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,2009-07-20:Blog/34490 2009-07-20T20:39:46Z 2009-07-20T20:39:46Z BigTrends.com

Can 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...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-06-03:Blog/28123 2009-06-04T14:01:41Z 2009-06-04T14:01:41Z bigdog

What’s your take on the big GM bankruptcy and the shakeup in the Dow’s lineup of 30 stocks? If you’re just getting back to your trading dashboard: General Motors (GM) and Citigroup (CITI) got the b...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-05-07:Blog/24892 2009-05-08T14:18:56Z 2009-05-08T14:18:56Z bigdog

Greetings, traders! I don’t want to jinx anything, but it’s nice to see a few glimmers of economic hope on the horizon. U.S. jobless claims dropped, their fourth decline in 5 weeks – let’s just hop...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-04-29:Blog/24089 2009-04-29T16:46:59Z 2009-04-29T16:46:59Z OptionSmart

The well-known “Earnings Play” can be played with a help of options. Let us consider the following example: Cisco earnings announcement on Feb 6, 2008 (after hours). The most popular trading vehicl...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-04-12:Blog/22525 2009-04-12T22:19:54Z 2009-04-12T22:19:54Z MD Capital Management

Could ORCL or CSCO  be potential acquirers for JAVA, as talks between it and IBM are fading?    CSCO recently got involved into the computer server business, while ORCL has l...

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...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-02-15:Blog/17728 2009-02-15T17:31:22Z 2009-02-15T17:31:22Z All About Trends

This week saw the economic stimulus package FINALLY get passed.  However, don't hang your hat on that development being the end all be all.  Remember 2001?  Yep, all the ki...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2009-02-04:Blog/17081 2009-02-05T03:47:42Z 2009-02-05T03:47:42Z All About Trends

The market has spent the week continuing within a triangle that is tightening up.  The longer it goes, the tighter it gets and the closer it gets to breaking higher or...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-09-02:Blog/11820 2008-09-03T06:27:56Z 2008-09-03T06:27:56Z TK All-star

Larry McMillan answers Condortrader's questions.   The following post is in response to another question on my first blog on collars (The Basics of the Collar Strategy). If you like,...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-08-26:Blog/11676 2008-08-27T07:10:31Z 2008-08-27T07:10:31Z TK All-star

Larry McMillan continues the collar series with examples of this variety.      In The Basics of the Collar Strategy, we defined a few terms: "macro" protecti...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-08-04:Blog/11063 2008-08-04T13:38:24Z 2008-08-04T12:37:29Z EnglishTeach

Anyone else thinking this will move Nasdaq?  Expectations are at 0.39 per share.  An article on Forbes sees them coming in around or over the consensus, since CEO John Chambers has "...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-11-09:Blog/3231 2008-04-17T21:37:02Z 2007-11-10T00:00:00Z The Inside Skinny

On Friday I placed an order to buy some CSCo Dec. 32.5 calls @ .30 and a target of .50 and a stop @ .15.  The options closed @.52 on Thursday.  They opened @ .38 on Friday and contin...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-11-02:Blog/3066 2008-04-12T03:10:52Z 2007-11-03T00:00:00Z JosefTor

I have some exciting changes in my stock portfolio for the upcoming week.  Currently I am tech. heavy which I am slowly trying to fix.  This week there are so plays though I can't resist....

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-08-06:Blog/489 2008-04-29T01:51:58Z 2007-08-07T00:00:00Z stangracin

ECA - recent downturn, 13-day ema crossing below 50-day ema, trending down. I'm thinking some October $60 or $55 Puts might be in order. OXY - recent downgrade, 13-day ema crossing below 50-da...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-06-14:Blog/3068 2008-04-14T02:15:42Z 2007-06-15T00:00:00Z Warofthetape

Today's market rally was due much to the overall bullishness of the CPI data that was released early this morning. Steels and commodity related stocks jumped on the good news. However, what is inte...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-02-21:Blog/801 2008-05-01T20:52:15Z 2007-02-22T00:00:00Z learningcurve

I came into this totally inexperienced a stocks.I've learned a lot, made a ton of mistakes, made over 30 trades on $1750, and I am up $300. I am very pleased but not overly so. I am only up because...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2006-12-12:Blog/923 2008-04-17T22:24:39Z 2006-12-13T00:00:00Z WilliamOtis

Current plan: Let Nat'l get to at least $500 this month, then: Finish UNFI at Reallocation time Finish PBW to at least $500 (same) Check ENER and buy Western Union - 19/20/2.3 Check these (target...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2006-08-09:Blog/1973 2008-04-15T19:59:51Z 2006-08-10T00:00:00Z optioninvestor

(Today's Blog comes from yesterday's 'Trader's Corner', which you can receive every week with a subscription to Option Investor Daily.  Take a 30-Day trial today by clicking here.)Someone wrot...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2006-01-02:Blog/38 2008-04-30T19:38:05Z 2006-01-03T00:00:00Z Seed Man

Source: The Media Stock Blog Products that enable Internet-based television will be one key spotlight at CES this week. The Wall St. Journal (sub. req.) takes a look at the big players in this pote...