Comments on: 7 Great Stocks to Short with the Market Heading Down http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2008/02/07/7-great-stocks-to-short-with-the-market-heading-down/ Investing Online Made Easy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:55:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Blain Reinkensmeyer http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2008/02/07/7-great-stocks-to-short-with-the-market-heading-down/comment-page-1/#comment-39646 Blain Reinkensmeyer Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:06:14 +0000 http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2008/02/07/7-great-stocks-to-short-with-the-market-heading-down/#comment-39646 Enron or Worldcom, or heck even more recently CFC would have worked well too... Enron or Worldcom, or heck even more recently CFC would have worked well too…

]]> By: RayJMan http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2008/02/07/7-great-stocks-to-short-with-the-market-heading-down/comment-page-1/#comment-39615 RayJMan Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:29:23 +0000 http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2008/02/07/7-great-stocks-to-short-with-the-market-heading-down/#comment-39615 Well, i started thinking about the last post, and options are helpful but may be confusing to the new investor. Also sometimes they are misleading (there was a recent major investor that bought $41 puts on the QQQQs...being a bull ...well I may have a differing opinion). Also, a lot of data to sort through by expiration date. I like to keep an eye on them, but forgot to add the basic on shorts, which is: Short Interest! Short Interest is what I also use in analyzing a stock's direction as well (since the original article was on shorts) as well as the Short Interest Ratio. Now if only we were all lucky to think of shorting MBIA or Amback about a year ago....;-) Happy Investing, Ray Well, i started thinking about the last post, and options are helpful but may be confusing to the new investor. Also sometimes they are misleading (there was a recent major investor that bought $41 puts on the QQQQs…being a bull …well I may have a differing opinion). Also, a lot of data to sort through by expiration date. I like to keep an eye on them, but forgot to add the basic on shorts, which is:

Short Interest!
Short Interest is what I also use in analyzing a stock’s direction as well (since the original article was on shorts) as well as the Short Interest Ratio.
Now if only we were all lucky to think of shorting MBIA or Amback about a year ago….;-)
Happy Investing, Ray

]]> By: RayJMan http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2008/02/07/7-great-stocks-to-short-with-the-market-heading-down/comment-page-1/#comment-39458 RayJMan Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:54:09 +0000 http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2008/02/07/7-great-stocks-to-short-with-the-market-heading-down/#comment-39458 Sorry for the long post on the above, if you are looking at analyzing a stock look at options and: Open Volume Open Interest Calls vs. Puts Then do the math and weigh it in, but don't let it make your ultimate decision! Sorry for the long post on the above, if you are looking at analyzing a stock look at options and:
Open Volume
Open Interest
Calls vs. Puts
Then do the math and weigh it in, but don’t let it make your ultimate decision!

]]> By: RayJMan http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2008/02/07/7-great-stocks-to-short-with-the-market-heading-down/comment-page-1/#comment-39457 RayJMan Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:50:59 +0000 http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2008/02/07/7-great-stocks-to-short-with-the-market-heading-down/#comment-39457 Filtering down stocks and investment interest.... As a new investor (although I have not traded actively in options), I'm always coming up with new ideas. One that came to me when watching Fast Money on MSNBC was weighing the call vs. put volume vs. an invividual stock. Albeit, it may a bit off, I often look at the underlying strike price on an option when purchasing an inividual stock (as well as doing the homework of course). Disclaimer: you always want to look at the underlying fundmentals (nope, I don't trade off of charts well at least until I've done my homework). My favorite site is google as you can look up the ticker symbol and it gives you the put (option to sell the stock) vs. call (option to buy the stock). I know options are advanced, but think of it as a raincheck, for more information.... look up options on yahoo. I myself use them as an underlying indicator to help me with my "homework" on a stock and what traders are thinking. The one thing that I don't know is.....what % of Mutual funds own these underlying options, but sincerely, there are some invidual investors that deserve some attention, even though they may be wrong (such as the one that bought 200,000 puts on QQQQ last week). Also, keep in mind, buying Puts are lower risk than shorting a stock directly (disclaimer I don't have shorts as I trade on cash, but have cashed out on my bearish position [look for ultrashort ETFs if interested]). Also of interest is: http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/08/17/37-tips-facts-and-rules-for-trading-stocks-in-a-bear-market/ Thank you Blain. #5 & #6 of course...... My broker keeps telling me how much $$ i've made. As an individual investor, I keep thing CDs. This guy can set the bar higher [which so far he hasn't] or we as investors can do our own research and set our own goals. Filtering down stocks and investment interest….
As a new investor (although I have not traded actively in options), I’m always coming up with new ideas. One that came to me when watching Fast Money on MSNBC was weighing the call vs. put volume vs. an invividual stock. Albeit, it may a bit off, I often look at the underlying strike price on an option when purchasing an inividual stock (as well as doing the homework of course). Disclaimer: you always want to look at the underlying fundmentals (nope, I don’t trade off of charts well at least until I’ve done my homework).
My favorite site is google as you can look up the ticker symbol and it gives you the put (option to sell the stock) vs. call (option to buy the stock). I know options are advanced, but think of it as a raincheck, for more information…. look up options on yahoo. I myself use them as an underlying indicator to help me with my “homework” on a stock and what traders are thinking. The one thing that I don’t know is…..what % of Mutual funds own these underlying options, but sincerely, there are some invidual investors that deserve some attention, even though they may be wrong (such as the one that bought 200,000 puts on QQQQ last week).
Also, keep in mind, buying Puts are lower risk than shorting a stock directly (disclaimer I don’t have shorts as I trade on cash, but have cashed out on my bearish position [look for ultrashort ETFs if interested]).

Also of interest is:
http://www.stocktradingtogo.com/2007/08/17/37-tips-facts-and-rules-for-trading-stocks-in-a-bear-market/
Thank you Blain.
#5 & #6 of course……
My broker keeps telling me how much $$ i’ve made. As an individual investor, I keep thing CDs. This guy can set the bar higher [which so far he hasn't] or we as investors can do our own research and set our own goals.

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