Another rough day in the markets and yet another new high for my portfolio. The portfolio is now up over 20% from the start of my trading, well off the 50% losses I was experiencing only a couple of weeks ago. Today’s closing trades included profits in XL, LM, CY, and SINA with losses in [...]
They weren’t kidding when they said markets generally close higher the first day of the 2nd half of the year. I was rather disappointed at the bounce this afternoon. It felt more forced than anything else. In any event, I went ahead and lightened my put positions a bit by selling off a third of [...]