Archive for May, 2011

• Trade Idea: Ensco plc (ESV) VS Halliburton Company (HAL)
  Posted by DynamicHedge on May 31st, 2011 at 12:46 pm, Comments: 0

  My apologies in advance for a very quiet blogging week ahead.  I want to share a setup that is in focus this morning. You like [...]

• Sector Spotlight: Healthcare Stalls, Basic Materials Rally XLV XLB XLE
  Posted by DynamicHedge on May 28th, 2011 at 11:47 am, Comments: 0

  Another go-nowhere week has come and gone.  Does anyone need a reminder of what time of year we are in?  The markets are boring and [...]

• Is Your Spread A Simple Directional Bet?
  Posted by DynamicHedge on May 24th, 2011 at 9:23 pm, Comments: 0

  Even when you balance your longs and shorts, your trade can still be a directional bet on the market.  Some have suggested that the $GDX [...]

• S&P 500 Futures ($ES_F): On Critical Support
  Posted by DynamicHedge on May 24th, 2011 at 11:07 am, Comments: 0

  If the market gives up this area and trades meaningfully below the red line we should be in for some volatility.  Sell stops will be [...]

• Sector Spotlight: Landmine Market Edition
  Posted by DynamicHedge on May 21st, 2011 at 9:33 pm, Comments: 0

  It was another go nowhere week where it paid to do nothing.  This is a market filled with landmines including the earnings fumble of $HPQ, [...]

• Update: Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) vs SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)
  Posted by DynamicHedge on May 20th, 2011 at 4:34 pm, Comments: 0

  I posted a guess as to what the $GDX – $GLD spread would do in the coming days and weeks and it looks like it [...]

• What Happens In Spring 2011 Will Rule The Fate Of Traders For 50 Years
  Posted by DynamicHedge on May 19th, 2011 at 8:26 pm, Comments: 0

  I’m currently on doctors orders to leave my desk and perform mindless tasks and then take a nap at least once per day.  Mid-day today [...]

• iShares Silver Trust (SLV): The Next Buy Signal of 2011
  Posted by DynamicHedge on May 17th, 2011 at 7:12 pm, Comments: 0

  I have no interest in speculating on the future price of silver ($SLV).  Let me be clear: I have traded the price dislocations and volatility [...]

• Sector Spotlight: Financial Sector (XLF) Not Ready For Primetime
  Posted by DynamicHedge on May 14th, 2011 at 3:32 pm, Comments: 0

  This was the week that huffed and puffed and ultimately went nowhere.  The market disproved my notion that financials were a be a sector to [...]

• Thesis Vs Statistics: Trading Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) vs SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)
  Posted by DynamicHedge on May 11th, 2011 at 10:33 pm, Comments: 0

  There are times when you trade in conflict.  At the end of March I wrote that I wanted to get ahead of a bigger trend [...]