Nuclear fears are back. But unlike in the Cold War, it’s natural disasters and not the fear of man-made catastrophe that’s the driver of those fears today. Japan’s tragedy remains the primary catalyst and focus of these markets, and until we get some lock down on the nuclear reactor breaks caused by the quakes and […]
Take a look at this 5-day DJIA chart and…
Take a look at this 5-day DJIA chart and you’ll see we’re just about the same levels we were late last week when I stepped up and bought a double tranche in some of my longs. I get asked all the time how a new subscriber to Revolution Investing should go about building the model […]
In a general sense, my mission is always…
In a general sense, my mission is always to find the best companies in the fastest growing sectors and invest in their stocks when they are cheap and to find the worst companies in declining sectors and short them when they are way overvalued. More specifically for the last year, I’ve been operating the Marketwatch […]
Nice intraday rally continues as the emo…
Nice intraday rally continues as the emotions and worries over Japan’s disaster today start to fade and traders look to position themselves into the weekend. The shorts have had a huge week, and are feeling great about double digit gains in many of their most-hated positions. And that propels them to cover some of those […]
I’m personally starting to buy some of t…
I’m personally starting to buy some of these app revolution stocks back using both common and some longer-dated call options. If you’d like to see the details behind what stocks and options I am purchasing for my own account, please sign up at https://tradingwithcody.com. You guys remember how for the last year that I’ve been pleading […]
I expect to get up to about 15-20 total …
I expect to get up to about 15-20 total positions in this portfolio with about 2/3 of the picks longs and 1/3 shorts by the time I’m done building in this set up. That 2/3 longs vs 1/3 short set up is in large part a function of my overall bullishness about the stock […]
Prayers and hopes go out to everybody affected by the tragedy in Japan. Obviously this is a human story. As we all have a commitment and duty to address each of our daily routines and jobs, mine is to try to navigate the markets again today. Stepping back then, its a rather muted open as […]
Most of the stock markets closed near th…
Most of the stock markets closed near their lows of the day by the time the contra hour was over, but I’ll tell you I thought they’d fade even harder than that after the panicky action once the news that Saudi Arabia was shooting on protesters in the street. I also find oil’s “only” 3% […]
I’ve added to my Cisco January 13 $20 st…
I’ve added to my Cisco January 13 $20 strike price calls and will continue to look to add to existing positions into the close depending on how much we might sell off in the contra (final) hour. As the markets’ sell offs accelerate here as word of Saudi Arabia’s dictatorship shooting on demonstrators in the […]
I just bought some Celestica and some sl…
I just bought some Celestica and some slightly-in-money Celestica calls dated a few months out. Careful with the call options in this name, which even though the premiums aren’t bad, there’s just not a lot of liquidity or offers out there for these. Use the common stock if you’re having problems with these options trades […]
I got some of my early morning purchasin…
I got some of my early morning purchasing done here when the market was at its (so far) worst of the day. I outlined the following playbook for my Revolution Investing newsletter subscribers back on February 8: “Here’s what my experience and analysis says on how the near-term market action will play out: “After all […]
Whoa nellie, it’s ugly out there this mo…
Whoa nellie, it’s ugly out there this morning, eh? I’ve been being very patient and steady and while I will continue to steady-pace, I am likely to double how much capital today than I have most of the other days this week. That is, I’m likely to try to put 10-20% of what I expect […]
Thar’ she blows! And another day is in t…
Thar’ she blows! And another day is in the books once again. It’s a bit painful paying 1x or even worse, 2x, more than these stocks were at when I first added them to the Revolution Investing portfolio, but that is yet another reason why I’m starting off so steadily in my approach and tactical […]
I’m shorting my first stock in three an…
I’m shorting my first stock in three and a half years, right now, as I hit the shortsell button on Lender Processing Services (LPS) in the thinkorswim.com account I’m managing my personal account from. With a stock price up 15% year-to-date, an LPS short offers the most effective equity exposure for playing the next leg […]
Well, I was up at 5am here in NM time, t…
Well, I was up at 5am here in NM time, talking about cattle trading, inflation, the fallacy of a difference between the Republican and Democrat policies despite each of their respective claims of being otherwise, and…the opportunity in buying long-dated, Cisco calls. The stock is trading at about 7x next year’s earnings, when you account […]
I was hoping for a bigger hit in Ciena t…
I was hoping for a bigger hit in Ciena this morning so I could buy more and lower my cost basis by 7% or more, had the stock been down double digits, as I would have bought twice as much today as I bought yesterday, which would have brought my total position in Ciena up […]
Ciena will likely be down…
Ciena will likely be down 5% or more early tomorrow morning after one of its suppliers, FNSR, just blew up after hours by guiding estimates for next quarter’s sales and earnings down big time. I bought 1/10 of how much I’ll eventually want to own and will probably by another 1/10 slug tomorrow and perhaps […]
Another day, another dollar. I added fou…
Another day, another dollar. I added four more net long positions in today’s action, just continuing my slow and steady building of the portfolio. There will be more fireworks, trading action and excitement in my trades, my sheets and in these posts after we’ve gotten things built up in the next three or four weeks. […]
Buying common and sometimes call options…
Buying common and sometimes call options on AAPL from $7 to $160 and GOOG from $95 to nearly $600 were some of the trades/investments that helped shape my career. I do expect I’ll get an opportunity to be more aggressive in each of these two stocks in coming months, as time and price move and […]
I’m fighting the impulse to trade more. …
I’m fighting the impulse to trade more. Now that I’ve started, I want more. I want to be more aggressive. I want to buy calls, not common! But those emotions and wants are the enemy that I’ll continually remind you to fight. It’s not about wants, it’s not about trying to impress you readers, it’s […]