Comments on: Rock & Roll! http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/rokc-roll/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: ben22 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/rokc-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-232511 ben22 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:05:15 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=43164#comment-232511 @HCF, Yeah, I think there are several strategies you could implement right now trading options on the UUP. I'm working mainly with the March 2010 contracts right now, have only started looking at the Junes. @HCF,

Yeah, I think there are several strategies you could implement right now trading options on the UUP. I’m working mainly with the March 2010 contracts right now, have only started looking at the Junes.

]]> By: HCF http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/rokc-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-232435 HCF Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:34:43 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=43164#comment-232435 @ben22: I agree with you on UUP. I initiated a call position in it about two weeks ago explicitly to hedge my long positions in commodities and metals ETFs. So far, so good. If it doesn't work, I lose $0.10. If it does, it actually makes me money. Not too bad... HCF @ben22:

I agree with you on UUP. I initiated a call position in it about two weeks ago explicitly to hedge my long positions in commodities and metals ETFs. So far, so good. If it doesn’t work, I lose $0.10. If it does, it actually makes me money. Not too bad…

HCF

]]> By: DiggidyDan http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/rokc-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-232394 DiggidyDan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:37:00 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=43164#comment-232394 hmmm. still not above 1078 hmmm. still not above 1078

]]> By: DiggidyDan http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/rokc-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-232393 DiggidyDan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:35:21 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=43164#comment-232393 By: Lord Blankfiend http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/rokc-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-232363 Lord Blankfiend Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:07:35 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=43164#comment-232363 We made money again today here at 85 Broad, and we'll make money tomorrow. That's all that matters.... We made money again today here at 85 Broad, and we’ll make money tomorrow. That’s all that matters….

]]> By: Assassin http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/rokc-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-232358 Assassin Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:55 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=43164#comment-232358 Close your bold font tag! It's enveloped the entire blog! Close your bold font tag! It’s enveloped the entire blog!

]]> By: ben22 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/rokc-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-232356 ben22 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:26:41 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=43164#comment-232356 HCF, I have followed UUP and options on it very closely for months now. I commented on AT's blog today that you you can't say for sure what is going on in that thing. Calls on the UUP are cheap, everyone and their mother is long gold right now. It could only be a hedge, I saw similar call buying spike back in August and to a lesser extent in September. The calls that were getting bought yesterday were in 10k increments or higher for the most part, it's not Joe Blow buying, that was big money coming in. I wonder if PTJ, or an Einhorn or Paulsen were in there protecting all that gold they recently bought. All that said, I'm very bullish the dollar right now. HCF,

I have followed UUP and options on it very closely for months now. I commented on AT’s blog today that you you can’t say for sure what is going on in that thing. Calls on the UUP are cheap, everyone and their mother is long gold right now. It could only be a hedge, I saw similar call buying spike back in August and to a lesser extent in September. The calls that were getting bought yesterday were in 10k increments or higher for the most part, it’s not Joe Blow buying, that was big money coming in. I wonder if PTJ, or an Einhorn or Paulsen were in there protecting all that gold they recently bought.

All that said, I’m very bullish the dollar right now.

]]> By: Daffyorbugs http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/rokc-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-232349 Daffyorbugs Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:59:14 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=43164#comment-232349 More art than science. Depends on the instrument. I'm comfortable with anywhere from 3 to 10 percent. Definitely not complex for me. More art than science. Depends on the instrument. I’m comfortable with anywhere from 3 to 10 percent.
Definitely not complex for me.

]]> By: HCF http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/rokc-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-232348 HCF Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:59:00 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=43164#comment-232348 @constantnormal: For me, a "tight" stop would be ~5% or so. I typically have a 7-8% stop on stocks/ETFs, though I met let it loosen to 10-12% on a leveraged ETF. Of course, my timeframe is on the order of weeks to months, so I am somewhere between trader and investor... HCF @constantnormal:

For me, a “tight” stop would be ~5% or so. I typically have a 7-8% stop on stocks/ETFs, though I met let it loosen to 10-12% on a leveraged ETF. Of course, my timeframe is on the order of weeks to months, so I am somewhere between trader and investor…

HCF

]]> By: constantnormal http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/rokc-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-232346 constantnormal Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:48:28 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=43164#comment-232346 just a little sampling of the group mind ... what percentage constitutes "tight stops"? More complex answers (e.g. relating to a function of beta or any other metric) are welcomed. just a little sampling of the group mind … what percentage constitutes “tight stops”?

More complex answers (e.g. relating to a function of beta or any other metric) are welcomed.

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