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• Happy 4th of July! JOYG, OIH, GLD, BHP, GOOG, EOG, V, AMZN, CMG

  Happy 4th of July! A quick note: My Monthly Wrap reports normally only include the closed trades for the month, because it makes things easier to read. As always, the Trade Records page (you might want to make a bookmark for this page) contains detailed... Posted Jul 04 2010, 08:18 AM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GOOG, GLD, V, OIH, AMZN, JOYG, BHP, CMG, EOG, 4th of July

• June 2010 Monthly Wrap: GOOG, AMZN, CMG, GLD, V, EOG, BHP

  This year is going by so fast! Already, we are into the 3rd quarter! June was a very volatile month. We saw the market bounce 2 weeks straight to start out; then, a quick 180-degree downturn for 2 weeks to end the month! We traded accordingly and played... Posted Jul 03 2010, 02:34 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GOOG, GLD, V, AMZN, BHP, CMG, EOG

• Market Stumbles On Economic Worries: SPX, Nasdaq, APA, EOG, IOC, CLF, WLT, BTU, X, AAPL, GOOG, RIMM, AMZN

  Last night, Chinese stock market's Shanghai SE Composite Index dropped more than 100 points, or more than 4%. This morning, the US market followed the bearish sentiment, gapping lower. US consumer confidence index fell 10 points in June , the biggest... Posted Jun 29 2010, 04:59 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GOOG, RIMM, AAPL, APA, X, BTU, AMZN, CLF, WLT, EOG, IOC

• Home Sales Sour Market Mood! SPX, Nasdaq, V, MA, APA, UNP, EOG, V, MA, RIG, CMG, NFLX, DECK

  After Monday morning's surge, on China loosening yuan's peg to the US dollar , the market has been on the defensive. This morning's home sales data , which fell unexpectedly, further gave the market reasons to take some profits off the table... Posted Jun 22 2010, 05:01 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: RIG, MA, APA, V, UNP, DECK, NFLX, CMG, EOG

• 6/18/10 Weekly Wrap: Another Week Of Nice Profits! GOOG, GLD, EOG

  Although still a bit volatile, but given that it was an expiration week, the market was pretty well behaved. Besides 1 minor 10% loss, all of our trades were in the GR$$N , including a +157% gain on the GOOG calls: June 18, 2010 10:59 | HappyTrading GLD... Posted Jun 19 2010, 04:21 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GOOG, GLD, EOG

• Market Bounces Back After Testing Support: SPX, Nasdaq, APA, DVN, OXY, EOG, IOC, CLF, BTU, FCX, BHP, GLD, BP, RIG, DO

  As discussed in my Market Forecast this weekend, I was looking for more selling pressure to test SPX 1040. The market was weak in the morning and sank as low as SPX 1042.17. Techs were especially weak today. However, the miners drew some buyers back in... Posted Jun 08 2010, 07:42 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GLD, RIG, OXY, APA, DO, FCX, BTU, DVN, CLF, BP, BHP, EOG, IOC

• A Complete Reversal Of Yesterday! SPX, Nasdaq, SLB, HAL, APA, UPL, EOG, WLT, CLF, PCX, BTU, CME, ICE, RIG, BP, SNDK, FFIV, CREE, AKAM

  This morning, the latest home sales data came in better than expected . Stocks saw strength right from the start. Energy stocks bounced: SLB +8.81%, HAL +11.96%, APA +4.24%, UPL +10.34%, EOG +6.86%. Coal stocks also attracted buyers back in: WLT +6.13... Posted Jun 02 2010, 05:03 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: RIG, APA, CME, AKAM, BTU, ICE, SNDK, SLB, CLF, HAL, CREE, FFIV, WLT, UPL, BP, PCX, EOG

• Monthly Wrap May 2010: EOG, GS, GLD, NFLX, PCLN, SHLD

  Well, it's been a very volatile week and we traded lightly. But, for the month of May, we made some really nice trades. Here are the closed trades for May (profits above +50% are highlighted). Notable trades are NFLX, PCLN, and SHLD puts with triple... Posted May 28 2010, 11:29 AM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GLD, GS, PCLN, NFLX, EOG, SHLD

• Making Money In A Down Market! SPX, Nasdaq, GS, PRU, JPM, WFC, SHLD, NFLX, DECK, EOG, WYNN, LVS, MGM

  In my Market Forecast for this week, I mentioned, " SPX 1120 could provide some initial support, but, below SPX 1120, the market could test SPX 1080 ." On Tuesday, in our Trading Room , I said, May 18, 2010 12:13 PM VIX should at least test... Posted May 20 2010, 02:12 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GS, JPM, PRU, WFC, MGM, LVS, WYNN, DECK, NFLX, EOG, SHLD

• Weekly Wrap 5/7/10: NFLX, MA, GS, EOG, GLD

  While the market slumped this week, we had a week full of profits. We have been bearish on the market for the past 2 weeks and have been long on gold plays. This "long gold, short the market" trading theme paid off for us this week. In the beginning... Posted May 08 2010, 06:53 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: GLD, GS, MA, NFLX, EOG

• Big Profits In A Wild Day! SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, NFLX, EOG, MA, GS, BIDU, PCLN, ISRG

  What a wild day on the market! The Dow dropped 700 points in a matter of 15 minutes before coming back 600 points from the day's low to close. Take a look at this chart: This is an intraday chart on the Dow for today. At about 2:30pm ET, the Dow was... Posted May 06 2010, 03:10 PM by HappyTrading with | with no comments Filed under: ISRG, GLD, GS, MA, PCLN, BIDU, NFLX, EOG