2008 in Alternative Energy, coal stocks, Market Comments, Oil Stocks, Trades

Thanks For The 43 Points Nasdaq, Cya Next Week

Well on the week to week basis we got the rebound I was expecting. On a week over week basis, the RUT gained 19 points, and the SPX gained 21 points. However, things like the UYG did 14.6%. So certain items this week exploded while others were just good. I flipped to a small index …

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Posted by StockRake on July 18, 2008 in Trades

Sold RTK 4% Loss, SPF Looks Good

I sold my RTK position for a 4% loss. Didn’t like the way it was acting. Plus using a new technique is making me more skittish than usual.

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Posted by StockRake on July 17, 2008 in Biotech Stocks, Market Comments, Options, Stock Comments, What Worked Today

Did Earnings Screw The Pooch?

The long worked again today. On my trimmed long from yesterday I added another 1.9% in the mutual funds which I’m still holding and the ETF’s of UWM and QLD were sold this morning for a variety of gains ranging from 4.5% to 7%. Loving this long trade, but what little exposure I have left …

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Posted by StockRake on July 17, 2008 in Stock Comments, Trades

That Was A Quick 4% Loss

Dumped VPHM @ 10.68 for a 3.9% loss. In between postings I bought RTK which is doing well @ 1.68. DELL and SPF look interesting.

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