Investing Adventures http://investingadventures.com Having Fun with Options Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:10:01 +0000 en hourly 1 investingadventureshttp://feedburner.google.com Stewart v. Cramer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/investingadventures/~3/RwskTmPtkxY/stewart-v-cramer.html http://investingadventures.com/2009/03/stewart-v-cramer.html#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:10:01 +0000 Jorge http://investingadventures.com/?p=603 Classic Stewart v. CNBC and Cramer.  Enjoy!

]]> http://investingadventures.com/2009/03/stewart-v-cramer.html/feed http://investingadventures.com/2009/03/stewart-v-cramer.html Long FAS @ 8.05 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/investingadventures/~3/YfeP6z53-pw/long-fas-805.html http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/long-fas-805.html#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:40:03 +0000 Jorge http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/long-fas-805.html Daytrade only ;)

]]> http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/long-fas-805.html/feed http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/long-fas-805.html Covered XLU Short @ 28.04 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/investingadventures/~3/paT6_WXuxx0/covered-xlu-short-2804.html http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/covered-xlu-short-2804.html#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:27:25 +0000 Jorge http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/covered-xlu-short-2804.html Covered XLU short at 28.04.  My target was 27.50 but I don’t feel comfortable holding on for those last few cents.  6.5% gain on the trade.  Here’s  a quick status update on how I’ve traded thusfar.

 

Statistics
Stocks
Number of Shares 695
Win / Loss % 66.67%
Profit / Loss $ 471.90
Options
Number of Contracts 2
Win / Loss 0.00%
Profit / Loss $ (44.00)
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]]> http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/long-spy-feb-85-calls.html/feed http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/long-spy-feb-85-calls.html Stopped out of USO @ 26.97 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/investingadventures/~3/iIIpNqNtO-A/stopped-out-of-uso-2697.html http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/stopped-out-of-uso-2697.html#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:55:51 +0000 Jorge http://investingadventures.com/2009/02/stopped-out-of-uso-2697.html Stopped out EOD at 26.97.  7% loss which was near my max pain threshold.  I like to close trades within the last 10 minutes of trading as it removes emotion from the trade.  Had USO hit $26, my emergency stop would have been hit, no questions asked.  I got half of the energy complex equation correct.  A shame crude didn’t rally to the same extent natural gas did the past couple of weeks.

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