This post was originally published at New York Times. The IEX office/trading floor, located in downtown Manhattan. Credit Cole Wilson for The New York Times America is getting a new stock exchange from the most prominent critics of high-frequency trading. After months of delays and a brutal lobbying battle that divided Wall Street, the Continue reading →
Making 45% Annually Trading Options Against Dividend Growth Stocks
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Santa, Bonus, Merry Christmas!
I just finished a trade which gave me a hard time a bit. I was expecting the market to be silent with a bias towards down, so I opened a bear call spread. However, although volume in the market was low, S&P 500 managed to push higher this week and endangered my trade. Fortunately, it Continue reading →
S&P 500 down almost 50 points, DOW down more than 400 points! Time to buy? Not yet.
I think we are hitting a true bear market here. For more than 5 years we haven’t seen such selling. Some even say that they do not remember such volatility and drops, so that must have happened long time ago. It is not usual to see markets falling this much. Look at it from a Continue reading →
Money… Have you ever dreamed of being a trader and live live like one? I dreamed all the time.
When I was a kid I always dreamed of a life of trader. When I was 15 I dreamed of having money working for me and not me working for it. At that time I didn’t have means to fulfill my dream. Today, it seems I can reach that dream. Trading makes me Continue reading →
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012
The old year 2011 is coming to its end and it is a time to review the old year and make a resolution for the new year 2012. Reviewing the old year I must admit that it was a very successful year. I finally was able to get closer to my dream – trading for Continue reading →
Is Santa Claus Rally undergo?
As I wrote yesterday, we could break down thru the support or bounce back. The market was oversold and there were no significant negative news to push it lower, however because of Europe, there still was a risk of going lower. It seems like we are bouncing instead. The SPX surged 2% up at opening Continue reading →
Short Wynn Resorts Ltd (WYNN)
I had a short discussion with one of my readers via emails whether I would be willing to be issuing a newsletter in which I would be presenting my trades. I am not planning to do that at this point. Maybe later. However, I will try to present some of the trades I am considering Continue reading →
Stocks up again on earnings
Last week I didn’t have time for updating my web site. There are only two facts: 1) The market was rising again, this time on earnings 2) I am no longer strongly convinced that the market will go down. That means I will stay aside a bit in regards to trading SPY. We may go Continue reading →
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