Comments on: "The Santa Monica Technique" http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/01/santa-monica-technique.html Frustrated or intrigued by email teasers from investment newsletters and advisers? We solve them and track their performance here ... so stick around, participate and subscribe (it's free)! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:52:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: BETTY ZUCHARO http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/01/santa-monica-technique.html/comment-page-1#comment-7854 BETTY ZUCHARO Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:46:49 +0000 http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/01/01/the-santa-monica-technique/#comment-7854 Yes, I agree ..In this market climate you must be on both sides of market.. Yes, I agree ..In this market climate
you must be on both sides of market..

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/01/santa-monica-technique.html/comment-page-1#comment-865 Anonymous Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:27:00 +0000 http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/01/01/the-santa-monica-technique/#comment-865 Since we are taking options,a strategy I have used with success is buying options at the same strike price, yes,going long and short at the same time. This allows you to trade both sides of the market at the same time.The biggest risk is a flat market.Trade this pattern 6 months out. Try it on paper first.If your short options and long futures,use a stop loss to exit the future at the strike price,and your in position to make money on the downside. Ignore this trading pattern if you have no stomach for risk and have a long term investor mentality. Had Amaranth used this technique in the nat gas market,they wouldnt have gone bust. Since we are taking options,a strategy I have used with success is buying options at the same strike price, yes,going long and short at the same time. This allows you to trade both sides of the market at the same time.The biggest risk is a flat market.Trade this pattern 6 months out. Try it on paper first.If your short options and long futures,use a stop loss to exit the future at the strike price,and your in position to make money on the downside. Ignore this trading pattern if you have no stomach for risk and have a long term investor mentality. Had Amaranth used this technique in the nat gas market,they wouldnt have gone bust.

]]> By: Hexdek16 http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/01/santa-monica-technique.html/comment-page-1#comment-864 Hexdek16 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:45:00 +0000 http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/01/01/the-santa-monica-technique/#comment-864 Well wishes for a New Year! May the trade winds favor you & always sell at the top! <br/><br/><br/>Regards. Well wishes for a New Year! May the trade winds favor you & always sell at the top!

Regards.

]]> By: 4Life http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/01/santa-monica-technique.html/comment-page-1#comment-863 4Life Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:45:00 +0000 http://www.stockgumshoe.com/2008/01/01/the-santa-monica-technique/#comment-863 Interesting read. I like the old rule of if you don't understand it well enough to explain it, you shouldn't invest in it. The company I work closed a significant acquisition this year. Leading up to it we hedged the interest rate with derivative instruments. Even our high-priced investment bankers were surprised at the outcome - one in which they had not contemplated and resulted in us writing an 8-diget check. Investor beware!<br/><br/>Best Wishes,<br/><a HREF="http://Dividends4life.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Dividends4Life</a> Interesting read. I like the old rule of if you don’t understand it well enough to explain it, you shouldn’t invest in it. The company I work closed a significant acquisition this year. Leading up to it we hedged the interest rate with derivative instruments. Even our high-priced investment bankers were surprised at the outcome – one in which they had not contemplated and resulted in us writing an 8-diget check. Investor beware!

Best Wishes,
Dividends4Life

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