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    Trading Plan for Jan 28, 2011

    Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): SSO (48.97), ZBRA (38.10), QID (10.49), SDS (22.29) Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): EXPD (55.26), DKS (35.79) BIAS: 14% Long Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): GDP (8:30am), Employment Cost Index (8:30am), Consumer Sentiment (9:55am) My Observations and What to Expect: Futures are slightly negative heading into the

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    Trading Plan for Jan 27, 2011

    Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): QID (10.49), SDS (22.29) Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): EXPD (55.26), DKS (35.79) BIAS: 21% Short (counting QID and SDS as shorts) Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): Durable Goods Orders (8:30am), Jobless Claims (8:30am), Pending Home Sales Index (10am), EIA Natural Gas Report (10:30am) My Observations

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    Trading Plan for Jan 26, 2011

    Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): QID (10.49), SDS (22.29) Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): T (28.74), EXPD (55.26), DKS (35.79) BIAS: 28% Short (counting QID and SDS as shorts) Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): MBA Purchase Applications (7am), New Home Sales (10am), EIA Petroleum Status Report (10:30am), FOMC Meeting Announcement (2:15pm)

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    Trading Plan for Jan 25, 2011

    Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): QID (10.49), GLD (128.65), SDS (22.29) Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): PII (75.36), T (28.74) BIAS: 21% Short (counting QID and SDS as shorts) Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): ICSC-Goldman Store Sales (7:45am), Redbook (8:55am), S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index (9am), FHFA House Price

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    Trading Plan for Jan 24, 2011

    Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): QID (10.49), GLD (128.65), SDS (22.29) Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): PII (75.36), T (28.74) BIAS: 21% Short (counting QID and SDS as shorts) Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): None My Observations and What to Expect: Futures are flat to slightly negative heading into

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    Trading Plan for Jan 21, 2011

    Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): QID (10.49) Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): GLD (136.40), PII (75.36), T (28.74) BIAS: 24% Short (counting QID as a short) Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): None My Observations and What to Expect: Futures are up moderately heading into the open.  Asian markets were

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    Trading Plan for Jan 20, 2011

    Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): GLD (136.40) BIAS: 7% Short Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST):  My Observations and What to Expect: Jobless Claims (8:30am), Existing Home Sales (10am), Leading Indicators (10am), Philadelphia Fed Survey (10am), EIA Natural Gas Report (10:30am), EIA Petroleum Status

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    Trading Plan for Jan 19, 2010

    Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): GLD (136.40) BIAS: 7% Short Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): MBA Purchase Applications (7am), ICSC-Goldman Store Sales (7:45am), Housing Starts (8:30am) My Observations and What to Expect: Futures are mixed heading into the open.  Asian markets showed a

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    Trading Plan for Jan 18, 2011

    Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None BIAS: 100% Cash Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): Empire State Manufacturing Survey (8:30am), Treasury International Capital (9am), Housing Market Index (10am) My Observations and What to Expect: Futures are mixed, with the Nasdaq down over 15 points

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    Trading Plan for Jan 14, 2011

    Current Long Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): MWV (26.37), MMM (85.55), FCX (118.75), FSLR (135.30), FFIV (140.95), SLB (81.35) Current Short Positions (stop-losses in parentheses): None BIAS: 35% Long Economic Reports Due Out (Times are EST): Consumer Price Index (8:30am), Retail Sales (8:30am), Industrial Production (9:15am), Consumer Sentiment (9:55am), Business Inventories (10am) My Observations and

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