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Best Short-Term Trade
August 15th, 2004
This "Short-Term Trade" was based on our volume indicators.
This “best Short-term trade”
is a continuation of the
previous best
trade,
where we left a QQQQ Call position open.
NOTE: We discuss our “best trades” here mainly for educational
purposes. The trading examples we illustrate are based principally on
our volume indicators and market commentaries. Our main intent is to
show you how you can apply our volume indicators and to explain the
specific correlations that exist between volume spikes and the movement
of the indexes. We do not mean to imply that you should follow our exact
trades, but rather wish to suggest that you may make use of our volume
analytics to develop your own trading style. We also urge you to paper
trade before committing your money to the markets.
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NASDAQ 100
Indicator
NYSE: Advance
minus Decline Issues
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In the following, we would like to show you
the motivating factors that led us to take above trades. For this
purpose, we have created what we call a 'Table of Trade Motivators':
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Trade |
Volume Motivation |
Buy Call
#1
08/03/2004
Was left opened
in previous
"Best Trade" |
The
market did move lower today, and in the process of doing so it
also generated a good deal of supportive volume to the downside.
Initially the market opened slightly lower this morning. As the
market moved lower it began to produce an increasing amount of
supportive volume to the downside by 13:15. However, the market
continued its decline and as a result, the market produced an
even larger supportive VMA spike to the downside at 14:15 and
14:50 . By 15:45 the market resumed its decline, catalyzing the
production of an even larger supportive VMA spike to the
downside, which came to a peak by the end of the day. The market
closed at or near its lows for the day. |
Buy Call
#2
08/05/2004
Was left opened
in previous
"Best Trade" |
During the market's decline it produced of a larger supportive
VMA spike to the downside, which came to a peak at approximately
12:15. As the market continued in a sideways trend it generated
a substantially large supportive VMA spike to the downside at
about 15:00 and 15:45. |
Sell
Calls #1,2
08/13/2004 |
During the a modest end-of-day rally the market generated
resistive volume to the upside. We anticipate that these
irregular trading patterns will continue until the market
produces a very large and well-defined supportive VMA spike to
the downside. |
These are the trades which netted the
returns shown above:
Date |
Trade |
Strike |
Expiration |
Contracts |
Contract
Price |
Amount |
Profit |
| 08/03/2004 |
Buy Call #1 |
$34 |
September - QAVIH |
75 |
$1.35 |
-$10125 |
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08/13/2004 |
Sell Call #1 |
$34 |
September - QAVIH |
75 |
$0.5 |
+$3750 |
-62.96% |
| 08/05/2004 |
Buy Call #2 |
$34 |
September - QAVIH |
100 |
$1 |
-$10000 |
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08/13/2004 |
Sell Call #2 |
$34 |
September - QAVIH |
100 |
$0.5 |
+$5000 |
-50.00% |
To see
any of our past best trades, simply select from
the list below.
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Date |
Indicator |
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September 25, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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September 18, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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September 10, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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September 9, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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September 7, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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September 2, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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August 31, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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August 19, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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August 18, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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August 15, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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August 5, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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August 3, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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July 31 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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July 21, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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July 14, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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July 13, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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July 1, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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June 23, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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June 20, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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June 6, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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May 30, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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May 25, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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May 20, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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May 16, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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May 12, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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May 09, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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April 29,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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April 22,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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April 18,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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April 10,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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April 6, 2004 |
S&P 500
Options |
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March 28,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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March 14,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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March 7, 2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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February 29,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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February 22,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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February 15,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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February 8,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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February 1,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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January 25,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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January 18,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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January 12,
2004 |
QQQQ Options |
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