Tough Shorts Today

gmanGeneral Comments9 Comments

When I woke up this morning and saw that the market was gaping down below the $99.5 in the SPY I was pumped! Finally some direction out of these dopey range market we established between 99.5 and 102 in the SPY. I came in with a short mentality as long as we were below that 99.5 level and it was … Read More

FAZ Party Coming Back

gmanGilbert Mendez's (Gman's) Blogs10 Comments

During Dec-Jan our desk traded almost exclusively these two triple leverage ETFs. They provided plenty of opportunity as they would move a lot, had plenty of order flow in them and traded somewhat cleanly. We stopped trading them the moment FAZ went below $8 as the volatility died down considerably and felt like we were trading $AIG below $1. Direxion … Read More