Short-Selling, Puts & Inverse ETFs 02 (Feb 12 - Dec 25)

Re: Short-Selling & Buying Puts 02 (Feb 12 - Dec 12)

Postby winston » Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:43 am

TOL:-

How to short ?

A few words by Helicopter Ben and the market can shoot up > 1% ...
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Re: Short-Selling & Buying Puts 02 (Feb 12 - Dec 12)

Postby Aspellian » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:20 am

will u still short this friday onwards post window dressing?

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Re: Short-Selling & Buying Puts 02 (Feb 12 - Dec 12)

Postby kennynah » Tue Mar 27, 2012 10:43 am

Can go Short but must hang on to your shorts :-)
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Re: Short-Selling & Buying Puts 02 (Feb 12 - Dec 12)

Postby winston » Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:15 pm

Aspellian wrote:will u still short this friday onwards post window dressing?


I dont know. I'm having second thoughts now..

Unless there's a sharp spike downwards, it's very hard to change sentiments now.

A Swing Trade now has to be executed with precision and I dont think that I'm that smart ...
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Re: Short-Selling & Buying Puts 02 (Feb 12 - Dec 12)

Postby Aspellian » Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:40 pm

initially i tot of shorting end of friday... but never mind lah. just take a break since i have gotten out of the train ride.

unless otherwise - cos i am not smart enough to run for exit when i go back into the cinema... :?

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Re: Short-Selling & Buying Puts 02 (Feb 12 - Dec 12)

Postby winston » Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:28 am

Even Short-Sellers Get Screwed These Days By Gary Weiss

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11472600 ... -days.html
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Re: Short-Selling & Buying Puts 02 (Feb 12 - Dec 12)

Postby winston » Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:27 am

Risk vs Reward of Short Selling Now

Ken Shreve, a RealMoney contributor and financial markets commentator, says that after the big run-up for the market, he's been playing more defensively than offensively.

"Until I start to see meaningful signs of institutional selling in some of the big leaders -- a name like Apple(AAPL_) for instance -- I'm in no rush to head for the sidelines."

Right now, Shreve is getting mixed signals on underlying market health. Heading into Friday, the broad-based New York Stock Exchange Composite Index showed seven higher-volume declines in recent weeks, which points toward at least some institutional selling, he says. There have been five events of higher-volume selling in the S&P 500 and four in the Nasdaq, he says.

"There is still a bid underneath this market as under-invested fund managers continue to put money to work," Shreve explains.

If the major averages do eventually start to pull back, Shreve is not expecting the selling to be long and drawn out. At this point, a pullback of 5% to 7% from recent highs seems reasonable, according to Shreve.

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Re: Short-Selling & Buying Puts 02 (Feb 12 - Dec 12)

Postby winston » Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:23 pm

TOL:-

Time to short ?

Isn't that a "M" forming on the S&P 500 ?
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Re: Short-Selling & Buying Puts 02 (Feb 12 - Dec 12)

Postby Aspellian » Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:34 pm

I think worth a try shorting.

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Re: Short-Selling & Buying Puts 02 (Feb 12 - Dec 12)

Postby kennynah » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:06 pm

good luck 8-)

Aspellian wrote:I think worth a try shorting.

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