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Un-hedged

February 10, 2009 by Ryan Barr

I strongly considered un-hedging my portfolio’s last night, and really wish that I had.  I’ve gone short the SPY(134.45 +0.00) with Sept 72 PUTS and I’ve un-hedged the FXP(22.73 +0.00) positions.  Substantial profits have been locked in, I’ll update the portfolio (which is horribly out of date) tonight when I get back from class. If [...]

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Rehedged last night

January 21, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Just before the close yesterday I re-hedged my FXP(22.73 +0.00) position.  With such a large drop in the major indexes the probability of a slight rebound is good.  I’ll unwind the hedge soon, as I think we are into the start of a larger drop down.  Should the SPX(1344.33 -0.57) get below 800, I’ll unwind [...]

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That didn’t last long

January 20, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Well, we’ve breached the 820 level and are headed down in my opinion.  I’ve un-hedged all of my accounts and am very bearishly positioned.  My primary positions are on FXP(22.73 +0.00), should it be needed I’ll use /NQ futures or sell additional calls to re-hedge.  Once we get near 800 or so, I’ll be looking [...]

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Hedged and waiting….

January 20, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Well, today the 44th President of the United States of America was sworn into office.  Congratulations President Obama. Last week, I hedged off my FXP positions by selling March 41 Calls.  Today the markets started to tank again, and should we break the 920 (wishful thinking edit) 820 line on the SPX(1344.33 -0.57), I’ll buy [...]

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Look out below!

January 7, 2009 by Ryan Barr

If we don’t hold 907 on the SPX today this is going to get pretty ugly and I think I’m going to have to cut my SSO(53.07 +0.00) and QLD(100.27 +0.00) positions for a loss. The days in Jan are ticking away very quickly and decay is starting to work against me in a big [...]

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Quite a start to 2009

January 2, 2009 by Ryan Barr

Well there you have it.  Today the ^DJI closed up 258.3 points and the SPX(1344.33 -0.57) closed up 28.55 points.  As I stated in my earlier post, the Christmas Rally I was looking for looks like it is beginning to materialize.  This is a very healthy move for the markets and something that I am [...]

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Christmas is coming a little late this year

January 2, 2009 by Ryan Barr

The Christmas rally I was hoping for looks like it is starting to take shape as we start 2009. Click in the post to see more.

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It aprears that the Christmas joy has left the market

December 23, 2008 by Ryan Barr

Well the Christmas Rally I was looking for obviously has not materialized. My calls on SSO(53.07 +0.00) and QLD(100.27 +0.00) are not doing very well at all, however my FXP(22.73 +0.00) hedge is covering some of the losses. I’m still of the opinion that we will come up to test SPX(1344.33 -0.57) 950 again pretty [...]

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Say it ain’t so! GE could lose “AAA”?

December 18, 2008 by Ryan Barr

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s on Thursday changed its outlook on General Electric Corp and its finance arm to negative, and said there is at least a one-in-three chance it will cut GE’s credit rating from the top “AAA” in the next two years. “The negative outlook is based partly on the concerns [...]

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Closing them down

December 17, 2008 by Ryan Barr

My personal positions on SSO(53.07 +0.00) and QLD(100.27 +0.00) will be closed out as soon as the SPX(1344.33 -0.57) gets close to 950.  I’ve been doing a lot of research on the current Elliot Wave targets and those coupled with the analysis from www.retracementlevels.com really makes me think that closing out around 950 is the [...]

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