Archive for July, 2008

S&P -1.31% – Mixed Bag for Month End

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Sort of an all over the place day.

Opened: GTrades pick

Month to Date:
My ports: -3.18%
Brokerage: -3.23%
BBE Overall: -3.20%
S&P -0.95%
% of Trading Targets reached: -121.20%
I’m screwed ratio: 48.6 to 5.3
Long to Cash %s: 47.01% to 52.99%

S&P + 2.33% – Oil down and a stronger dollar

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Made for a nicer day than yesterday to be sure.

Closed:
ATHR -11.39%, held 8 days (stopped out)

Opened:
GTrades pick

Month to Date:
My ports: -3.45%
Brokerage: -3.37%
BBE Overall: -3.42%
S&P -1.41%
% of Trading Targets reached: -130.87%
I’m screwed ratio: 48.6 to 5.3
Long to Cash %s: 26.96% to 73.04%

S&P -1.5% Back from the beach

Monday, July 28th, 2008

And it seems I should have just stayed there!!

Latest and greatest wavechasing port is up as well as the 3×2.

Month to Date:
My ports: -3.25%
Brokerage: -4.66%
BBE Overall: -3.71%
S&P -3.48%
% of Trading Targets reached: -140.96%
I’m screwed ratio: 48.6 to 5.3
Long to Cash %s: 28.74% to 71.26%

S&P -1.09%, another kinda crappy day

Friday, July 11th, 2008

And IndyMac went down this evening…

Off to the beach on Sunday, will try to keep things updated but can’t make any guarantees! :)

Opened:
2 GTrades picks

Month to Date:
My ports: -1.62%
Brokerage: -3.97%
BBE Overall: -2.39%
S&P -3.21%
% of Trading Targets reached: -73.51%
I’m screwed ratio: 48.6 to 5.5
Long to Cash %s: 39.82% to 60.18%

S&P +0.69%

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

TdF Stage 6. Fun!

Opened: GTrades pick

Closed:
FWLT, +3.89%, in/out (3×2)

Month to Date:
My ports: -1.48%
Brokerage: -3.11%
BBE Overall: -2.01%
S&P -2.10%
% of Trading Targets reached: -57.28%
I’m screwed ratio: 48.6 to 5.5
Long to Cash %s: 25.94% to 74.06%

S&P 1.70% – looks like oil went back down.

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

TdF time trials today – very cool.

Opened:
FWLT (3×2)

Month to Date:
My ports: -1.28%
Brokerage: -2.16%
BBE Overall: -1.57%
S&P -0.66%
% of Trading Targets reached: -45.50%
I’m screwed ratio: 48.6 to 5.5
Long to Cash %s: 37.01% to 62.99%

S&P -0.83%

Monday, July 7th, 2008

OK, TdF is going on and that is where the bulk of my attention is right now, so I will be lacking in insight for a while – between that and heading for the beach next week, I’ll be posting, but very little in the way of great commentary.

Closed:
CTSH +1.71%, held 3 days
PBR, -8.7%, held 5 days
SLB, -8.67%, held 4 days
All GTrades

Month to Date:
My ports: -1.66%
Brokerage: -2.99%
BBE Overall: -2.10%
S&P -2.37%
% of Trading Targets reached: -60.60%
I’m screwed ratio: 48.6 to 5.5
Long to Cash %s: 27.32% to 72.68%

S&P +0.07%, not quite armageddon yet

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

But with oil hitting more new highs overnight, who knows. Yes, we are in bear market territory, I get that. But the “we’re gonna have another CRASH” talk needs to stop, it just instills panic and is unnecessary.

Have a great weekend everyone and don’t blow off any fingers!

Opened:
Added to CSCO (3×2)
CTSH (3×2)
Added to GTrades pick.

Month to Date:
My ports: -1.22%
Brokerage: -2.45%
BBE Overall: -1.62%
S&P -1.37%
% of Trading Targets reached: -46.26%
I’m screwed ratio: 48.7 to 5.5
Long to Cash %s: 49.07% to 50.93%

S&P -1.82%, oil at highs AGAIN

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Not exactly getting the month off to the best start. Hopefully this is just the short week and not the start of another month like June was.

Opened:
CSCO (3×2)
GTrades pick, also added to existing GTrades pick

Month to Date:
My ports: -0.99%
Brokerage: -2.10%
BBE Overall: -1.36%
S&P -1.48%
% of Trading Targets reached: -37.10%
I’m screwed ratio: 48.7 to 5.4
Long to Cash %s: 39.01% to 60.99%

S&P +0.38% – Just all over the place

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

GM basically saved the day today with less that horrid results.

Closed:
AMZN, +1.9%, in/out (3×2)
ITRI +3.1%, held 4 days

Opened:
GTrades pick

Month to Date:
My ports: 0.23%
Brokerage: -0.07%
BBE Overall: 0.13%
S&P 0.30%
% of Trading Targets reached: 3.75%
I’m screwed ratio: 2.2 to 48.7
Long to Cash %s: 24.72% to 75.28%