http://www.crowderoptions.com Patience, Position-Sizing and Proven Long-Term Performance Thu, 28 May 2009 11:49:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, I am finally back on the blog after what seemed like an eternity on the Insiders Page. For some reason it is just much more fun writing on the blog and I hope it inspires me to write more frequently in the future. As for the strategies, well, it has ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/remember-this-is-a-marathon-and-not-a-sprint/   The market shot back up today and into what I consider an area of strong resistance at the 910 level on the S&P. As seen below the indexes are currently near an overbought level so I expect to see a short-term pullback. Moreover, we are entering a period of holiday ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/upcoming-holiday-bias-and-the-iron-condor/ What a crazy day! However, even though the gains were tremdendous the overbought/oversold indicators have not reached an extreme. We have not seen an extreme in well over a month, but as we all know from the ETF Extremes performance over the past three years, patience pays. So, hopefully we ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/upcoming-trade/ The Insiders Page will be up and running as of Monday 1/19. The Insiders' page will contain all the info that I have included here on the blog plus more. I apologize for those of you who frequented my blog on a daily basis for your trading (and by the ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/new-info/ Okay, I have been watching the market behind the scenes ot at least it feels that way. I guess not blogging on a daily basis after doing so for three years while give you that feeling. The hiatus, admittedly has been nice. However,  the anticipation of the new Insider's (being ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/step-one/ While the overall market suffered in 2008 our ETF Extremes strategy prospered (check out the performance page). As a result of the success in the strategy since its inception 3 years ago membership has grown and has forced us to make a few changes. Subscribers, again, thank you for your ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/cha-cha-changes/ I am making some big changes to the newsletter for 2009 so get ready. Subscribers will find that the changes will create much more value to their current subscriptions. I will also be offering some combo deals, plus quarterly and annual subscriptions. I will also be offering some strategy updates ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/change-is-a-comin/ Okay, where to start? I guess I should start by pointing out that the Health Care sector (XLV) was able to sustain a short-term overbought reading over the last two days which, well, could lead to another leg higher for the overall market, at least over the short-term. I think if ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/get-ready-bulls-hmm/ Well, I wanted to see the S&P futures (/ES) hold the 900 level and it did just that today. I was also hoping to see a gap up or at least a flat close, but instead the premarket blues bled into the opening bell and we witnesses a lower open. ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/futures-hold-900/ I am going to keep it rather short tonight. All of the major benchmarks have moved close to a  short-term overbought state after the nice rally today. The market moved higher at the open today and never looked back as the day progressed. The Fed announcement was just icing on the ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/potential-signal-ahead/