http://community.tradeking.com/blogs 2009-03-24T04:00:10Z TradeKing Trader Network 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,2008-09-19:Blog/12253 2008-09-19T19:31:59Z 2008-09-19T17:56:13Z ALPHAJC

I am a pretty liberal person, I am the type to not like rich people but I also hate govt deficits and am in favor of letting people do anything they want as long as it doesn't hurt others.That bein...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-08-26:Blog/11670 2008-08-29T17:16:57Z 2008-08-26T04:02:08Z tradeking

With storm clouds hovering over the financial sector, Mike "Mish" Shedlock of Sitka Pacific Capital Management has assembled a list of Ten Financial Entities on the Brink. Some of the nam...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-06-28:Blog/10023 2008-06-30T09:21:59Z 2008-06-29T09:40:31Z Keepingitsimple

Sure all the media will have you believe that the end of the world is here.  Cramer's Crapmerica has probably been belittling anyone that has asked about a financial company on his show. ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-03-29:Blog/6959 2008-05-01T06:29:21Z 2008-03-29T06:33:20Z Will Profit

Citi upgraded LEH to a buy yesterday. Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney says MER may lose money and writedown $6 billion. She also thinks UBS could lose money and writedown $11.1 billion. Whitne...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2008-03-09:Blog/6070 2008-04-20T08:25:07Z 2008-03-09T09:43:15Z Dealer

Hi Everyone, I have been watching MER for a while now. Looking at the technicals and considering the current market setting, downside put spread is very attractive. It looks like you can put t...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-11-04:Blog/3219 2008-04-27T08:22:10Z 2007-11-05T00:00:00Z EnglishTeach

I convinced my mother (69yrs) to open a TK account.  Her Merrily Merrily Lynch account charges about $125 a year for checking and two humble CDs (with a yield approx equal to the money market ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-11-01:Blog/3280 2008-04-14T15:31:18Z 2007-11-02T00:00:00Z Jim Bradley

Financials reversal today - at least for the short term. On news from Bill Miller that Financials and Consumer Staples are long term values, the Financials reversed direction in the afternoon....

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-10-30:Blog/3281 2008-04-30T20:01:21Z 2007-10-31T00:00:00Z Jim Bradley

Learning every Day.     'It's okay to fail. It's not okay to give up.' - Michael Jordan October was a difficult month for us.  We tried several new strategies with some suc...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-10-26:Blog/2334 2008-04-08T07:43:04Z 2007-10-27T00:00:00Z Jim Bradley

Not for the faint of heart.  A few earnings suprises went against my positions. After the Friday October 19th market decline of 3% I added several put positions to my portfolio.  The...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-10-24:Blog/2336 2008-04-29T10:12:50Z 2007-10-25T00:00:00Z Jim Bradley

Power Puts for your Portfolio MER is a wonderful stock to short.  Huge losses announced this week with earnings.   The prospect of more losses announced in the four quarter. &nb...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-10-24:Blog/125 2008-04-29T04:05:49Z 2007-10-25T00:00:00Z PRDinvestments

I have began trading again a month or so ago, after taking a little break.Right now I only have about $740  invested, but a still 'building a base' so I can start putting more into one stock, ...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-10-23:Blog/2337 2008-04-24T10:00:06Z 2007-10-24T00:00:00Z Jim Bradley

Market Neutral Long - Short Portfolio Ok after getting burnt last Friday, I am shifting my portfolio to a more balanced set of long options and short options.   Ideally I would have an eq...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-08-13:Blog/2285 2008-02-28T04:00:31Z 2007-08-14T00:00:00Z darylrs

Ouch!My Bullish strategy has flopped and I closed out all my positions for losses (MER August Calls yesterday, DIA August Calls, and VIX August Puts today)At this point, I am going to just sit back...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-08-11:Blog/2287 2008-04-08T20:11:02Z 2007-08-12T00:00:00Z darylrs

My hunch is that things are going to stabilize.  I can't imagine more volatility than Friday and I took that opportunity to buy VIX August 25 Puts, for which I have a fairly tight stop loss on...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-08-09:Blog/2288 2008-04-15T02:02:55Z 2007-08-10T00:00:00Z darylrs

Pig on AAPL.  110 point gain was not enough, and now it's 90.Just bought VEU for the 401k and Europe is selling off.  Long-term, though, a good time to buy for the future.Gradually pullin...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-08-08:Blog/2150 2008-05-01T14:24:29Z 2007-08-09T00:00:00Z OptionNewbie

Ok, yesterday i posted that the finance BP reversed and it is still officially on offense but I am wondering if that will hold. I was at the gym and occasionally watching CNBC on one of the 50 TVs...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-08-07:Blog/2151 2008-04-19T11:26:30Z 2007-08-08T00:00:00Z OptionNewbie

We have come a looong way from Friday (8/3) when Bear Stearns was facing public humiliation and potential SEC scrutiny. Wall street is looking good, GS and BSC have my attention now. Not sure how l...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-08-06:Blog/2289 2008-04-19T01:13:54Z 2007-08-07T00:00:00Z darylrs

Almost bought Puts on MER today expecting Fed statement to be disappointment, but exercised restraint.Optimistic about a rate cut in October, good for stocks, good for my mortgage re-fi.Thanking ab...

tag:community.tradeking.com,2007-08-04:Blog/2290 2008-05-01T20:44:20Z 2007-08-05T00:00:00Z darylrs

I let MER calls go for a loss.Lots of volatility already priced into Puts, so upside seems limited in this iffy market unless you believe things are going to get a LOT worse.  I'm not sure.  I have...