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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 12, 2008 in ETFs, Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Market Comments, Stock Comments, Trades

Market Moving My Way

I mentioned yesterday that I went short with a “medium” position. This morning I’ve added to the index funds in the RUT only. I also bought TWM and EFU (2x inverse MSCI etf). The EFU is a play on the strengthening dollar. If the US dollar strengthens, the emerging markets will go down. The weak …

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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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Posted by StockRake on August 4, 2008 in Agriculture Stocks, Alternative Energy, coal stocks, Commodity Stocks, Drug Stocks, ETFs

Is The US Dollar Ready To Rally?

Did we get a signal today that the US dollar is ready to rally? Commodities got slobber knocked. Steel, coal, shipping stocks, ag stocks, oil and oil stocks as well as alternative energy stocks, you NAME the stock it got crushed today. However, the financials held up. Commodities go down, dollar goes up and with …

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