Monday, January 30, 2012

Buy if...

The system is buying today's weakness. If SPY closes 131.41 or lower, the system dumps the short position and goes 50% long TNA.

If we finish strong and manage a close above 131.42, hold the shorts for at least another day.

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    1. Are you really mad about a dollar loss?

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    2. a dollar... maybe your math is better than mine...
      -$2.88 on 50% and -$1.88 on 50%, that doesn't add up to $1 in my spreadsheet.

      Sorry for my earlier rant.
      It's my trade, my fault.

      Have a great day!

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  3. Actually, the candlesticks seem to indicate that right now might not be a bad time for the adventurous to go long. A more conservative approach would be to wait for confirmation tomorrow.

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  4. closing price for jan.18th was 22.56
    closing price for jan.19th was 22.14

    If you bought a 500 shares on each day that would be an average of $22.35. BTW I trade TZA when we are shorting the market and TNA when we are long the market. I dont find locates on short TNA shares. So selling today you should have only have a loss of $1.01 a share. So that's not the worst thing in the world being that we have been in the same shit for so long.

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    1. Still adds up to a 4.5% loss.

      A $1 is not just a $1 when you are talking about a $22 stock vs a $55 stock.

      Either way, I am sorry to have stepped on anyone's sensibilities. I was just hoping with a lower volatility that this market wouldn't be so... volatile

      Taking a break...

      ;-)

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  5. A nice hammer on the dailies. This could mean an up day tomorrow but have to wait to see if it plays out. After hours move up seems to be confirming.

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  6. Oh the dreaded economy news. The wild card.

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  7. I might have to join you RealMoney. This market is just starting to get comical to me. In the negative after being up a dollar in the AM. This is a very uneasy unsafe market. Going to take a break after this trade until direction and trend start to make sense.

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