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  • OPNewsletter (Feb’09) : +2.78% (X-commissions) and +0.1% (/w Comissions)

    Such is the bear market, it leaves no one. Those who thought that major price indexes had successfully tested the Nov’08 market lows and that move December onwards marked a new primary bull market, were taken by surprise and Jan closed on a negative note. Dow closing almost 9% down for the month and other…

  • OPNewsletter Jan’09 : +4.06%, Feb’09 (Opening Soon)

    OP Newsletter Jan’09 Income portfolios grew to +6.84% excluding brokerage commissions. However, including commissions; overall OPN grew by +4.06%. Our Jan’09 Income Iron Condor is closed for +14.27%. Just for perspective, not even a single OPN RUT Iron condor lost money in 2008. For Jan’09 portfolios, OPN used up maximum of 34.14% of overall assumed…

  • The Wall Street Bailout Plan- OP’s Perspective

    The $700billion market bail out plan is disclosed and is for review withCongress. The Target is to get it to President table by Friday, according to Forbes. As per the same article– Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson “is in effect becoming the dictator of the American financial system for a few months, subject to congressional oversight,”…

  • OPNewsletter Returns +6.2% in Sept’08

    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…