I’ve been trying to find what drawn object or study is more helpful for USO. I’ve got to say, this channel isn’t too bad a way of looking at it.

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I’ve been trying to find what drawn object or study is more helpful for USO. I’ve got to say, this channel isn’t too bad a way of looking at it.

I’m not touching it, but for what it’s worth, here is RUSL, the 200% leveraged Russian equity fund.

NOTE BENE: I have been (swiftly!) informed by fellow Slopers that this fund is getting liquidated on March 11th. But I’ll leave this post up for now, since let’s just say the market action is not acting as an effective muse today.
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When I close out an options position, I don’t simply delete it from my spreadsheet. I move it to a “Closed” section, changing the entry price to whatever price I just sold it. This way, I can see how it does after I’ve disposed of it.
Well, sometimes it is painful to look back. Here are recent triple-digit gainers after I dumped them (sometimes at a loss!) You can see some of the truly terrific charts reflected in these symbols, such as EMB, EFA, and individual stocks. Check ’em out:
(more…)I have a large array of screens on my desk, and the rightmost one shows my portfolio in a spreadsheet. Considering how I am entirely short (and somewhat aggressively so……), I was puzzled that I wasn’t getting killed this morning. After all, every single index is bright green.
Then I saw it:
