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The market got what it expected, but made some unusual moves anyway.
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October 31, 2007
The market got what it expected, but made some unusual moves anyway.
October 30, 2007
Oct 30th - tweaking the positions
Halloween and the Fed announcement is tomorrow. I am using these "risky" events to adjust some calendars and collars.
October 28, 2007
Gearing up for Dec calendars.
Rockies lost the series, but at least my second favorite team won. I really couldn't lose, except for not being able to use my Game 5 tickets.
October 24, 2007
Oct 24- Somedays you feel like a nut, somedays you don't
Hot damn, somedays it just works out. I strategies where I just hope the market shuffles around.
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October 23, 2007
October 23 - Turning on the computers for Tuesday.
I placed my buys and sells on Sunday night, and didn't turn it on until late monday night. The Reason? I attended a Optionetics Seminar in Denver. Tuesday frustrating to get WS tickets.
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October 19, 2007
October 19th, 2007 - A fitting end to the week
The 20th anniversary of the Oct 19th, 1987 crash is remembered today with a 40pt drop in the SP, and 387 in the Dow. But technically, it was expected...
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October 18, 2007
10/18- Caught by suprise
Being blind sided by the earnings train. At least LOGI didn't go ITM. Uggg. Nat Gas is up, and that is nice.
October 17, 2007
Oct 17th - Sitting on hands
Boy it is funny, I want to go long at such poor times. I work on getting better at directional trading, follow the charts not my emotions.
October 15, 2007
10/15 - No Internet, no problem... sort of...
There was a big snow day in Summit County on Sunday. It was beautiful! With beauty, sometimes comes issues...
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The best summer in Summit
This Summer has been fabulous. The summer offered great temps and enough rain to keep the fire danger down. It is now autumn and the leaves have fallen, and the 12" weekend snow fall
October 12, 2007
Oct 12th - Resilient
A bounce back, with bulls not giving in to yesterday's afternoon selloff.
October 11, 2007
10/11 - I've got to get away
Up Up Up, then "BIDU your price is ridiculous!" And the rest of the speculative market crushes!
There was heavy selling in the last two hours of the trading day.
October 8, 2007
10/8 - Mellow monday with good results, rockin tuesday
The Bond market is closed, the stock market down slightly. The SPY bounced off my personal pivot lows 154.79, down about 10 on the SPX. The mid-pt pivot is 155.44, and the High pivot is 156.91
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October 5, 2007
10/5 - Employment numbers - Pop goes the S&P
Job numbers show growth. As does my acct. And as that I have no job, nor do I really want one, the economy is moving ahead nicely.
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October 3, 2007
10/3/2007 - a day to look for opportunity
Beautiful fall day, 65*. I have just been relaxing today, reviewing some possible entries. This is the sweet spot week for 1 month out calendar spreads. I have been looking for some good B2B opportunities for the Nov/Dec calendars (44 days until expiration).
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October 2, 2007
October 2nd, 2007 - market resting, portfolio moving
At the close the market was near unchanged. There was a push downward early and midday, then a strong close. So the what to do? This week has been a net positive for the accounts, but trading is not always easy.
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