Earnings expectation for AAPL are really high and with the currency head wind they are really setup to disappoint.

Looks like this is going to go lower.  Sell off is still orderly so don't see a washout just yet.

I have a Long term folio with this theme in mind.  This is a very large long term Macro trend that favors young economies like Brazil and India and Vietnam, South Africa.  I am in India now due to oil tail wind and good technical posture.  VNM and EZA. I am looking to enter and Brazil is waiting for the blood batch to be done.  Again these are in my long term holdings.  As a general rule I will not buy or will sell it if the major indexes move below 200 DMA.  I call them BVIS (as in bevis and butt-head) LoL.  Bound to grow up at some point.

We are now forming a right shoulder on inverse HS pattern on XIV.  I have started a position for a quick trade.  break above 30 will confirm. on 15min chart

Yes I took some UGAZ yesterday when it was down 7%.  Looking for a pop on this cold weather event we are having here in north east. It will be 7 degrees tomorrow nigh and light snow today to put you in mood to buy some gas.

UGAZ chopping up an down 8% each way.  Almost took the swing in the am but stayed out.  Came back after lunch and it was down 7% so took some now its down 3%.  i.e. up 4% in last 1 hr.  It is a small position so going to let it ride for a bit.  Looks like it tested lows from two days ago and held

Thanks Matt had this on my list go in in the morning at 4.85.  I am looking for about 6 as a target getting a nice reversal candle heikin chart just the type I look for for good entry.  Would love to see it get over that 5 ema today that would confirm it.

I look for secondary spike in vix after rsi2 had gone over 95 and a candle with long a tail.  Then right before close I enter in to XIV then hold it till RSI2 make a low below 10 where I exit.  In the event that It spikes against me I watch RSI2 to either make a lower high and avg down.  In most case this trade has worked out for me.

TNA has moved up above 71.82.  Next candle on 60 min will trigger my entry. for Power trade.

It has worked out for me over the years.  I have used this for years having read about it some time back.  Results are good for me.  Not an investment its a trade.

Yes it is a bit early.  But a signal is expected to materialize between now and Friday.  Most likely after Option Expatriation has settled out.  Power Period is the strong seasonal pattern that happens around YE.  My trading strategy around this is simple.

1) look for sell off prior to period.  Generally Dec 1 to 15.

2) after 15 look for buy trigger on TNA/IWM.

3) Buy full position on trigger.

4) Evaluate daily.  If profit come quickly take half off target profit is 3 to 5%.

5) sell other half on first market open of new year.

I will try and post my entry here when I take it.

You can ask your broker to not lend your stock.  However Majority of the stock is held by institution and they have figured out long time ago that there is more money in trading then holding a stock.  If Institutions locked up there float there would be very little left resulting in large swings in stock that is not good for anyone.  The key is to take profits in small increments.  As they they you will be better off with lot more singles then a grand slam.