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Best Short-Term Trade
September 25st, 2004This “best Short-term trade”
is a continuation of the
previous best trade,
where we left a QQQQ Put position open.
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Security |
Return |
| Put #1 (QQQQ Nov. -
QQQQWI) |
-17.24% |
| Put #2 (QQQQ Nov. -
QQQQWI) |
0.00% |
| Put #3 (QQQQ Nov. -
QQQQWI) |
+26.32% |
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Total Profit: |
+$1,250 |
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NASDAQ 100 Indicator
S&P 500 Advance minus
Decline Volume
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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 Put #1
09/09/2004
Was left opened in previous
"Best Trade" |
12:30 - 14:15: As
the market moved higher, it generated a very large resistive VMA spike
to the upside shortly after 13:30. |
Buy Put #2
09/10/2004
Was left opened in previous
"Best Trade" |
14:00 - 16:00:
The ensuing late-day rally generated a large amount of resistive volume
to the upside. |
Buy Put #3
09/17/2004
Was left opened in previous
"Best Trade" |
Because we are not
convinced that the market has fully compensated for all of last week’s
(and to a lesser extent, this week’s) output of resistive volume, we see
the possibility of a move lower in the short-term (i.e., over the coming
week). In addition, we point to the large output of resistive volume at
the end of the day. |
Sell Put #1, 2,
3
09/24/2004 |
11:30 - 12:30 As the
market moved down it generated the largest supportive VMA spike of the
day |
These are the trades which netted the returns
shown above:
Date |
Trade |
Strike |
Expiration |
Contracts |
Contract
Price |
Amount |
Profit |
| 09/09/2004 |
Buy Put #1 |
$35 |
Nov. - QQQQWI |
75 |
$1.45 |
-$10875 |
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09/24/2004 |
Sell Put #1 |
$35 |
Nov. - QQQQWI |
75 |
$1.2 |
+$9000 |
-$1,875 |
| 09/10/2004 |
Buy Put #2 |
$35 |
Nov. - QQQQWI |
100 |
$1.2 |
-$12000 |
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09/24/2004 |
Sell Put #2 |
$35 |
Nov. - QQQQWI |
100 |
$1.2 |
+$12000 |
$0 |
| 09/17/2004 |
Buy Put #3 |
$35 |
Nov. - QQQQWI |
125 |
$0.95 |
-$11875 |
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09/24/2004 |
Sell Put #3 |
$35 |
Nov. - QQQQWI |
125 |
$1.2 |
+$15000 |
+$3,125 |
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Total: |
1,250
(3.6%) |
Disclaimer: We discuss our “best trades” here mainly for educational
purposes. 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.
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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