Posts Tagged ‘volatility’


Posted by StockRake on November 18, 2010 in Leveraged Funds, Technical Analysis, Trades

Example Of The Off Cycle Was Today

I posted about indicators going into off cycle. It happened a week ago or so, but its not truly recognized until you see two signals. You probably don’t know what I’m talking about, but look for that pattern in your own indicators. What normally works and is logical – price action all of a sudden …

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Posted by StockRake on May 20, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Options, Trades

Despite Missing Today’s Excellent Move

Is it disheartening to have been heavily short since Friday taking in great gains, but then only to miss the largest move of the entire week (10% RUT)? Yes. My index fund account is at a yearly high, but today would have given that great boost for the year. I was especially angry considering there …

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Posted by StockRake on May 11, 2010 in Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Technical Analysis, Trades

Silver and Gold Broke Out

Silver and gold broke out. The charts have been saying this was coming. However, the issues with the Euro are probably what is really pushing this puppy up. I don’t care the reason though. Reasons are great backdrops for the charts and its nice when it lines up with the direction you want to be …

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Posted by StockRake on September 30, 2009 in Casino Stocks, Leveraged ETFs, Leveraged Funds, Options, Trades

Making Money In An Insane Tape

As the volatility picks up we get these large back and forth intraday moves. I took my heavy shorts to cash this morning. You can see via twitter here. Banking the beautiful 4% move in the RUT 2x, and > 2% in the NDX 2x. I sold my FAZ for 4%, TZA for 3-4%. Held …

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Posted by StockRake on February 24, 2009 in dry bulk shipping stocks, Financials, Leveraged ETFs, Solar Stocks, Stock Market Charts, Technical Analysis, Trades

A Very Very Nice Day, Although Still Waiting For DRYS

Let me preface this by saying I’m on vacation. I’m walking around Disney World checking my phone and seeing if my oversold play is working out. Today its rocking, and I’m hoping we squeeze another day or two off the Obama address. I bought FAS this morning and have a 26% gain. I also bought …

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