Having missed the market open by about an hour, I didn’t have to do any guess work as to the markets direction. SMN (double short basic materials) is up 6.97%, UYG (double long financials) down 4.85%, which is roughly a 2% gain on a -1.5% day. Thus, the hedge trade worked, but there was no…
In my last post I suggested a pairs trade including SKF and DGP. Since that post, DGP has fallen 3%, and SKF has risen 10%, netting a handsome 7% in the last 4 days. While I firmly believe in the soundness of the fundamental logic (a move to hard assets over paper assets due to…
Today was perfect. Everything I’m dabbling in was on the up and up, except for the Swiss Franc FXF. SLV and IAU continue to make new highs, and I started a position in DGP. Even the double inverse funds made new short-term highs. DBA rebounded above 42, even though UDN failed to close higher after…
Deutsche Bank is offering leveraged and inverse Gold ETN’s DGP (+2x), DZZ (-2x), DGX (-1x). This is very exciting, but also quite scary. Looking at DB in the charts gives me little faith in the banks debt, but so long as the market believes in these awesome debt instruments, I will certainly go along for…
The market shat on the bulls Friday, which made tons of cheddar in SRS, SKF, TWM, DXD. UDN, FXF and FXY are trading at all time highs, and continue to show strength as the markets weaken. Commodities were mixed as DBA moved lower w/ USO, and the precious metals IAU and SLV remain unchanged. GDX,…
So far this has been a pretty good day, but the longer DBA trades below 42, the more inclined I am to get out of the trade. Ultra Shorts SKF, SRS and TWM are working very nicely today, up ~3%. FXY and FXF continue to trade higher as there are more carry trades unwinding. Of…
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Well its been two weeks since I last posted, but with a fresh bag of salad, I’m read to roll. It looks like the dollar is about to fall off a cliff as it trades to an all time low against the Euro. Oil, Silver, Gold, Wheat and related countries continue to move higher as…
Thank god I don’t take my own advice too seriously during the trading day, TWM is down a hefty 5% in two days. As the market rallies, I’m not playing the short side, I don’t want to fight a rising 5 day moving average. EWM has been a solid performer over the last two days,…
Insomnia has my balls again, so here are some thoughts for Tuesday. I like the action in the following ETF’s: DBA, DBC, EWM, FXY, SKF, SLV, and TWM. These seven funds have many of the fundamental and technical characteristics I think will do well in the coming months, and have been looking real good in…