Monthly Archives: September 2012

WTI Again?…

Yes, I know you may be a little sick of it, but there is a reason I keep harping on both Gold and Crude. They’ve acted as fairly prescient proxies for currencies and economic conditions/ expectations for quite some time and stand a good chance of continuing to do so looking ahead… As such, we […]

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Genius… Not So Much!

Back at the end of August I talked about the apparent short that might be setting up in light sweet crude (“Tempted” – published on September 5th), given the lay of the land and the map at the time. Although a short certainly looked tempting, and I know more than a few peeps that played […]

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Helpings and Principles…

A few weeks back we looked at Gold, which had staged a rally that had many questioning sustainability. At the time I talked about the fact that Gold had been a “tell” on the equity market bull run that started during 2Q09 and wondered if in fact it might do so again. We all know […]

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Ask the Crew:
Crew members tackle questions
submitted by readers each month

Q. I am new to options trading; can you recommend a good broker? A. TradeMonster is excellent for option trading and the type of spread trades that we focus on. OptionsXpress is also very good. I would take a look at these two services first. Q. The Couch Slouch is an awesome strategy. What are […]

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Coaches Corner:
Dispelling the Myth

Welcome to the Coaches Corner! I’m Mike Curtis and today I’d like to discuss a common myth among aspiring traders—the belief that the market is out to “GET THEM!” Who among us hasn’t felt that early on in our career? Eventually we come to realize the market doesn’t know who we are…or for that matter […]

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Musings from the Editor:
Work Smart…

Recently, while driving my two mick sons (Aedan and Colin) to soccer practice, I shared the ol’ axiom bout working smart and not hard. Well, being 10 and 9, they have transitioned from blindly accepting to carefully scrutinizing the bits of wisdom adults (which they refer to as “dolts,” aptly so…) like to shower upon […]

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Traders Talk:
TEI’s Louis Horkan Interviews Jeff Augen

In this month’s Traders Talk, we’re chatting with Jeff Augen, well-known author of a number of highlyregarded books on option trading and the markets. Jeff has actively traded and analyzed the markets since the late 80s. That work, combined with his background in molecular biology, computer algorithms and dealing with venture capitalist and private equity […]

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Monster’s Perspective:
Does Capital Expenditure at AAPL
Signal MONSTER Holiday Season?

The time of year is probably even more important than news events as summer vacations have slowed trading activity to a crawl. Equities have melted higher during July and August and are now drifting near multiyear highs. On the bearish side, investors see debt problems in Europe and lackluster growth globally. But it’s been hard […]

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Karson Keith’s Options Insight:
Facebook’s Failure Continued…

TEI readers know from my previous writings that I do not have an optimistic outlook on Facebook’s near-term future. When I first wrote about my gloomy outlook FB was bouncing around the mid 20’s and shortly thereafter the low 20’—now the stock is at 18. Obviously it has not been pretty for Facebook since the […]

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Tempted?

I wonder if any of you have been tempted to step in front of crude given its failed attempt this week to get through the century mark? It’s an aggressive trade, to be sure. Certainly several reasons some aggressive peeps are considering it… First up, many traders attribute the recent run to the widely held […]

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