When the going gets TOUGH...

The TOUGH go to Tim Knight, founder of Prophet.net and my FAVORITE Bear Blog, The Slope of Hope. Tim is an Uber-Bear, so he THRIVES on down markets, so in my opinion, it is a GREAT place to find shelter (and get some awesome Bearish ideas) in turbulent times like now.

I am in all cash right now, with the exception of VLO, which I have held a long time, and will continue to hold and sell Covered Calls. However, if this is the start of a correction (and there are a LOT of broken support lines today), then it could ba a time to back up the truck and wait for some excellent buying opportunities.

If this seems to be a longer term Bear trend, and you don't like to short the market or buy Puts, you can always buy the Bearish ETF's: DXD (Dow), QID (NASDAQ) and SDS (S&P).

This also may be a good time for some "Dead Cat Bounces," stocks which get pummeled in earnings (or get dropped for no other reason but the sector/market tide is moving out), but end up rebounding a few points a few days later.

Let's get some ideas out there for the group to analyze some trades and put our collective heads together and make some MAAAAAAD MONEY! (I made a LOT of $$$ using the "Force Index" indicator which I never knew of until I attended April's meeting...so yes, we ALL can learn a little something together!)

Remember....ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS manage your risk!!!

Happy Trading

Oil and Gas Operations

Hey Gang:

Just a quick FYI...there seems to be a incoming tide into Oil and Gas Operations ($OILPRD) as there has been a heavy flow of institutional money into the sector recently. Here is a quick snapshot of the Big Chart on VLO.

The sector was at a low of "0" back on 2/2, but now it is at "86." That is a sector rotation if I ever saw one. Perhaps with summer driving season coming up, they are looking at the refiners like VLO, TSO and company?

Happy Trading!