This is one forecast I want to be wrong. I would like to be wrong as this doesn’t paint a good picture of broader economy. If general economy is bad, it’s tough time for everyone including me and I don’t want to forecast tough times. This post is available to only those who are blog [...]

A fantastic day (of course assuming that one embraces volatilities well) for some bearish play.

Bearish plays on a bearish day can yield significant returns but one needs to be very careful and should clearly defined entry and exit points well in advance. Before I share the list, pls note that we may play some speculative trades for OPNewsletter [...]

In what could be summarized as tumultuous month for the US markets, full of volatility and extreme intradays moves and strong reversals, OPNewsletter Sept portfolios returned +6.2% including commissions. This beats my revised target of 5% including comissions (vs earlier 5-7% x-comissions). This surely wasn’t an easy month for an income trader but a portfolio approach and diversification helped me achieve [...]