Pommegranate, thanks for the explanation, I had a question though, are the options you trade European?

The short side of commodities options

I bet you wish you more than just shorted the call, the thing crashed last night, trading a put long would have been optimal (this being said in hindsight means nothing). I am not that familiar with options as my main focus is in equities. That ...

The short side of commodities options

Hi ccreative, Yes I only trade US equities at this point. US equities is my nitch and its what I trade best.

Chronicles of an Equities Daytrader

The answer to your question is pretty vast, however, I will try to replay to the best of my ability. For you to grow you need to push yourself outside of your comfort level, two examples could be risk management and preparation routine. When a ...

Chronicles of an Equities Daytrader

UNH ready to blow again over 53.50.

NYSE & Nasdaq

darksorrow I dont mean to intrude but a daily perspective isn't long enough for natural gas to pop, UNG the natrual gas ETF has moved from ~$140 to ~$5 in 4 years. Your perspective must be very long term to survive whats coming up which is ...

NatGas weekly charts

You caught it early mate, I noticed the same thing a couple of days ago. I was looking at gold mining stocks and I noticed their pop intraday after the FOMC annoncement. I was looking at Goldcorp among other stocks.

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

It’s that time of the month. January is just about in the books and we’re headed full speed into February. According to the Stock Traders Almanac, February is the “weak link in the best six months”. Over the last 12 years February has been a notably ...

The Stock Market is due for a HUGE CRASH

Swing Long Gold from 26/1/2012 Thoughts: — Here are some thoughts from my swing trades in gold that day: There was a mark up in price on the 25th of Jan 2011. This markup was an engulfing candle taking out the daily ranges going back to the ...

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Bridgewater Bearish AUD/USD 2012 Prediction — Ray Dalio is bearish AUD/USD along with other emerging currencies...Why? Below are some of my thoughts: 1) If Ray thinks the AUD will go down along with other emerging nations, he probably believes ...

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Boy is this UNH setting itself up for a breakout! Tighten your seatbelts and prepare for blastoff, this thing looks set to take out 53.50

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It blew, finally!

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CMG - Chipotle Mexican Grill — We are still half way through the day and this thing has broken down hard on good volume! And is now pulling back on low volume. Could be a great opportunity to initiate a small swing trade short.

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Gameplan Longs: VIAB, XOM Breakouts: WDC>33.25, MS>16.30, ESRX>48.50, HON>56.00, RIMM (IDB R=15.30 S=15.00), COP>74.00, NTAP<34.50, POT (IDB R=43.50 S=42.70) Shorts: NVDA (15.00), LULU (63.25 & 50% retracement level), SNDK (49.50 & 50 retracement ...

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Well, UNH rested and went up, the sustainability of the upmove though isn't clear. I need to see a breach of 53.50 on good volume for me to hold onto my conviction in this move.

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We got our uomove in gold and that lifted the two stocks mentioned above. My stop is at b/e on both ideas.

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We didn't get our down day on good volume and that negates our short idea. CMG is starting to look like a solid long.

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Goldman Sachs- CMG Conviction Buy, Seriously? — CMG is heading south, however, GS don't think so. They think its heading north, they added it to the conviction buy list. If we get a down day today on good volume, CMG could breakdown fast.

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Swing Long SLW &amp; NEM — Swing longs in two gold stocks as the sector looks poised for an upmove. Stops are below the daily candle low.

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