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November 28, 2011

Bulls Walking on Thin Ice

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Market Analysis, Apple, Uncategorized, Money Management, VIX, Option Trades, Daily Update, Trade Update, Oil, Rick's Account, Sectors, European Union (EU), Commodities, China, Futures, Economic News, Covered Calls, Earnings, Company Commentary, Market Commentary, Google, Stock Earnings, Entertainment Stocks, Yahoo / Microsoft, Mergers and Acquisitions, Trading Tips, Gold, strangle option trades, IPOs, Financial Stocks, BioTech, Watch Lists, Trading Psychology

9:00 (EST) The market continued its recent slide as the bears had their best bull feast in nearly 80 years as Wall Street fell 5% last week. The recent selling pressure became much more serious as all of the indexes fell below their 50-day moving averages (MA) with the bearsRead more

January 13, 2010

How To Whitelist

by Rick Rouse / Posted in Uncategorized, Daily Update

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August 20, 2009

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August 12, 2009

Trade Updates

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9:25am (EST) Bank of America (BAC, $15.85, down $0.83) November 17.50 calls (BYOKZ, $1.20, down $0.30) Entry Price: $1.25 (8/10/09) Exit: $1.25 (8/11/09) Return: 0% Stop: CLOSED November 20 calls (BYOKT, $0.56, down $0.14) Entry Price: $0.50 (8/10/09) Exit: $0.57 (8/11/09) Return: 14% Stop: CLOSED Action: We closedRead more

August 10, 2009

Bank of America Dips Then Rebounds

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Uncategorized, Daily Update

11:20am (EST) Sometimes you get in a zone and it feels like you know how a stock will trade like the back of your hand. Bank of America (BAC, $16.83, up $0.41) is one such stock and here is what I said last night in the Trade Updates for BankRead more

August 7, 2009

Futures Higher After Jobs Report

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Company Commentary, Uncategorized, Daily Update, Economic News

8:35am (EST) I posted a little early this morning as I was anxious to get the morning outlook as soon as the jobs report was released. Heading into the announcement this morning, market futures were lower. Ahead of the report, Dow futures were coming off their lows and were downRead more

August 5, 2009

Wednesday’s Wake-Up Call

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Uncategorized, Daily Update

9:20am (EST) Note: We get the ISM number at 10am. Also, I’ll be back in a couple of hours with an update for the blog. I will be doing an 11am post and maybe a 1pm post. Ford (F, $8.30, down $0.03) December 6 calls (FLI, $2.60, down $0.08) EntryRead more

July 15, 2009

IBM Call Options Double Heading Into Earnings

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Market Commentary, Earnings, Entertainment Stocks, Trading Tips, Market Analysis, Company Commentary, Financial Stocks, Uncategorized, Option Trades, Daily Update, Sectors

Intel (INTC, $18.05, up $1.22). Even better was the fact that the company also issued higher guidance for the third quarter. The news carried the entire Tech sector higher as it outpaced the other indexes by gaining 3.5%. The Nasdaq finished at 1,862, up 63 points for the day. TheRead more

June 17, 2009

Wednesday Wake-Up Call

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Uncategorized, Daily Update, Market Analysis, Company Commentary

9:15am (EST) What a rough two days it has been. The Dow has dropped 300 points and it is funny how things can change in an instant. Yesterday, I talked about key support levels for all of the major indexes and as I was writing, it felt like Tuesday wasRead more

June 12, 2009

GM, Merck, Exxon Mobil Halted

by Rick Rouse / No Comments / Posted in Financial Stocks, Uncategorized, Daily Update

12:10pm (EST) Three servers went down on the NYSE and trading in Exxon Mobil (XOM, $73.50, down $0.55), General Electric (GE, $13.31, down $0.15) and Merck (MRK, $26.99, up $0.80) has temporarily been halted. In all, I’m hearing over 200 stocks have been affected by the communication problem between WallRead more

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