Recent content by geek

Well, I was right about Monday and Tuesday. I DID NOT think what happened today was possible. If there isn't an immediate/significant recovery tomorrow I think I'm screwed. I'm down $23,000 for this trade which brings me to -$2,000 for the year. I think this draw down is overly aggressive, so...

I just wanted to say publicly that it was a HUGE mistake not to take my money off the table when I was in positive territory. I should NOT have assumed that a deal would be brokered in an orderly fashion. I still am more confident than unconfident that the ceiling will be raised before the...

Does anyone know where I could get public records of recent trades made by members of Congress? I'd like to know how much they have on the table considering the amount of influence the debt ceiling crisis has on the current markets.

I'm back in positive territory and still holding. I might take my money off the table for a small gain early next week due to an increase in volatility that will certainly hit the markets later in the week. I was hoping this would lead to a pop in the market, but I'm starting to second guess...

Looks like fears in Europe are going to accelerate, not ease today. As I suggested yesterday, this will now turn into a holding position until things either improve or get really bad.

Given the European news and premarket activity I thought IWM would end up down 2% or so, thus I set my initial URTY buy for 700 @91. However, I broke my rule #1 and got impatient and greedy, entering @93 for 688 shares. General market volume and movement looked positive around 10 EST, so I...

Introduction Evening T2W! Since we're half way through the year, I thought I'd post my progress and future trades to add some accountability to my actions. I've, quite honestly, been tremendously lucky in the recent market based on my assumption that forces beyond my control are keeping things...