Well, losses in our SLV and RVBD positions neutralize our gains in LPS and with the markets just not finding any legs today, I finished up in the red for the day. I bought some Google calls and did little else trading today. Tomorrow I’ll run through a fundamental and a technical trading update on […]
I bought the Google calls and am watchin…
I bought the Google calls and am watching LPS continue to crack. Riverbed and Ciena both look tempting to me, but I was a buyer of both in front of you guys at lower levels in recent weeks and I’m not going to force anything more just now. The S&P 500 and the DJIA […]
Here’s a list of my positions, in approx…
Here’s a list of my positions, in approximate order from largest to smallest, though the variations between relative sizes are decreasing as time wears on and I get these longer positions built up. We’ll have some shorter-term and newer name trades in coming weeks to complement these longer-term positions. Longs – GLW Nuance Riverbed […]
A couple weeks ago on the day it came pu…
A couple weeks ago on the day it came public, Stacey Delo asked me what I thought about buying RenRen. I told her, and I quote: “Run the other way from Renren.” I went further in my article on the matter too — “I wouldn’t touch the stock with a ten foot pole. I don’t […]
So LinkedIn.com is coming public and hol…
So LinkedIn.com is coming public and holy cow is the mainstream media hyping the heck out of it. Every major news outlet is breathlessly explaining how the IPO was originally priced in the low $30s last week, then upped to the mid $40s earlier this week and how it priced at the highest end of […]
Nice up day for the markets and for our …
Nice up day for the markets and for our portfolio. Steady as she goes for now. Let’s hit today’s big movers and a note on each: Cypress — up 5% today. It’s been a steady climber for a long time now and has been in pause mode for a few weeks. Look at the chart […]
I first started flagging Adtran for subs…
I first started flagging Adtran for subscribers back when it was almost exactly half of the price it is right now. The stock has come down from $47 a couple months ago and has been trading in the very high $30s to the low $40s since. The company is scrambling to meet demand from carriers […]
It’s a flattish to higher open, but we’v…
It’s a flattish to higher open, but we’ve got our two most volatile tech names of late, Cypress and Riverbed, both up more than 3%. Recall yesterday that I wrote the following about Riverbed: Long-time subscribers know that I have been pounding the table on this one since it was in the low teens, but […]
The markets are trying to get uglier an…
The markets are trying to get uglier and the bulls are retreating. Most violent on my screen this morning is Riverbed, which has been one of the most volatile stocks in the market for months now: And it’s been wildly volatile the last week too: Long-time subscribers know that I have been pounding the table […]
Here’s a list of my positions, in approx…
Here’s a list of my positions, in approximate order from largest notional size, to smallest: Longs – Corning Nuance Riverbed Cisco Cypress Celestica Ciena Microsoft Apple Google Adtran DBA Visteon Nokia Shorts – GLD SLV LPS LYV XLF CVC
What a week it was. Lots of back and fo…
What a week it was. Lots of back and forth and grind, but the stock markets end up just about flat on the week as we head into the final contra-hour of the week. Our portfolio actually had a pretty good week though, much better than the broader markets, with our silver, Riverbed and Nuance […]
What one stock taketh away, another give…
What one stock taketh away, another giveth. (Flip it.) The hits we’re taking in Cisco and Celestica are being countered by the profits in Riverbed and Silver. Most of the rest of the portfolio is hardly budging and that means our portfolio is flat-to-slightly down on the day, much like the broader markets. I find […]
Let’s review what I’ve been doing to re-…
Let’s review what I’ve been doing to re-build my portfolio in broad terms. From a strategic standpoint, I’ve been buying the best companies I can find in the App Revolution and the Cloud Revolution which I think will explode into a new bubble in coming years and I’ve complimented those longs with long positions in […]
Silver has dislocated itself to the down…
Silver has dislocated itself to the downside again today, losing almost 5% this morning and making our SLV puts pop. Gold down. It sure seems to me that silver and not gold is the driver of the direction of the precious metals everyday. Nice gains in the portfolio again this morning and I’ve not pulled […]
With Nokia, Ciena and Riverbed all up 3%…
With Nokia, Ciena and Riverbed all up 3% plus today, we ended up nicely green by the close after bobbing up and down most of the day. We’ll take it. I bought those long-dated Softee call options and that was the only trigger pull of the day from my headquarters. Nuance announced earnings after […]
Email from a subscriber: –First of all,…
Email from a subscriber: –First of all, CY, and now NUAN have many times over paid for my subscription, with every other trade above water, except RVBD. Could you post a brief response to the following question” If one has suggested to a friend to sign on, or has not bought any particular stock either […]
Here’s my positions, in general order fr…
Here’s my positions, in general order from largest notional position to smallest, though they all are about where I want them to be right now: Longs – Corning Cisco Nuance Celestica Cypress Riverbed Ciena Apple Microsoft DBA Visteon Google Nokia Adtran Shorts – GLD SLV LPS XLF LYV
Silver’s down more than 8% this morning …
Silver’s down more than 8% this morning as the dislocations I was looking to take advantage roil the precious metal market places. Gold is down 2.5% too. A “dislocation” is anytime a trading asset moves more than 2% intraday, and is often an indicator of an ugly topping process. Read this post for more: https://tradingwithcody.com/archives/1328. […]
The markets have tried to squish higher …
The markets have tried to squish higher today, but it’s been soggy underneath them. That said, we’ve had a pretty big intraday swing on our own sheet’s P&L, though we are also still in the red on the day. Here’s a few thoughts on the IPO Market and Chinese social networking stock, Renren, up 40% […]
Painful day for the portfolio and as we …
Painful day for the portfolio and as we head into the close, it’s safe to say “the streak is over”, as in, our portfolio is not up on the day. Indeed, with Cypress and Riverbed both down 3% on the day, there’s some red on the sheets today. A few thoughts to ponder tonight […]