Trade Alert

It was not short covering

April 6, 2015 7:08 pm / Published in * Trade Alert, Market Update, Nasdaq, NYSE
After taking a close look at the prints today  – buyers came into the market taking me to long trade signals. Stocks climbed after unexpectedly weak monthly jobs data fueled speculation the Fed could postpone rate hike. The dollar pared losses to trade higher, while Treasuries dipped. Oil surged as investors reassessed impact of Iran

Closed below the green line

March 27, 2015 6:09 pm / Published in * Trade Alert, Bonds, EUR/USD, Market Profile, Research
Tech stocks led Wall Street higher on merger talks in the semiconductor space. Treasury yields fell on disappointing growth data. The dollar pared losses, but traded lower against a basket of currencies and gold fell. Oil slumped as traders weighed the impact of an Iranian nuclear deal on supplies. I will extend the analysis on

$VIX increasing and $SPX at trendline

March 26, 2015 9:21 am / Published in * Trade Alert, Hedge, Market Internals, Middle East, Nasdaq and NYSE, SPX, SPY, VIX, VXX
We are trading just at the trendline (green) if the selling pressure does not stop there is a chance to trade to 2000 or bellow to 1990 in the SPX The situation in the Middle East is not helping the markets: “Centuries old conflict between two branches of Islam, Suni and Shia, just escalated.  Overnight Saudis

$SPX – Last Friday the sellers showed up

March 8, 2015 6:32 pm / Published in * Trade Alert, SPX
I still dont have enough data to go short on the SP500. On the other hand the large drop from Friday met resistance at 2072 level. I need to see the early prints tomorrow.    

Monthly $Performance for Feb ’15: 7.2%

March 8, 2015 3:02 pm / Published in * Trade Alert, Market Profile, Performance
I recover the lost from Jan ’15 and we are back on the positive territory. YTD the portfolio is 5.36%. For details you can visit: Home  

New Long Trade $IWM

February 19, 2015 8:34 am / Published in * Trade Alert, IWM, VIX
Short March’15 Puts 110 for a total of 1.03% of your entire portfolio. This is a bullish trade to pay for the hedge from last week. I will be adding more to the hedge trade once the market open today. Max. Return for this trade is 2.25%