Thursday, October 1, 2009

Week in review - End of Sep. 09

Met my profit goal today, and was relieved that there were chances to sell RIMM and SPY call with tiny profit this week, considering they were negative for a few days.

We are at a critical point today with spy dropped down to 103, which is at the trend line from Oct. 14, 2008. Tomorrow's employment report will most likely determine whether this will be a support or a break down. I might try a spy 104 c and 102 p straddle just to test it out. Might also buy some VIXX if there's downward momentum.

This week's P/L run down so far:

Mon: $662 (gained mostly from exiting AZO and TRIT swings)
Tue: -$885 (big loss in MNKD and SNDA -- see foot notes)
Wed: -$260 (loss in various stops, should have let CTRP run on profit that day)
Thu: $507 (more details to follow...)

It looks like tomorrow will decide whether this week will be a profitable week. :)


Notes:
MNKD - momentum play gone wrong by doing DD multiple times. Should cut loss quick in this kind of play... remember, first chance to cut loss yields the least loss (-20 vs -730).
SNDA - again, DD instead of taking first loss led to larger loss.

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