Watched this HBO special from when? several years ago? ... Sarah talks about, among other things, the happy childhood memory of showering with her Mom, the water sprinkling off her "giant 70s Jew bush" onto young Sarah. I like most of her bits, not all of them, but I can identify with this X'er from New Hampshire -- she definitely doesn't fly in flyover country.
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- May 4, 2015
Small caps reverse... recall when they last reversed in February, I suffered a quick loss. maybe that'll happen again, maybe I'll catch the peak exactly ... time will tell.
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- April 27, 2015
The Euro finally reverses following the Yen last week. Is King Dollar's spectacular run truly over? I will book my gains and move along....
Brutal After-hours Action in Amazon
Amazon reported earnings on Thursday afternoon. Price initially popped to $420, then over the next ten minutes it fell all the way to $371 and change, but then over the next hour it went back up to $420 -- obviously brutal action. On Friday the stock opened at $439 and change and closed at $445. To the average observer, it closed at $390 and opened the next day at $439 ... they'd be oblivious to the drama.
Trend Following the UltraShort FTSE China 50
This is my longest held long (short a short) now, put on back in March 2014. Will be interesting to see how much I give back once the China "bubble" bursts.
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- April 20, 2015
Reversed the yen short ... 20%+ gains in a currency few and far between ...
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- April 13, 2015
Reversing the long-held crude short ... big winnah.
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- April 6, 2015
Reversing the emerging markets short for a healthy loss.
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- March 30, 2015
Switch to short the Dow and Financials ...
Omnicare Pop, 1 Minute View
Would have lost money here for sure ... the later in the day, the less I like these.
UPDATE: I was at a Bloomberg conference this afternoon so I looked up OCR on the terminal ($1,800 a month versus the $9.99 I pay for my datafeed) and that entire move took exactly two seconds (the stock was halted in the third second) inside the 15:25 minute, so you need pretty quick reflexes to catch these. ;-)