http://community.tradeking.com/blogs 2009-11-06T17:27:07Z TradeKing Trader Network tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-06:Blog/46709 2009-11-06T17:27:07Z 2009-11-06T17:27:07Z TK All-star

Fred Ruffy recaps emerging trends from the latest trading session. Market SentimentStocks opened higher on positive earnings from Cisco (CSCO) and a bigger-than-expected decline in weekly jobless c...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-05:Blog/46693 2009-11-06T02:29:53Z 2009-11-06T02:29:53Z pilotp

what bad odds to tank before the holiday....

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-11-05:Blog/46678 2009-11-05T21:07:05Z 2009-11-05T21:07:05Z BigTrends.com

The Financial sector led us into the market meltdown of the past couple of years.  Since the market bottomed in March, however, Financial shares have led us higher.  So what is this im...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-15:Blog/44798 2009-10-15T20:05:34Z 2009-10-15T20:05:34Z BigTrends.com

As you probably know, tomorrow, Friday October 16th, is October Options Expiration.  Earnings season began in earnest this week, and in particular there are 2 well-known companies that repo...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-10-06:Blog/43993 2009-10-06T21:53:15Z 2009-10-06T21:53:15Z TK All-star

Fred Ruffy recaps emerging trends from the latest trading session. Market SentimentStocks were holding gains Tuesday afternoon, amid strength in some commodities and optimism for the 3Q earnings re...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-09-24:Blog/43138 2009-09-29T13:41:34Z 2009-09-29T13:41:34Z bigdog

A few years ago, the phrase “financial regulation reform” would probably count as a big snooze. Not so after the crazy crisis of 2008-9. One year later, nearly everyone agrees the financial regulat...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-09-23:Blog/42946 2009-09-23T17:15:53Z 2009-09-23T17:15:53Z BigTrends.com

Investment Banks See the LightTo paraphrase Mark Twain, the death of brokers has been greatly exaggerated.  Yes, while the dirt was uncovered last year the mudslinging in Washington was at ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-08-17:Blog/38750 2009-08-20T15:05:35Z 2009-08-20T15:05:35Z TK All-star

Mark Wolfinger helps start another options rookie off right. I’m on a roll in this blog lately, helping would-be options traders get started on the right foot. My recent posts How do options really...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-24:Blog/35285 2009-07-24T17:45:57Z 2009-07-24T17:45:57Z BlveInNthg

I'm no pro, and am just playing around for fun in the market. These are wild times and I've missed some opportunities, gotten hammered on a couple picks, and had some small successes too. My genera...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-07-14:Blog/33140 2009-07-14T14:08:03Z 2009-07-14T14:08:03Z BigTrends.com

July Options Expiration Week started off with a bang, with the markets gaining yesterday and the S&P 500 Index (SPX) closing just above the key 900 level.  The CBOE Volatility Index (VI...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-05-08:Blog/25136 2009-05-09T05:00:37Z 2009-05-09T03:32:50Z Will Profit

Been a while since I have posted. I have been extremely busy working on a project that is near and dear to my heart. It has nothing to do with investing/trading. It has EVERYTHING to do with mainta...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-04-23:Blog/23684 2009-04-24T00:01:39Z 2009-04-23T23:58:57Z Will Profit

        Ken Lewis is a disgrace as a human being. He is a despicable, cowardly, two faced liar. Retaining his position as CEO of BofA (an insolvent...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-04-15:Blog/22829 2009-04-21T13:27:36Z 2009-04-21T13:27:36Z bigdog

I was sitting on a plane recently and had one of those brainwaves you can get in idle moments: all American taxpayers are shareholders now. Whether you’re holding the shares in a 401(k), IRA, or ju...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-03-30:Blog/21306 2009-03-30T19:18:03Z 2009-03-30T19:18:03Z optionsguy

Hello again, traders. Today’s question is one we hear frequently from clients –  actually, we wish we heard it a little more often. It’s about identifying and deciphering non-standard options....

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-03-29:Blog/21267 2009-03-30T16:42:22Z 2009-03-30T01:45:29Z Will Profit

Updated 11:45am CT  (excerpt from todays Obamaspeak) Government Warranty: [It is my hope that the steps I am announcing today will go a long way toward answering many of the questions peop...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-03-24:Blog/20377 2009-03-31T20:00:49Z 2009-03-24T04:00:10Z Will Profit

Updated March 24 2009 2:00 pm CT Geithner to leave Treasury! Why? Inquiring minds want to know.Stunning everybody on Capitol Hill is the news that Tim Geithner has tendered his resignatio...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-03-16:Blog/19758 2009-11-05T17:05:17Z 2009-03-17T14:33:27Z TK All-star

Doc Maher returns to his Ford calls play with a fresh move. I’ve been keeping an eye on a hypothetical Ford call trade that’s been an interesting example of how to manage a trade profitably over ti...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-03-13:Blog/19566 2009-11-05T17:01:37Z 2009-03-16T16:57:51Z TK All-star

Doc Maher explains how calendars can capitalize as much on implied volatility as they do on time decay. As I mentioned in my last post on calendar spreads, all option strategies are based on one o...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-03-13:Blog/19568 2009-03-16T14:10:09Z 2009-03-16T14:10:09Z BigTrends.com

The Credit ConundrumWe've been hearing about the credit crisis for months now, and still things are frozen.  Lord knows the Fed and Gov't have thrown everything possible at the probl...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-03-12:Blog/19413 2009-03-12T13:55:08Z 2009-03-12T13:55:08Z BigTrends.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...