Posts Tagged ‘swing’


Posted by StockRake on December 17, 2009 in Technical Analysis, Trades

Why I Went Long RIMM Before Earnings

Intraday I use a 60 min chart for stuff I feel like trading intraday which could be for options or stocks. I use this with stocks that often have big intraday moves, options on 2x etf’s such as SSO, or options on highly liquid stocks like BAC and AIG. With my daily chart I use …

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Posted by StockRake on August 26, 2009 in Chart Fest, Technical Analysis, Trades

Why I Think There Is More Squeeze Left

1. Bears that held onto shorts up to this point, being wrong the whole way March-August, are on the verge of throwing in the towel right at the top. You don’t think they are out there? They are. 2. Nothing is pointing down in terms of any technical indicator that I know and trust or …

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Posted by StockRake on March 6, 2009 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Market Comments, Trades

Why I Love iStockManager For My Blackberry

Man I love iStockManager! I installed this app a few days ago and wish I had this when I went to Orlando two weeks ago as it saved me thousands today. So here is the scenario. I sold everything on my way to going to a midday movie to see The Watchmen. However, the Dow …

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Posted by StockRake on February 11, 2009 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Mining Stocks, Technical Analysis, Trades

Market Is Going To Break, Who Knows Which Way

I bought C Feb 4 calls based on the chart below. The SKF sell in the chart below sort of helps my trade. I don’t own KGC, GLD, and DGP as I sold them all today (probably a stupid mistake), HOWEVER, I’m a buyer of all of these tomorrow on a dip. Gold is my …

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Posted by StockRake on July 29, 2008 in Market Comments, Trades

I Flipped My Brain Went Long

I took an index long this afternoon on a lighter amount of money. I want to be careful. After losing everything I made yesterday in the leveraged mutual funds, that is a little bit of a wake up call for me considering yesterday was a huge day for my account. Dennis Gartman likes to say, …

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