Another Kellogg Quarter in the books

June 9, 2010 by Ryan Barr

Tonight marks the end of another quarter at Kellogg.  This was a great 10 weeks with two very interesting courses.
Management Communications – Just a fantastic course.  Professor Van Camp is top notch!  Communication and the ability to present effectively is a critical skill in any profession.  This course provides and opportunity to learn experientially by preparing [...]

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Hedged the Condors

May 7, 2010 by Ryan Barr

Rather than locking in profits a touch early, I’ve hedged off the SPY and IWM positions that are currently open. Read more to see which strikes were used, a quick bit of commentary on the hedges and a brief insight into my views for the next few weeks in the market.

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Computers Run Amuck

May 6, 2010 by Ryan Barr

Wow!  The High Frequency Algorithms sure made a mess of the Dow today!  Currently my IWM condors are looking very good and have lots of room for the ETF to float around up and down.  The SPY position is a little closer to having some issues, so I’m going to either hedge off some of the risk, [...]

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I can’t say that I’m suprised…. Big Banks Hide Risk – duh.

April 9, 2010 by Ryan Barr

From the
WSJ:
Major banks have masked their risk levels in the past five quarters by temporarily lowering their debt just before reporting it to the public, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
A group of 18 banks—which includes
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,
Bank of [...]

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A few more contracts added to May IWM Iron Condor

April 7, 2010 by Ryan Barr

I was filled on 25 more IWM Condors on the 6th, click in to see a quick bit of analysis on the trade.

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Filled IWM May 2010 Iron Condor

April 1, 2010 by Ryan Barr

The first of many Condors in the Papermoney account has filled. This is an IWM Condor. The SPY order has yet to fill, quite frankly, I don’t expect it to fill at all, so I’ll investigate a few new positions next week.

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Can we get some wings in May?

March 31, 2010 by Ryan Barr

Now that I’ve finally gotten everything closed out, it’s time to get the Condors rolling.
I’ve thrown two orders out into the papermoney portfolio for a 50 lot Iron Condors on the
IWM(63.99 +0.79) and the

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Covered Calls and Short Puts work very well… If you manage them and pay attention!

March 22, 2010 by Ryan Barr

I’m a very busy person.  In my real accounts, I keep a very good eye on my money and have been generating handsome returns over the past few years.  Sadly, this hasn’t played out on the paper money account!
Rather than play around with short calls and puts and all of that fun stuff on individual [...]

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Have we not learned our lessons in the past?

November 8, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Today I sent the following “Letter to the editor” to a few local papers, and a few national ones.  I don’t expect it to be published, but we have to do what we can.
Last night, Saturday November 7th, the house of Representatives passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
This has been billed [...]

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Ebay, it was nice knowing you.

November 2, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Well, it looks like my stop on Ebay was tagged during the trading day today.  Ebay ended the day up, however during the day it dropped just far enough to tag the top and cause me to quickly exit the position.
My short calls are November 25’s, EBay is trading at $22.38 and I’m fairly bearish [...]

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