Google, Apple, Broadcom can’t catch a sustained bid. Softee’s got a lot of pressure on it Friday with the release of Windows 8 and the Surface and it’s acting sick too. Path of least resistance has been lower for the last couple weeks as I’ve been saying and at some point we’ll get a reversal […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Calling the Top, DDD and FIO Volatility, AONE Strategy and the Sprint Buyout
Here’s 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. First things first: Did you guys know that at the end of each calendar month, the Top Trader at http://ThatMattered.com wins a free one month subscription to […]
Must-reads for every investor
So let’s dive into some headlines that every investor and trader should be reading. Apple charts signal trouble – I trimmed higher as noted repeatedly here. I bought some back today. Brace for worst earnings since recession’s rebound – I saw about five headlines and articles about this over the weekend. Markets are at multi-year highs though. […]
Trade Alert: Putting a hand on a hot stove
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity. – Albert Einstein Apple’s down 2% on the day which takes it down a full 10% from its recent all-time highs. Recall that […]
Trades for the week of September 24th through September 28th
No trades made this week. As you know, I’m in a patient holding pattern.
Google and parabolic moves
You guys know I’m in a patient holding pattern right now. No Trades for me so far today. I got just about one red stock on my screen this morning and that one is named Google. Probably not a bad thing to let that stock breathe a little bit. Look at this one month chart […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Options Pricing, Portfolio Allocation, AAPL Strategies and much more
Here’s 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! Q. Cody, in regards to options pricing: I’ve been reading up on the greek components that determine an options’ theoretical value, and got a pretty […]
Don’t force anything here
Well it’s a little bit slippery to the downside out there in the markets this morning. I’ve been trimming some of my biggest positions and adding some hedges for the last couple weeks or so even as the action in the markets has been so bullish even near-term. I’m still plenty net long but I’ve […]
Real-life portfolio guidance
Here’s some real-life guidance I’ve been giving to a long time friend of mine about his own IRA. This friend is a successful services business owner who used to work at one of the biggest tech companies in the world. With a kid and wife at home, he still makes good money and has some equity […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Adages, Gaming Expiration, and much more
Here’s 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. Hello everybody, let’s do this! Ask me anything. Q. Do you pay any attention to any of the adages? Sell Rosh Hashana buy Kippur or the LOW VIX reading now […]
Revolutionomics Principle: Adoption rates of new technologies continue to accelerate
BOOK : The Revolutionary Technology Can’t you just picture a bunch of monks, counts and princes fighting over the patents for say, “page turning” or for “bound cover” in the same way Apple, Amazon, Google, et al fight over patents for “swipe screen” and “app placement” in smartphone technologies of today? Isn’t this just about how […]
Trade Alert: Headlines and finally adding to this position
Lots of headlines to run through…but hardly a move in the markets for the day so far. I’m finally adding a new tranche of buying to my FB, adding just about 15-20% as much as I already own. I’ll be adding a little common and also to my January 14 calls with strikes about $30. […]
When the folks on TV are loving on the stocks you own
Good morning and welcome back to the dog run, where your friends leave their pee-mails with their latest status updates for all their friends to sniff. I once again turned on a financial news television station this morning and my old colleagues, David Faber, Jim Cramer, Melissa Lee and everybody else was talking about how […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Investing Local, Handling Stress, Real Estate Thoughts and more…
Here’s 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 ride. Ask me anything. Q. The market and pundits pull you in so many conflicting directions. How do you prepare your mind for trading […]
Trade Alert: Trimming down our two biggest positions
Apple’s on a tear. FIO’s on a tear. Google’s been steadily rallying for a long time now. Lindsay too. Which means four out of our five largest positions have been rocking higher and propelling our portfolios to new places. Here’s a chart of these four stocks over the last 90 days (which consists of about […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: Romney’s IRA, Apple dividend, Nuance rising and more…
Here’s the transcript to this week’s Live Q&A chat. Join me next Wednesday at noon at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat or send me an email with your question at support@tradingwithcody.com. All rightie guys, let’s rock n roll. Ask me anything. Q. You said yesterday you aren’t selling but for those who cant sleep sell some as we had […]
Your answers so far
Wow, we are getting some fascinating, enlightening and sometimes funny feedback in regards to my earlier questions abut how much faith you have in the Wall Street system. Here’s some of what you’ve said so far. Send in your feedback soon as I’ll be sharing the insights from you guys with our entire TradingWithCody.com community. […]
Why the LIBOR-rigging scandal is so important
I’ve got a trade I’m going to put into the portfolio this week based in part on the idea that the banksters are finally about to get some justice. You’ve no doubt read about the LIBOR rigging scandal. You’ve probably seen a lot of pundits and commentators try to brush it all aside like just […]
Cody Kiss & Tell: The Fire, The EU Crisis, Facebook Options, TBTF Banks and much more…
We came up with a new, more compelling title for these weekly Q&A Chat Transcripts, Cody Kiss & Tell. Here’s the transcript of the back and forth (via email this week because I couldn’t log on for the live chat) with subscribers from TradingWithCody.com. How can we HELP U to HELP others affected by the […]
Chat Transcript for May 30, 2012: Option strategies explained, how big traders are shorting Facebook and much more…
Here’s the transcript of today’s chat. See you next week at 2pm EST at https://tradingwithcody.com/chat for more Q&A where you can ask me anything. Hi guys, let’s rock n roll. Q. When you rate a stock 7 or higher after these 20-30% declines in almost every stock on the market, are they not more compelling […]