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Monthly Archives: October 2007

Review 10/16/07: SPX, Nasdaq, IBM, INTC, YHOO, GOOG, BIDU, AAPL

Another jittery day for the market. The market was volatile and mostly lower today, as investors jostled for position before 3 of the biggest tech earnings come out (YHOO, IBM, INTC). The Dow was down 71.86 points; SPX lost 10.18, while Nasdaq gave up 16.14 points.
Let’s take a look at how the market […]

Review 10/15/07: SPX, Nasdaq, DNA, WENR, TLAB, SIRF

The market was quite volatile today. It opened up high and continued to slide throughout the day, but, closed with a nice bounce. The Dow was down 108.28 points; SPX lost 13.09, and Nasdaq gave up 25.63 points.
BIIB, which announced itself “for sale” on Friday, and a few Chinese plays, such as PTR, […]

Market Forecast for Week of 10/15 (Part II): Sector Watch

GLD/GDX/XME (gold/gold miners/metas and miners)

GLD has caught its daily upper BB and looks ready to go higher!

GDX is pretty much in the same place. Here’s GDX’s top holdings.

XME still looks healthy. Some of the high-flyers in this sector can really jump when they move. I still like FCX, PCU, and BHP.
Precious […]

Market Forecast for Week of 10/15 (Part I): SPX, Nasdaq

sdjerry
What a week!! Short term portfolio really flying………. LOT’S OF IDEAS for making money all the time.
That was a wonderful week! Last weekend, in my Market Forecast, I said, “For the new week, I’m looking for the market to open strong, continuing where it left off. We may see some volatility, though, as some […]

Weekly Wrap!

Well, I don’t know what else to say, but, “We’re 100% GR$$N again!!”

Here are the closed trades:
GOOG Nov 630 calls, GOOKF, at $30.2, +7.85% (partially out)
GS Nov 230 calls, GPYKF, at $12.2, +16.2% (partially out)
TSL Oct 60 calls, TSLJL, at $2.9, +3.57% (partially out)
IBM Oct 115 calls, IBMJC, at $5.8, +5.45% (partially out)
IBM […]

Review 10/11/07: SPX, Nasdaq, ATI, ERTS, BIDU, GOOG

Wow, another exciting day!! What volatility!! I’ll repeat what I posted yesterday here again: “In my Market Forecast this weekend, I said, ‘[w]e may see some volatility, though, as some people might be looking to lock in profits.’ I also said that ‘….it might be healthy to see the market let off […]

Review 10/10/07: SPX, Nasdaq, GOOG, BIDU, VMW, EMC, AKAM, ESRX

In my Market Forecast this weekend, I said, “[w]e may see some volatility, though, as some people might be looking to lock in profits.” I also said that “….it might be healthy to see the market let off some steam mid to late week. We’ll have to see if the market can manage to […]

What A Day!! $$$$$

Wow, what a day for the “Happy Trading” community!

AKAM Nov 35 calls, UMUKG, at $4, +73.9% (partially out)
WYNN Oct 155 calls, UIPJK, at $5, +11.1% (partially out)
AKAM Nov 35 calls, UMUKG, at $4.1, +78.3% (more out)
MA Nov 165 calls, MALKM, at $10.1, +11% (partially out)
ACH Nov 80 calls, ACHKP, at $5.4, +3.8% (partially […]

Member Site is UP!!

Ok, the member site seems to be working now.
HappyTrading! ™

Review 10/9/07: SPX, Nasdaq, XMSR, SIRI, GOOG, VMW, EMC

The market had some early volatility today, perhaps due to people locking in profits. It allowed the market to vent without losing altitude. In the afternoon, it turned sharply higher as the Fed minutes were released. The market rallied all the way to the close. Both the Dow and SPX ended […]