Seemed just when the NG report came out the markets starting
tanking. Very strange. And I feel for anyone holdingn UNG. What a
disaster. But good for keeping your homes warm! Cheap gas.
FYI - I've been short VXX since Friday and that has been great.
This volatility thing is very interesting to watch. VXX is longer
term and does not match the VIX but it does move very nicely and
trends well.
I've been watching both and the VXX doesn't always follow the
VIX. Look at the 2:30 to 3:15 today. VIX was up and VXX kept
dropping. Why is that? It really doesn't track well.
In an IRA you can't buy/sell until the money clears. That's
about 3-5 days usually I believe. All brokers should be about the
same. Don't day trade an IRA account is the answer.
Interesting day. I took your advise. Closed out my DRV at 18.73
and shorted. Nice play today. I love our the DJR move ahead of the
market. You could just tell that once we started to go positive on
the SPY the DJR would take off. It dropped too much this
morning.
So what do you do today? If the market trends down all day to
you get short again? What's your next plan? I'm nervous about
missing a big down day since I grabbed some shorts last night and
took a guess the # would be over 10%.
Or maybe the market will follow your purple path from the
update last night?
Is anyone getting the crazy data spikes today? I haven't seen
them in a while. One second TZA is 13.30 the next it is 13.45 and
then back again. These can't be real orders. I'm using TDA for my
data today.
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Natural Gas Drops - Then Market Drops?
Posted by philr on 4th of Mar 2010 at 10:40 am
Seemed just when the NG report came out the markets starting tanking. Very strange. And I feel for anyone holdingn UNG. What a disaster. But good for keeping your homes warm! Cheap gas.
MAC
New Computer for me- iMac 27"
Posted by philr on 26th of Feb 2010 at 04:28 pm
Are you using boot camp or parallels?
PCLN
PCLN appears to be breaking down
Posted by philr on 17th of Feb 2010 at 05:52 pm
Aren't they reporting earnings?? be careful...
SCO
i added to SCO this am 15.39 stop on trading ...
Posted by philr on 10th of Feb 2010 at 05:15 pm
So you stopped out? I'm short from $16 Do you really think Oil drops more?
USO
USO update
Posted by philr on 3rd of Feb 2010 at 06:09 pm
I like to trade SCO - especially if you can short it and put decay on your side.
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=SCO&p=60&yr=0&mn=2&dy=0&id=p35173013169&a=190626845
VIX
VIX 15
Posted by philr on 2nd of Feb 2010 at 04:20 pm
FYI - I've been short VXX since Friday and that has been great. This volatility thing is very interesting to watch. VXX is longer term and does not match the VIX but it does move very nicely and trends well.
$VIX vs VXX
VXX 15 min chart - watch this chart next week!
Posted by philr on 13th of Jan 2010 at 03:25 pm
I've been watching both and the VXX doesn't always follow the VIX. Look at the 2:30 to 3:15 today. VIX was up and VXX kept dropping. Why is that? It really doesn't track well.
SRS
SRS 15min EOD working well today
Posted by philr on 7th of Jan 2010 at 01:10 pm
Don't count your chickens just yet...I like the systems, but the DJR seams a little overbought. Don't be surprised if the system looses today.
Nike Tiger
Posted by philr on 9th of Dec 2009 at 09:36 pm
Anyone here shorting NKE? Looks like some people are. Lots of volume today and down $3 this week.
SCO
Posted by philr on 9th of Dec 2009 at 02:15 pm
Broker
Help finding new broker
Posted by philr on 8th of Dec 2009 at 04:21 pm
In an IRA you can't buy/sell until the money clears. That's about 3-5 days usually I believe. All brokers should be about the same. Don't day trade an IRA account is the answer.
SPX 15
SPX 15
Posted by philr on 13th of Nov 2009 at 03:05 pm
What a difference an hour makes. Need new charts now! Heading towards 1085.
Shorts
Posted by philr on 11th of Nov 2009 at 03:18 pm
Anyone taking FAZ or SRS home? I grabbed some earlier when the market peaked. Thinking of selling 1/2 at a profit and letting the rest ride.
$DJR
$DJR
Posted by philr on 10th of Nov 2009 at 02:34 pm
Interesting day. I took your advise. Closed out my DRV at 18.73 and shorted. Nice play today. I love our the DJR move ahead of the market. You could just tell that once we started to go positive on the SPY the DJR would take off. It dropped too much this morning.
Thanks.
Plan
I sold some shorts because of the scenario (orange that ...
Posted by philr on 6th of Nov 2009 at 09:51 am
Thanks. It worked out well. Nice call.
Sold Shorts
I sold some shorts because of the scenario (orange that ...
Posted by philr on 6th of Nov 2009 at 09:02 am
So what do you do today? If the market trends down all day to you get short again? What's your next plan? I'm nervous about missing a big down day since I grabbed some shorts last night and took a guess the # would be over 10%.
Or maybe the market will follow your purple path from the update last night?
AIG w/ TD
AIG w/ TD
Posted by philr on 5th of Nov 2009 at 03:14 pm
TDA doesn't have shares to short.
SRS
Spy resistance
Posted by philr on 5th of Nov 2009 at 12:01 pm
Wow - almost green on a DOW +150 day. Something is very strange here.
TDA
AMERITRADE (CHART TIME DOES NOT MATCH ACTUAL TIME ???)
Posted by philr on 5th of Nov 2009 at 11:37 am
They are having server issues today. Spikes and data issues. I got 10 free trades for complaining. What a joke.
Data Spikes
Posted by philr on 5th of Nov 2009 at 10:08 am
Is anyone getting the crazy data spikes today? I haven't seen them in a while. One second TZA is 13.30 the next it is 13.45 and then back again. These can't be real orders. I'm using TDA for my data today.