Stocks, charts, risk management & coffee

This post is really for those individuals that have a bearish long term view but also desire to participate in the rally. Put another way, what is a reasonable plan for getting long the market but being the first one off the train when it goes off the tracks?
The first part of my plan was [...]

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§386 · July 26, 2009 · ADM, CBG, CGA, F, GNW, LQD, MANT, MR, SO, SPY, Sunday Night Coffee, TWGP, WFT, WYN, qqqq · View Comments ·


I’ve been through a lot of charts this morning and I am seeing both bullish and bearish setups. I don’t see strong evidence to support taking a bullish bias or bearish bias. With this in mind, I am trading small right now and trading out of a hedged portfolio. My current bias is a little [...]

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§335 · June 28, 2009 · AVAV, AZO, BWY, CBG, DIA, EEM, GNW, IAT, JNS, LQD, Sunday Night Coffee, TLT, XLF, XLY, qqqq · View Comments ·


STOP WHIPSAW
I don’t usually post 1 day charts, because I don’t consider myself a day trader. For me, unless a particular day has significance (such as when the descending triangle on the Dow broke 8000, huge 1 day drop on the dollar, and so forth), I generally consider each day as somewhat unimportant to the [...]

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§128 · March 25, 2009 · DIA, EP, GNW, JNS, NFLX, PLD · View Comments ·