Here is the transcript to this week’s Live Q&A chat. Join me next Wednesday at 2pm EST at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat or send me an email with your question at support@tradingwithcody.com. Howdy folks, let’s rock n roll. Q. Question on my January ’14 $106 IEF puts. Thank you very much, Cody (and the market) — I’m up […]
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 and $17.00 for the $215’s. Don’t forget today’s live […]
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 and $7 calls for $1.05 and about 30 […]
Latest Positions – a broadly diversified portfolio
Here’s a list of my latest positions in approximate notional order from largest to smallest. In the never-ending quest to provide the best service I can to you guys (and to help keep my own sanity), I’ve broken the list down even further into refined categories. I give each stock a current rating from 1 […]
Trade Alert – Superbowl odds, earnings risk/reward and greatest NFL running back ever
I have a conundrum. I am a huge NFL fan, but as you know I can’t stand the idea of oligarchic team owners getting taxpayer assistance with their stadiums and their unbelievable not-for-profit(!) status which enables them to pay these ridiculous $20 million a year plus salaries for guys who play a game for a […]
Trades for the week of July 22nd through July 26th
Here are my trades for the week of July 22nd through July 26th: Options: Stock CALL or PUT Action Date Initiated Stock Price Strike Price Exp Date Price GDX – Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF CALL TRIM 7/22/2013 $27.70 $25.00 Jan-14 $4.50 GDX – Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF CALL TRIM 7/22/2013 $27.70 $28.00 Jan-14 […]
Revolution Investor must-reads for the weekend
Let’s do a must-read weekend links fest. But, before we do, let’s think about this. You know what’s not news right now? The Euro debt crisis, which isn’t solved yet. The emergency subsidies and outsized profits based on profiteering and building imbalances in our nation’s economy, which isn’t being addressed at all and never will […]
Subscriber Chat Room Archive (July 15th-July 24th)
Here’s the past 2 weeks discussion from the TradingWithCody.com Subscriber Chat Room. RichardG July 15, 2013 – 2:13 pm TWM deserves a long starter today TL15 July 15, 2013 – 2:17 pm @Cody, if you could only scale into ONE long position today, which one would you choose? jahmon July 15, 2013 – […]
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 lately huh? First things first, I […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Recognizing Imbalances, Gold Strategies and A Market of Stocks
Here is the transcript to this week’s Live Q&A chat. Join me next Wednesday at 2pm EST at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat or send me an email with your question at support@tradingwithcody.com. Howdy folks. Where you been Alistair? Q Hi Cody, how do you measure the imbalance in the broader market? Any particular indicator that you are looking […]
Stock Market Bubble Illustrated
I don’t often spend time going through stock charts, but I did so last night for a few hours and I spent the night tossing and turning dreaming about bubbles and crashes. When I woke up this morning I realized two things – 1. We are in the lucky minority who were very early in […]
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 Dylan Short-selling is when you […]
Trades for the week of July 15th through July 19th
Here are my trades for the week of July 15th through July 19th: Common Stock: Stock Action Date Initiated Time Initiated Price SNDK – SanDisk BUY 7/15/2013 1:40pm $61.40 AMZN – Amazon TRIM 7/15/2013 1:40pm $305.50 GOOG – Google TRIM 7/15/2013 1:40pm $926.37 CIEN – Ciena TRIM 7/15/2013 1:40pm $22.05 FF – FutureFuel TRIM 7/15/2013 […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: 401K Control, the Late Fed, and YHOO Rise on Weak Guidance
Here is the transcript to this week’s Live Q&A chat. Join me next Wednesday at 2pm EST at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat or send me an email with your question at support@tradingwithcody.com. Let’s rock n roll. What’s on your mind? Q. A little off the tracks here but my biggest financial concern is that I can’t actively manage […]
Must-reads for well-informed investors
Things sure are peaceful if not outright euphoric in the markets out there right now, so let’s continue our “be scared while others are greedy” line of thinking again today and hit on some must-read headlines to help us round out our analysis. First, be sure to check out my new investment book, Everything You […]
Everything You Need to Know About Investing in Gold and Silver
Most people seem to fall into two disparate camps when it comes to gold and silver – 1. Goldbugs, who can cite a litany of well-reasoned and long-held beliefs explaining why gold and silver always have been and always will be a great holder of value. 2. Goldbears, who can cite a litany of well-reasoned […]
Trade Alert – Tying it all together and gently locking in more profits
Look at what’s dominating today’s market headlines: Indicator Update: Have stock investors dodged the correction bullet? U.S. stocks hold line after record climb Citi, Boeing, Leap on the rise And best of all, our quote of the day: The ‘Bernanke Put’ is Back in Play – “The phones have been crazy,” says William Lefkowitz, options strategist at […]
Trades for the week of July 8th through July 12th
Here are my trades for the week of July 8th through July 12th: Common Stock: Stock Action Date Initiated Time Initiated Price CIEN – Ciena TRIM 7/11/2013 2:40pm $21.50 AMZN – Amazon TRIM 7/11/2013 2:40pm $299.38 GOOG – Google TRIM 7/11/2013 2:40pm $919.39 Options: Stock CALL or PUT Action Date Initiated Stock Price Strike […]
Trade Alert – What I learned from Coty “The Ox” Wheeler
A very old buddy of mine named Coty Wheeler is the younger brother of one of my best friends, Syrus, both of whom grew up and live on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. One night a few years ago, I couldn’t sleep and I flipped on the TV and the channel was starting to play “The Worst […]
Subscriber Chat Room Archive (June 25-July 11)
Here’s the past week’s discussion from the TradingWithCody.com Subscriber Chat Room. jahmon June 25, 2013 – 2:38 pm @smallmoney Nice tip on Zynga yesterday afternoon…I did add and also added FSLR and a few others that are now up nicely jahmon June 25, 2013 – 2:41 pm Any concern for Juniper with the news that […]