Posts Tagged ‘xpo’


Posted by StockRake on June 20, 2007 in Options, What Worked Today

What Worked Today 6202007

Being short. The market finally gave me what I was looking for. Down movement. The June 47 QQQQ puts that I’ve been buying like wildfire were really volatile today. I was down about 31% yesterday and they rallied over 70% today leaving me with about 24% gain. I originally posted 17% gain, but it looks …

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Posted by StockRake on June 20, 2007 in Trades

Dumped XPO

XPO going against me today pretty big. Took an 8% loss on it. It was a smallish position so didn’t lose too much. Glad the options are doing well.

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Posted by StockRake on May 10, 2007 in Yearly Portfolio

XPO Reports A Good Number

XPO, one of my yearly holdings and is currently negative. Reported a good number this morning. Lets see if it starts moving upwards. Express-1, one of the nation’s top providers of ground expedited services for the automotive, manufacturing, logistics, service, and other industries, reported a 20.3% increase in revenue in the first quarter of 2007. …

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Posted by StockRake on February 27, 2007 in Market Comments, What Worked Today

What Worked Today 2272007

Being Short! The 2x index funds produced an 8% return. I managed to snag 57% on my put options from yesterday. I can’t complain about 57%, even though I left another 75% on the table. The indexes got slaughtered today and all the little momo stocks got absolutely crushed. 10-15% down all over my watchlists. …

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Posted by StockRake on February 24, 2007 in What Worked Today

What Worked Today 2242007

Not much, but here goes. BRKR rose some more that was nice. TLG (A yearly hold) was up 3% and the weekly chart turned on that stock. First time since it hit the market. Now that my yearly holdings are near flat for the year, TLG can go up to make this thing profitable. I …

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