Issue 277

Posted: October 26th, 2009 | Author: WMS

Market Strategies

Covering Investing Success Strategies For
Stocks – Bonds – Interest Rates – Natural Resources – Currencies – Venture Capital – Gold

A Publication of Princeton Research, Inc. (www.PrincetonResearch.com)
Contributing Staff: Michael King and Dr. Jan Vandersande

October 26, 2009 Market Strategies Guide To Successful Trading

INDEX OPTION RECOMMENDATIONS

Last we recommended to buy the DOW November 102 Put (DIAWX) at last Monday’s opening (which was at 3.25) to play an expected pullback. Place a stop at half the cost of the option (1.65). Take half profits at DOW 9,800. We have a small profit on this option.

For investors it has continually been recommended that some puts are held to protect one’s portfolio (portfolio insurance) against sharp market sell-offs. New and/or additional positions should have been bought on the rally into mid-October. For those who have no put options to protect your portfolio we recommended the following options, especially on any rally: the DOW November 100 puts (diawv) or the November 98 puts (davwt) and the QQQQ November 42 puts (qqqwp) or November 44 puts (qqqwr).

For those of you who do not buy puts to protect your portfolio, there is an ETF that is the inverse of the DOW. The symbol is DOG and goes up when the DOW goes down and down when the DOW goes up.

Issue 276

Posted: October 19th, 2009 | Author: WMS

Market Strategies

Covering Investing Success Strategies For
Stocks – Bonds – Interest Rates – Natural Resources – Currencies – Venture Capital – Gold

A Publication of Princeton Research, Inc. (www.PrincetonResearch.com)
Contributing Staff: Michael King and Dr. Jan Vandersande

October 19, 2009 Market Strategies Guide To Successful Trading

INDEX OPTION RECOMMENDATIONS

We were stopped out of our October 100 DOW put option (DIAVV) last week Monday as per last week’s instruction. The week after an up expiration week is usually down so we will try puts again. Buy the DOW November 102 Put (DIAWX). We will use Monday’s opening price for portfolio calculations. Place a stop at half the cost of the option. Take half profits at DOW: 9,800.

For investors it has continually been recommended that some puts are held to protect one’s portfolio (portfolio insurance) against sharp market sell-offs. New and/or additional positions should have been bought on the rally into mid-October. For those who have no put options to protect your portfolio we recommended the following options, especially on any rally: the DOW November 100 puts (diawv) or the November 98 puts (davwt) and the QQQQ November 42 puts (qqqwp) or November 44 puts (qqqwr).

For those of you who do not buy puts to protect your portfolio, there is an ETF that is the inverse of the DOW. The symbol is DOG and goes up when the DOW goes down and down when the DOW goes up.

Issue 275

Posted: October 12th, 2009 | Author: WMS

Market Strategies

Covering Investing Success Strategies For
Stocks – Bonds – Interest Rates – Natural Resources – Currencies – Venture Capital – Gold

A Publication of Princeton Research, Inc. (www.PrincetonResearch.com)
Contributing Staff: Michael King and Dr. Jan Vandersande

October 12, 2009 Market Strategies Guide To Successful Trading

INDEX OPTION RECOMMENDATIONS

We closed out the remaining half of our October 100 DOW put option (DIAVV) at the open on Monday at 5.20 as per last week’s instruction. We made a nice profit on that trade. On Wednesday we bought this option again at 3.10 and posted the trade on our website. We are holding this option at a loss. Risk half the cost of the option which is 1.55. It expires on Friday and we will hold until expiration unless it is stopped out.

For investors it has continually been recommended that some puts are held to protect one’s portfolio (portfolio insurance) against sharp market sell-offs. New and/or additional positions can be bought on the expected rally into mid-October. For those who have no put options to protect your portfolio we recommended the following options, especially on any rally: the DOW November 100 puts (diawv) or the November 98 puts (davwt) and the QQQQ November 42 puts (qqqwp) or November 44 puts (qqqwr).

For those of you who do not buy puts to protect your portfolio, there is an ETF that is the inverse of the DOW. The symbol is DOG and goes up when the DOW goes down and down when the DOW goes up.

Stock Option Recommendations

New Recommendations

AFFX- Affymetrix- 9.69- has rallied from 8 to 10 in a week so is overbought and should pullback. Puts are thus timely. Buy the November 10 Put- FIQWB- 1.05- for a move to 8.50 and then possibly lower. Place a stop loss on the option when the stock closes over 11. Take half profits when the stock is at 8.50.

SLB- Schlumberger- 62.89 – has rallied from 56 to resistance at 63 in a week so is overbought and should pullback. Buy the November 65 Put- SLBWM- 4.50- for a move to 58 and then possibly lower. Place a stop loss on the option when the stock closes over 65. Take half profits when the stock is at 58.

DOW- DOW Chemical- 26.15 – has rallied back to resistance at 26-27 and is overbought after rallying from 20 to 27 in a month hence should now pullback. Buy the November 27 Put- NZAWA- 2.35- for a move to 23 and then possibly lower. Place a stop loss on the option when the stock closes over 28. Take half profits when the stock is at 23.