Blogs for TradeKing Communityhttp://community.tradeking.com/blogs2009-10-30T13:21:30ZTradeKing Trader NetworkPessimist-pundits, consumers: Friday Shout-out!tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-29:Blog/459102009-10-30T13:21:30Z2009-10-30T13:21:30ZbigdogWelcome to your weekend, traders. Lots of pessimism afoot among prominent money managers and U.S. consumers alike. Bellwether money managers Jeremy Grantham and Bill Gross announced separately this...Are Earnings Annoucements Really Being Bought?tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-23:Blog/454672009-10-23T17:59:44Z2009-10-23T17:59:44ZAll About TrendsIf you listen to the media you'd think that investors everywhere are running stocks up on the announcements. When you hear things like:Investors are bidding up XYZ stock on better than expected ear...Options Recap - 9/16/09tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-09-16:Blog/422842009-09-17T14:43:04Z2009-09-17T14:43:04ZTK All-starFred Ruffy recaps emerging trends from the latest trading session.Market SentimentStocks were trading broadly higher late Wednesday. The stage was set for steady trading in the US after markets acr...Proof investors ARE wiser in crowds tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-08-12:Blog/382582009-08-17T15:07:17Z2009-08-17T15:07:17ZbigdogDid you guys see David Bogoslaw’s Business Week article on Piqqem? This new site lets investors vote on whether 8 major stocks are climbing up or tanking before an earnings release.
It’s not a ne...Can the Bulls Sustain a Breakout?tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-20:Blog/344902009-07-20T20:39:46Z2009-07-20T20:39:46ZBigTrends.comCan
the Bulls Sustain a Breakout?July 20, 2009Bob
LangPortfolio Manager, Grand
Slam & Extreme
Options Breakout
ComingIn one of the most challenging environments in years,
markets ar...Three Ways To Short Stockstag:community.tradeking.com,2009-05-10:Blog/252212009-05-10T15:49:26Z2009-05-10T15:49:26ZAll About TrendsOn Wednesday, leading stocks started to sell off, but you wouldn't know it from the action in the indexes which was positive. The selling continued Thursday and it hit the indexes as well. And then...Possible Changes to the DJIA Components?tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-03-12:Blog/194132009-03-12T13:55:08Z2009-03-12T13:55:08ZBigTrends.com
Are changes coming soon to
the Dow Jones Industrial Average Components?
By my reckoning, there currently are 5 DJIA Components of the 30 total
trading under $10/share: Alco...Amzn tradetag:community.tradeking.com,2008-12-08:Blog/146462008-12-08T09:59:40Z2008-12-08T09:59:40ZSwingtradesWhat do you guys think abot this trade. Buy some put options on amzn above 50 and ride the short pop down and take profits in 1 - 2 days.Here is the chartOpen to you guys insite.Three new tools: EPS, P/E, and PEGtag:community.tradeking.com,2008-09-30:Blog/125222008-09-30T07:14:25Z2008-09-30T07:14:25ZTK All-starDoc Maher continues his series on fundamental analysis with a lesson in how to use these numbers. "Stock price reflects the expectation of a company's future earnings dis...End of the World? Conversion to Socialism Halted?tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-09-29:Blog/125112008-09-29T20:39:29Z2008-09-29T20:39:29ZALPHAJCToday the house voted down the "bailout to end all bailout" bill. In the meantime WaMu and Wachovia was dissolved by the FDIC and the market went down 777 points today.At this point...AMZN Butterflytag:community.tradeking.com,2007-10-22:Blog/6272008-04-14T01:05:47Z2007-10-23T00:00:00ZjoshwardIf you can't find your earnings crystal ball join me with butterflies. From my research I have seen implied volatility almost always drop after an earnings release. Using butterflies can help captu...Certified Trades: Three Winning Options Trades from Stang Racintag:community.tradeking.com,2007-09-18:Blog/9662008-05-01T05:10:42Z2007-09-19T00:00:00Ztradeking Every week, the TradeKing Blog will be highlighting recent certified trades from within the TradeKing blogging community. The goal is to show how the combination of social networking and financial...Weekly Performance Reviewtag:community.tradeking.com,2007-09-06:Blog/4722008-04-25T09:23:17Z2007-09-07T00:00:00ZstangracinToday ended a good week for me, I didn't quite make back all of my losses from the previous week, however, I came close, so I'm happy about that. I didn't make a whole lot of trades this week, took...Tonight's Researchtag:community.tradeking.com,2007-07-31:Blog/4932008-04-10T06:00:16Z2007-08-01T00:00:00ZstangracinI started with an inital list of Long/Short stocks based upon my stock screen, and then I removed any stocks that do not have options. Next, I do some research on each such as recent chart, news, s...Catching up on my Weekly Performance Reviewtag:community.tradeking.com,2007-07-31:Blog/4942008-04-09T15:13:10Z2007-08-01T00:00:00ZstangracinI missed writing my performance review for last week, so I am catching up. It has been right at 3 weeks since I started trading in my TK account, and I'm loving it. I started with cash, and am curr...7/28 Weekly Reviewtag:community.tradeking.com,2007-07-27:Blog/6002008-04-29T13:33:27Z2007-07-28T00:00:00ZaznkevinWow, what a week! Well my game plan for next week will be to unload my August options since there are only 2 weeks left until expiration. With the recent downfalls in the stock market, I woul...Weekly Performance Reviewtag:community.tradeking.com,2007-07-20:Blog/4952008-04-29T08:16:28Z2007-07-21T00:00:00ZstangracinAll in all, I had a good week. I made some mistakes, but I believe I'm learning from them, which is good. My portfolio is doing relatively well, and the value is going up, not down. CP - Canadian P...July 17th Actiontag:community.tradeking.com,2007-07-16:Blog/4972008-04-02T19:25:38Z2007-07-17T00:00:00ZstangracinI normally will not be watching much during the weekdays, but am home sick this week and can check in on things throughout the day. I closed two positions today: GE Aug 42.50 Calls (GE HV) - Sold @...July 16 tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-07-15:Blog/6022008-05-01T02:56:08Z2007-07-16T00:00:00ZaznkevinI have opened a few option positions today to capture the 2nd Q earnings season play.The following options were bought to open:1) Merrill lynch & co (MER) Au...Weekly Performance Reviewtag:community.tradeking.com,2007-07-13:Blog/4992008-04-29T08:11:20Z2007-07-14T00:00:00ZstangracinOk, I saw AznKevin do this in his blog, and I think it's a great idea, if only to keep me disciplined, I am going to review my holdings every week as well. ELN: This stock has horrible fundamental ...