Category: Pairs trades

A few thoughts and links for 7.29.10

A few thoughts and links, but first, if you haven’t had a chance to vote for the Portfolio Armor iPhone app in the Thomson Reuters StreetApps Challenge, please take a few seconds to do so here. Thanks a lot.
– Batesian Mimicry Explanation of Business Cycles. Fascinating post by Eric Falkenstein. Worth reading in [...]

The neutral zone

In a post Thursday (“Road to Nowhere”), Tim Knight wrote,
With the exception of commissions-based brokers, it’s hard to believe there’s anyone out there who has really enjoyed the stock market over the past few months. I mean, just look at the ES [S&P e-mini futures] below.

Tim Knight still thinks the S&P’s going to decline to [...]

On Short Screen Tuesday

– On Short Screen, Hesperian mentions a potential long idea, and I mention a new pairs trade I opened Tuesday, long EGY, short TRGL. I note that this would have actually been a nice pairs trade a few months ago:

A couple of thoughts and links

– On Short Screen: Exited the short MRT / long NATH pairs trade Monday, after Scottrade forced me to cover the MRT short due to an alleged lack of borrowable shares. Made about 4.2% on the short side and 1.9% on the long side. Too bad there are no puts on MRT to buy [...]

Overheard on Short Screen

- Hesperian highlights a new blogger/analyst who scrutinizes U.S.-listed Chinese companies for fraud.
- Hesperian also shares a Seeking Alpha poster’s jaundiced look at Alcoa’s rosy earnings report.
- AvoidtheGarbage asks when PIPE shares start coming off restriction for JBI, Inc., a company whose shares have dropped 75% since Avoidthegarbage first mentioned it as a potential [...]

A few more updates

– I sold my FBP puts today for $2.10, for a gain of 23.5%, as the balance of risk versus reward started to look unfavorable.
– I picked up a few more puts on BHP as part of my hedge against a drop-off in Chinese iron ore demand. Now that I’m hedged out [...]

A few updates

– Got stopped out of the short side of my short MMR / long XEC pairs trade today, for a loss of 4.9%. My trailing stop here was 18% on both sides. Maybe I’ll tighten the stop on the long side a little going forward.
– Bought a few puts on ESC, piggybacking [...]

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