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Investing

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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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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Papermoney – Stopped out of EJ

October 26, 2009 by Ryan Barr

A few weeks ago I decided to tweak the papermoney portfolio again.  Rather than going for a bunch of option plays on index products, I wanted to simulate some “money management” via positional plays on individual equities and managing risk via index option plays as needed.  The goal with the portfolio is to earn roughly [...]

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Managing Money Long Term – Some Additional Thoughts

August 27, 2009 by Ryan Barr

A few days ago I wrote about my internal struggles in determining what is the best allocation of funds for my 401(k).  Well, I’ve gone back and forth, again and again trying to figure out the best move. The biggest constraint is simply the funds available in my 401(k).  I’m not horribly comfortable throwing 100% [...]

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Managing Money Long Term

August 18, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Lately I’ve been pondering the best way to “manage” my money long term. Specifically I’ve been mulling over different options for my company 401(k) and my other retirement accounts. Click in to hear some of my thoughts, and share your current thinking on the topic.

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Trading with the system…

August 17, 2009 by Ryan Barr

It’s been a while since my last post.  Lately, I’ve tweaked my methods to become more consistent in my profits.  Rather than throwing down positions that range from speculative options plays to futures scalping, I’ve focused in on a single market with a single system.
So far the results have been pretty good.  I’ve been tweaking [...]

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Only trading futures…

July 11, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Sometimes the market demand changes in how you trade. I’ve made those changes and quick frankly, I’m pleased! Click in to read more.

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An intermidiate top?

April 5, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Possibly, and as a result I sold my papermoney calls on Friday.  I’m still holding the SKF and SPY puts. I’ve updated the papermoney tables with the trade.  Sorry for the weak analysis over the past week or so.  I’m swamped with babysitting our son, and keeping up with school work.  I’ll try to get [...]

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Heading higher?

April 1, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Who knows any more   It looks to me as though we are getting close to a very important cross roads here in the /NQ and /ES. I’ve jumped into a slew of SPY Calls to balance off the Puts that are open right now. The papermoney page is up to date.
The futures are [...]

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Amazing… Simply Amazing – AIG dumping trades at a loss – Transfers the wealth to counter parties…

March 29, 2009 by Ryan Barr

This is a must read… If the actual data ends up supporting this, the entire establishment should be locked up. This is simply amazing. AIG is acting as a funnel for our taxpayer dollars to other banks through massive unwinds – enormous, total portfolio unwinds. This is like selling a $100 bill to your friend for $10. Bad deal for you (A.I.G -> Taxpayer) great deal for your friend (BAC, GS etc…)

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