SPY

Taking a 2% profit off 60% of the position at 124.55$. Rest will be a 2% trailing stop. Open position

IBM

Pulled the trade here for a VST, bought IBM @ 180$. Stop at 3% trailing. Will post close if that is a profit.

SPY

I got a buy signal VST today morning, bought SPY @ 121.7$ with a trailing 2% stop. Profit taking will be scaled out.

IWM

Sold IWM at 72.12$ short based on swing signal, stop at 74$. Bought SH at 41.5$ with a stop at 3% lower for swing trading.

SPY

Taking the VST buy signal here, buying SPY at 125.84$ with a trailing 2% stop. Will scale out of profits. 50% off the table (of the holding position at that time) on 1% higher.

TNA, SPY

VST market signal is sell short. I sold TNA @ 46 short. However, I am not happy as only 1/3 of my order was filled. TDAmeritrade has this stupid policy of reviewing the sell short order before execution. Sometimes the review completes in less than 10 seconds, sometimes it takes more than a minute. In this case, the latter is what happened. I am not happy on one hand but atleast 1/3 got filled. The other 2/3 of the order is still "working"but I doubt it will be filled. Either way, this sell signal is good. So if I get higher prices, I may opt to sell SPY short. I will make a detailed post this weekend on short selling stocks. Later!

Stop for TNA will be at 46.99$.

TNA

Taking VST sell signal on RUT by shorting TNA at 45$ with a 3% stop. I got VST sell signal on /ES as well, so you can take short sell SPY. Remember the rules, follow discipline, have a concrete plan to stop out before taking the trade, scale out of profits. I will update on closure of the trade. GLTA!

SPY

Closed my VST SPY short during after hours for slightly higher than 1% profit. I only use RSI 14 sparingly, it is not the basis of my signal and that is not where my major profits come from. Today's trade was indeed a clean shot though the market oscillated for an hour at the open. If my system signals a VST sell on /ES on sunday night or before Monday, I will post it.

VST in cash, ST in cash. Have a good weekend!

SPY

Sold short SPY @126.35$. VST trade - stop is 1.5%. Will scale out of profits if success is met. I will post the scaling out at the end of closing, stopped or taking profits either way.

SPY, TNA, CVI

I am out of 75% of the VST SPY long position initiated at 118.9$. I scaled out the 1st half at 1% gain, I scaled out of the half of the other half (25% of the original position) today morning. I am left with 25% position, will close on 2% upside or downside - whichever comes first. Open position . If the market continues to rally from here, that is fine. We will wait for the next sell signal whenever that is.


Stopped out of the 10% TNA short position. Reminder that we took profits on 90% of the position already.

Stopped out of the 50% SPY short swing/ ST position. Remember we initiated the short at 122.1$  and took half off at 116.2$. That puts us at 2% profit on the whole position even in this pyscho driven market. Not bad, eh? ST positions are in cash now. No buy signal yet.

I am still short CVI. It has been absolutely weak and not reached my stop yet.

When I opened the positions, I briefly summarized what my strategy would be. The above closing trades should not come as a surprise to you.

SPY

Bought SPY , VST signal at 119.9$ as indicated here. Will take half off on 1% profit with a trailing 2% stop for the rest.

10% TNA remaining, as indicated here on Friday. Open position

Reduced swing/ ST trading short SPY by half at 116.2$ as indicated here. Open position

TNA

Covered 70% of the position at 40.3$ in premarket. Will ride the rest, stop at buy price.
Open position

CVI

Sold short CVI at 18$. Stop at 19.25$.

TNA

Sold TNA at 43.4$. Swing trade with a 10% stop.

SPY

I have a buy VST signal on SPY, I am opening a new buy position at 125.2$. Stop is at /ES 1236.

Previous short SPY closed as underlined today morning, open position .

SPY

Taking a VST SPY short position at 125.2$ with a 2% stop based on VST sell signal. I explained my methodology of taking profits in detail during the weekend. Please read the post by clicking "day trading or swing trading".

SPY

I have a system alert buy signal for the short term. I am buying SPY in premarket at 125.51$ with a 2% stop. I will post a detailed post on my trades, which you can use as a reference guide.

SPY

Out of SPY long position at 124.45$, open position . System not on buy yet, next trade will be when system comes to buy. I see the system closer to a short term buy than sell but too fast too much trading results in complacency. I am closing the trades for the day locking in the profits and be in cash. ATPG closed too at 7.64$. 3% profit not bad in 3 hours.

ATPG

Bought ATPG at 7.44$. Stop at 7$.

SPY

Bought SPY here at 123.3$. 1st position, Will add more above 1235 SPX. If it is a lower buy or stopped out of this opened position, I will post. Check comments too.

SPY, VXX

Closed VXX at 47.51$, open position


Closed SPY short 123.3$, open position


Conditions favor to go long here for a short term swing up. Will post any trades that I do, not yet.

VXX

Bought VXX at 46.1$. Go easy and small on VXX. Don't stretch your portfolios.

SPY

Closed 1/3 of the SPY short, open position . No kidding with the market, take profits when you can. System still on sell. I don't see a bottom yet, we will see!

SPY

Stopped out of overnight long position, open position  . Opened a new short position in SPY, based on my market sell signal, at 125.35$. I don't know if this is me, or everyone is feeling the same - this whipsaw is draining my patience and account.

SPY

Bought more SPY at 1257 and today above the 200 DMA as noted here. I will start unloading these positions above SPX 1285. Stops are being tightened as we the market goes in favor of my positions. At this time, I incur no loss on my current positions unless the market gaps down more than 2%. Should there be a sell signal (short sell SPY), I will post it.

SPY

Closed SPY 2/3 position, open position . Still long but reduced size. I will explain on Silver Ven tomorrow.

SPY

Bought SPY at 125.3$ with my system signal. Stop 2% lower.

SPY

Sold short SPY at 126.75$. Short signal triggered. Stop 2% higher.

SPY

Bought SPY at 126.95$. Stop 1.75% lower.

LVS

Sold short LVS @ 48.2$

SPY

Closed 1/2 SPY at 120.25$, another half at short sell point 121.37$. Net portfolio gain is 0.8%. Open position

Buy SPY at 121.85$. This one is a new buy. I hold SPY long now. sTOP AT 120.75$.

SPY

Sold short SPY @ 121.37$. Stop 2% higher. If this trade turns profitable, I will lock parts in a trailing fashion.

INTC

Closed INTC at 24.02$ = easy and fast money, open position

SPY

Closed SPY at 122.35$, too much headache after AAPL report. I believe they will push AAPL from the lows tomorrow morning by upgrading, there are still feverish bulls even with the EPS, sales miss. Then, AAPL will sell off after that.

Market signals still bullish.

INTC

Short sold INTC at 24.38$.

SPY

Bought SPY on a buy signal at 121.66, only half the normal position due to increased volatility. Previous position, both open and close here.

Stop at 120.6$.

SPY

Sold short SPY @ 121$. 2% stop active.

SPY

Covered a position partly at 119.75$, open position . I am still holding short on the position from 116.47$. Will cover 2% higher, if SPY doesn't go lower. Punished for getting ahead of my signals!

SPY

Short sold more SPY at 119$.

SPY

SPY short sold @ 116.47$. Small position.

QQQ, SPY, AAPL, VXX

Bought QQQ at 52.2$,
Bought SPY at 112.92$,
Sold VXX 54$ strike weekly call at 2.86$,
Sold AAPL 380$ strike weekly put at 9.65$,
Sold AAPL 375$ strike weekly put at 8.9$.

TZA, VXX, UGA

Sold TZA for 52.2$, open position
Closed UGA short for 46.02$, I am glad I closed this and was a small position; open position My idea was to hold a small position for a long time but after opening the trade, I realized that the volume is 60k per day. Huh??? I had no option but to close the trade!
Closed VXX long, still hold partial position for 52.6$; open position

I had a very good week folks! I will open a post on the main blog Silver Ven Capital after some rest. Have a good weekend!

TZA

Bought TZA at 50.2$

UGA

Sold UGA short 45.85$, not a trade. I plan to hold this for sometime.

VXX

Bought VXX at 51.3$

VXX

Bought VXX at 49.11$

SPY

Bought SPY at 118.5$. Stop at 116.5$.

SPY, MMM, USO, PCLN

Closed SPY @ 113.29$, open position
Closed MMM @ 74.8$, open position
Closed USO @ 31.6$ , open position
Closed PCLN weekly call @ 2.7$ , open position

Read Silver Ven for an important market update later!

SPY, MMM

Sold SPY short at 119.26$
Sold MMM short at 78.13$

USO

Sold short USO @ 33.1

QQQ, PCLN

Sold QQQ @ 55.69$, Market breadth looks horrible here, open position
Sold PCLN weekly expiration 525$ strike calls @ 7.45$.

QQQ

Bought QQQ @ 55.82$.

QQQ, SPY

Closed SPY position at 120.14$, open position

Closed QQQ at 55.77$, open position

When the volatility index is above 30, I can't let my profits/ losses run. When the VIX is below 20, that strategy works. I will wait for the next signal, irrespective of where the market's direction today.

QQQ

Bought QQQ at 54.59$.

FCX, SPY

Closed FCX short at 41.35$ , open position
Opened SPY long at 118.05$. I got prelim bullish signal on the VST (VST = very short term = holding few days). Stop at 116.75$ or if open is lower than that.

FCX

Sold short FCX at 44.77$

SPY

Out of SPY at 120.4$, Open position

May buy TZA at the close.

SPY

Added more SPY at 119.78$, stop at 119.2$.

Market close

Stopped out at AGQ @ 225$. Same position size as my previous one, this was a loss (Open position). I had a winning trade of AGQ from short 229.5$ to 215$ earlier on the day but this loss cut me. So effectively, my profit was lower today on my previous close. Don't go to the same well too often, you will lose is the moral of the story. Stopped out of MON @ 67.56$ MON Open position Closed NFLX short calls at 2.4$ (Open position), Closed AMZN short puts at 2.3$ (Open position) - These are the 2 positions which saved my skin very well today. Opened SPY position on a buy signal at 119.69$. Opened VXX short position at 41.55$ and closed at 40.88$ during afterhours. Today was a very hectic day for me, so sorry about late updates.

AGQ

Reloaded short AGQ at 217.2$

AGQ

Closed AGQ by buying at 215$ in premarket. Open post

NFLX, AMZN

Short NFLX via short 220$ strike weekly calls @4.9$
Long AMZN via short 215$ strike weekly puts @3.55$

MON

Sold MON @ 63.85$.

AGQ

Sold AGQ @ 229.5$. Will post close.

SINA

Sold SINA short @ 93.2$ . I am planning this to be a daytrade because I have travel plans in the days ahead. I may close all my positions today, or tomorrow morning. It will depend on the closing today.

AMZN

Sold AMZN 180$ weekly call for 7.1$. Stop at stock price 192$.

AMZN, SINA, DTO, SPY, NTAP

AMZN is taken by the broker as the covered put expired in the money. It was a good trade, no regrets. Opening trade

SINA closed 5 cents above being in the money but I closed it afterhours as I had a very good trade. I profited from all sides, I was short the stock, calls and puts as well. Opening trade

I closed DTO 1/2 position on Thursday at 64.95$, then another half today in premarket at 67.96$. Opening trade . I opened a new position today afternoon on DTO again, bought at 65.9$.

I bought SPY in premarket at 113.65$ and sold before noon at 114.47$.

I opened a NTAP short position at 35.75$.

Since my AMZN, SINA have been closed, I have 75% cash in my account and 25% short via DTO, NTAP.

AMZN

Sold AMZN short at 188.82$. Sold August 185$ put for 176$, 176$ in 1 1/2 days? I will take it.

SINA

Sold short SINA at 96.35$.

VXX

Stopped out of VXX at 33.1$. Opening trade

Opened new trade - Sold VXX August 32$ puts for 0.90$, which will cause me to go long VXX at 31.1$. If VXX closes above 32$ at the end of this week, I keep the 90$/ 100 shares.

GDX

I don't like this trade for some reason. I am out at 60.77$. Opening trade.

DTO

Bought DTO at 61.4$ today morning. Futures just turned green as I type this.

GDX

Bought GDX at 60.95$. Stop placed at 59.95$.

VXX

Sold VXX short at 34.43$