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Cash from sale of SPY put and Facebook stock

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Vicki
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Now sitting with   $610.64  which is approximately 15% of the total worth.

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sold the spy PUT

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Vicki
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HERE’s the history of the sept 189 SPY PUT: Good profit for the month (glad I listened to Doug Kass and took a little insurance).  The $63+ took care of all the losses for today: 7/31/2014 SPY Sept 20 189 … Continue reading →

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The SPY Put makes this a profitable day

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Vicki
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As unlikely as it seems on a down 300 day and down over 35 S&P points, the portfolio is cash plus.  Why? because 2 weeks ago, towards the cheery highs, I bought a SPY put and now it is very … Continue reading →

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Is there any wonder why Action Alerts from thestreet.com is NOT good advice

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Vicki
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XILNX 0 $30.35 16.14% loss 6/24/2014 4 $47.00 $188.00 7/23/2014 -4 $41.15 ($164.60) another loosing trade

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At the close 7/18/2014

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Vicki
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Symbol Qty Date Av Unit Cost Cost Value Gain % Acquired Loss MO 5 7/16/2014 $42.85 $214.25 $210.85 ($3.40) -1.59% BA 4 6/4/2014 $136.24 $544.95 $510.56 ($34.39) -6.31% FB 4 3/4/2014 $69.90 $279.59 $273.68 ($5.91) -2.11% GE 5 1/8/2014 $28.16 … Continue reading →

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Java UGGHH!!Tradeking/Quotestream down again!

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Vicki
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Everytime Java sends a new download, Tradekings‘s live Quotestream doesn’t work.  Lack of coordination or incompetence?  Who cares, now service.

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How to Get Rich: Paul Graham on Money vs. Wealth by Maria Popovaan example of referenced site from barry ritholtz

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Vicki
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There are many senses of the word “wealth,” not all of them material. I’m not trying to make a deep philosophical point here about which is the true kind. I’m writing about one specific, rather technical sense of the word … Continue reading →

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Ritholtz.com

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Vicki
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Once again, the most interesting Sunday reads belong to Barry Ritholz. Here’s an example:  http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/07/02/how-to-make-wealth-paul-graham-hackers-painters/ Find a lot more at:  http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/  

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1 put and 1call pay off today

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Vicki
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Portfolio up today($26.36) because of recent purchase of spy put and rdn call–all other stock positions were down RDN Call RDN Jan 17 2015 15.00 Call 1 $14.55 191 $136.64 $1.37 $1.35 $0.20  (17.39%) $20.00 -$1.64  (-1.20%) $135.00 SPY Put  SPY Sep … Continue reading →

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Update: Spy14 put

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Vicki
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Spy put 14 is now up 6.12% because it is up more than 32% today.  Good Hedge: the spy put means the portfolio is up $17 on a day when the DOW is down 150pts.

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