This is the historical record of all posts Cody Willard has published.

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A few trading ideas and a portfolio update

Guys, the day just slipped away from me. I’ve been trying to finish up those OccupyWallStreet posts with all my pictures, but it’s hard work uploading them all. Let’s get a lot of info into this post and I’ll be back later. First, I’ve raised

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Getting less bullish and less long even almost bearish for now

What’s the best case scenario for the EU, the Euro, their sovereign debt problems and the banks who caused them? Is the best case scenario for each the same? Let’s dig in and talk about what should happen, what is happening, what’s likely to happen next and

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Lessons from the Netflix

Good morning and welcome back to the coliseum, where the gladiators battle the machine. The markets are down and down with some aggression this morning and that comes as no surprise to me, per my notes here yesterday. I’ve trimmed down already and am likely to even add to

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Day wrap and Netflix results

What a wild ride this market has been all year. I just heard on the radio that this is the single largest point gain month in the history of the DJIA. And it’s only the 24th. We’ve hit new all time highs in the portfolios repeatedly as we

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Must-reads for today

Here’s what I was reading and thinking about when I wasn’t recovering from a weekend watching my 2.5 year old niece and dressing up as the Godfather (I dressed up in Armani and even had a baby Jesus doll with me, get it?) for a Halloween party

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Update on the Netflix trade

Netflix is up tonight. Trading earnings reports like this is very risky and more akin to gambling than investing. We’re up about 50% or so in three days on a tiny bit of capital that I threw at some out-of-the-money Netflix calls dated out into early next year, as

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All right guys, I’m going to do some repositioning trades today. Here’s what’s up.

All right guys, I’m going to do some repositioning trades today. Here’s what’s up. We’ve had an absolutely mindboggling run here in our portfolios in the last few weeks (and, relative to the broader markets, the last few months!) and it’s time to step off

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Here’s what I was thinking and reading about this morning

Here’s what I was thinking and reading about when I wasn’t getting my back realigned this morning. Feels better though! Optimism Running High In Europe Ahead of Big Weekend – Right now, while the markets aren’t crashing and the media freaking out, is the time to discuss such

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Here’s a list of my positions in order of size from largest to smallest notional positions

Here’s a list of my positions in order of size from largest to smallest notional positions: Longs – Sandisk Cisco Nuance Google Corning Riverbed Marvell Goldman Sachs Cypress Apple Microsoft Bank of America Visteon Autodesk DBA Adtran Shorts – LPS Bank of New York Wells Fargo Live Nation SLV

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I’d like to see tech lead the way higher

One consistent but understated theme in the markets lately has been that tech has underperformed. I like to see tech lead the way higher when I’m betting long/bullish and I don’t like seeing tech underperform consistently. Along with the mostly negative reaction to earnings (though we can

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IMPORTANT: The tendency is to over-diversify, but some diversification is necessary

Not much fireworks, at least after hours, in our stocks that reported earnings such as MSFT and SNDK, which is basically what I’d outlined as to how I was expecting tonight’s plays to play out. So to speak. Anyway, listen, this is IMPORTANT. I just saw someone on

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One new name for an earnings trade and a markets update

The markets are trading down today as the day wears on, and it’s S’s over Ns, meaning in this case that the tech-heavy Nasdaq is down more than the broader S&P sampling. Regardless, we’ve got Riverbed up more than 10% today after its shiny, happy

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