All my good trades today don’t come close to the damage I took in the index trades, but I made some good moves there and it helps to stay positive.
1. Selling the ZOLT calls with a gain of  6%. I would be down 35% if I didn’t sell pre-fed. The Jan 45s are bidding 2bucks [...]

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Sold the ZOLT Jan 45 calls for 6% gain. I was in a rush to free up $ or could’ve gotten more by waiting for a limit order. Bought CBAK @ 4.76.
*Late edit: Also sold CRDC this morning for 7% and 19% from the earlier buy. I was worried about giving up too much profit. [...]

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Being long. The indexes added a little more upside today. I’m 100% long in the indexes going into the Fed meeting.
CRDC - The big hit today. Finished up 27% from the original buy in one account and up 15% from this morning’s buy. Very nice.
FMT - This little spiker is up
NYX, MTW, and DAR all [...]

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I talked about the confirmation that the EOY rally is underway around noon yesterday. Today we got more confirmation and you can replace COMPQ with SPX, RUT, INDU, and large number of ETFs, and stocks. The pattern is the same.

Being long worked today. Managed 3% in SPX, 2% in NDX. Missed out on 5.5% gain [...]

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Being long. I was fully invested in the indexes gaining 3.6% in the RUT and 3% in the SPX. My buy the other day in the SPX is profitable.
ZOLT - jumped near 7% today. The options are breakeven because I bought them yesterday (forgot about posting the trade) and received a crap price. ZOLT looks [...]

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Bought ZOLT January 45 calls. I was looking to do a bull spread, but just went naked.

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