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Trade Alert – VIX Cake

Buying the “VIX” means that you’re buying market volatility and expecting either a pullback or more specifically that the markets are about to get edgy and make some big moves. The VIX generally trends upward when the markets trend downward and vice versa. Remember that chart I showed you

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Trade Alert: Lights, camera, action

Revolution Investing is a two-fold concept that covers both “cyclical” and “secular” trends. It entails trying to navigate the broader macroeconomic and geopolitical trends and cycles that increasingly dominate our economy and markets. This is how we navigate the “cyclical” realities that we all have to deal in, which in

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Trade Alert – Revolution Investing and trading analysis on Apple

As for trading. I’m buying some December 2013 and January 2014 INTC call options with $25-26 or so strikes. Meanwhile, I’m going to trim about 1/10 of my SSYS position which is at yet new all-time highs again and which I haven’t trimmed before. ———————– “Geez, whats

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Trade Alert: Trimming yet more SLV calls and a new short position

What a wild ride this SLV trade has been. I continue to trim out my SLV call options, the remaining which are up through the roof at this point with several hundred percent gains on them. On the other hand, I’m not trimming any of the VIX call options

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Trade Alert: A couple earnings trade gambles

A couple potential earnings trade gambles for those so inclined tonight. I’m building a tiny position in BRCD September $7 puts for about mid-40 cents. Brocade is a storage networking company that just hasn’t caught any real traction in years despite being in a Revolutionary Growth sector. Win

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Trade Alert: It’s truly a Currency World War

Recall that we are, everywhere in the developed world, in the midst of an all-out World Currency War. To really drive the point home of what we’re talking about with these accelerating currency wars, let’s call it by something a little more striking – WCW1. Silver and gold are

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Trade Alert – Markets commentary, more FB profits and other trades

The continued steady move higher in the broader markets over the last month of trading has been remarkable and over the last year. Given that, what adjective would you use to describe Facebook’s chart over the last month and last year? Mind-blowing? Outrageous? Rocknrolling? Facebook’s fundamental outlook amongst

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Trade Alert – Dog days of summer

It’s the dog days of summer, and my own Australian Cattle Dog rescued from a NYC shelter and my Great Pyranees rescued here in NM, are sleeping as I type this. The bailed out bankers are out spending their ongoing welfare income on boats, party beach houses and helicopters

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Trade Alert – Lock in Linkedln

Looking at the portfolio and earnings calendar, I see that Linkedln reports tonight and I am buying a few puts to hedge my long LNKD common stock position. I’m buying August 2013 puts with strike prices of $210 and $215. I’m paying $13.50 for the $210’s

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Trade Alert – Where we are now in the Economic Cycle

First, some trade alerts. Yesterday’s Earnings Report Gamble Flips are played out now and the market has served as final arbiter as always. To review, yesterday I wrote, In PMCS, I’m buying some August $6 calls for about 90-95 cents and I’m bidding on some November $6

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Trade Alert – Facebook rocks, so you know what to do now

And where do we go from here? Which is the way that’s clear? Still looking for that blue jean baby queen, Hey, kid, rock ‘n’ roll, rock on – Rock on, David Essex (1973) Wow, what a move we’ve had in the markets, in our portfolios and in Facebook

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Trade Alert – And how much is a bank’s promise worth?

God don’t make promises that He don’t keep, You got some big dreams baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be asleep. When you gonna wake up – When You Gonna’ Wake Up – Bob Dylan People carry roses, Make promises by the hours – Love Minus Zero, Bob