http://www.crowderoptions.com Patience, Position-Sizing and Proven Long-Term Performance Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:32:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en February ended well for the ETF Extremes with a 22.4% gain for the month. You can check it out at the following link: http://etfextremes.collective2.com As for March, well, I placed another trade today that can also be seen at the former link. The NASDAQ 100 (QQQQ) had pushed into a short-term ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/february-ended-well-march-1st-trade/ Here are the results from the month of February. As you can see the ETF Extremes strategy has had a wonderful 2010 so far, up roughly 20% YTD. I decided to move over to Collective2.com for the results aspect and show that the performance does speak for itself. There are many ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/february-strategy-review/ Check out our options strategies on Collective2.com. The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it. J.M. Barrie J.M. Barrie’s quote sums ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/acclaimed-options-strategie/ Check out the latest trade in the ETF Extremes options strategy at the following link: http://etfextremes.collective2.com The ETF Extremes Strategy is now up 19.5% YTD on just four trades. The strategy as not had a losing trade all year. Of course, this is not expected to continue as losses will occur. ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/another-trade-down-etf-extremes-options-strategy-up-almost-20-ytd/ I finally closed out of my ETF Extremes trade today for no loss/gain. QQQQ gapped up at the open so I decided to exit the trade given the short-term overbought state the Q's have entered. Furthermore, the Wilder RSI (2) in the tech-heavy index has pushed into an extreme state ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/fourth-trade-this-year-up/ The major market indices are firmly in a neutral state and my latest trade in the ETF Extremes is still going strong (okay, I agree, debatable). Last week was certainly a positive for the bulls and if the market is once again able to push higher early in the week I ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/trade-continues/ My latest trade has been open for 15 days which is at the high side of my typical trade (you can see this on the performance page on the site). The trade has been open for as long as it has due to the continued oversold status and strong level of ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/trade-still-open/ The market ended a disappointing January with a sharp loss as market participants questioned whether the U.S. economy could sustain its large 4th quarter growth rate. Furthermore, poor earnings in the technology sector left the market wary which led to sharp declines in the high beta arena. As a result the ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/market-very-oversold-short-term-bounce-imminent/ Tomorrow should provide a the fuel for a decent move tomorrow given the FOMC. I would guess that the short-term trading range that we have entered over the past few trading days should be breached with ease tomorrow given the technical situation. Trade today: I placed a trade at 9:58 this ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/market-trade-bound/ Based on several indicators I follow I decided to hold off on a trade this morning. The bulls had problems pushing the market higher, but were able to at least hold off a bearish push through what seems to be a decent area of support (QQQQ- $44.00 level). Again, I would ... http://www.crowderoptions.com/market-advances-slightly-remains-in-oversold-state/