Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Fed Minutes Spook Markets

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Despite the recent slowdown in the housing recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers last month said they still expected to dial down their easy-money policy within a few months, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday. Fed officials also debated whether to pull back the bond-buying program even before the job market shows clear improvement if concerns about its costs and risks increase. The minutes' release at 2 p.m. sent stocks down as investors reacted to the possibility that the Fed could start tapering its economic stimulus soon. Read

Link to Fed Minutes

ITZ recently re-entered a position in Proshares Ultra Short S&P500 (SDS) LINK



ITZ current open trade positions:

AAPL full position 7/23/13 $400 ~ Stop $500 (50ma) 
ERY 10/25/13 full position $22 ~ $21 stop on close
UCO 11/7/13 1/4 position $29.25 & 1/4 @ $29.60 looking to add
HIMX 1/4 position 11/10/13 $8.00 looking to add
YHOO full position 11/3 half $33 & 11/12 half $34 ~ Stop $34
CLF 11/16/13 full position $27 ~ Stop $25.50, PT $35
SDS 1/2 position 11/19/13 $32 ~ stop raised to $32
BAC 10 half position $14.45 & half on 11/19/13 @ $15.00 STOP $14.90/17/13

3 comments:

itzstockchartz said...

SDS Stopped Out @ $32, break even... possible revisit

itzstockchartz said...

added to UCO $30.30 http://itzstockchartz.blogspot.com/2013/11/time-to-start-getting-long-crude.html?showComment=1385050609522#c2627647890624615338

itzstockchartz said...

Weekly recap:
$ERY Stopped @ $20.70 with a 5.9% loss
$CLF stopped out @ $25.50 for a -5.5% loss
$SDS Stopped @ $32 breakeven
$UCO added 3rd 1/4 position @ $30.30
$YHOO Raise Stop from $34 to $35
$EBAY 1/2 position @ $50