OBXTrader's Account Talk

[Birchtree]

Try not to sit on your bum for too long - you'll get sore and please protect your neck from looking up. We currently have a bull market on steroids while the uptrend continues.

 

[OBXTrader]

No worries Birchtree. I had a lot of housecleaning to do with dangly bits. I just hit the pause button on my terms. I still have one IFT left and cash now in brokerage account and not with mutual fund companies. So, this is all good.

Not that I am the smartest guy in the room, but I don't days in the market where AAPL is getting pummeled.

Try not to sit on your bum for too long - you'll get sore and please protect your neck from looking up. We currently have a bull market on steroids while the uptrend continues.

 

[OBXTrader]

No dip buyers late, rising VIX, falling gold, 10 year spiking up and sentiment survey through the roof bullish, what does tomorrow hold?

Better selling one day early than one day late. Leave room at the top.

 

[OBXTrader]

I did a one day trade earlier in month for small gain before the drop. Used my second IFT to buy L2050 yesterday and moved it 100% to G Fund COB today. Will take my 2% gain for the month and draw G Fund interest until November 1st.

No dip buyers late, rising VIX, falling gold, 10 year spiking up and sentiment survey through the roof bullish, what does tomorrow hold?

Better selling one day early than one day late. Leave room at the top.

 

[OBXTrader]

Sat out all of November drawing G Fund interest. Depending on what day you use, I didn't miss too much, I went all-in L2050 today for my first IFT of December.

Still waiting for a good entry point for the money consolidated in my IRA brokerage account.

 

[OBXTrader]

Entry point today for IRA's. Bought near noontime lows with some cash left for future.

Sat out all of November drawing G Fund interest. Depending on what day you use, I didn't miss too much, I went all-in L2050 today for my first IFT of December.

Still waiting for a good entry point for the money consolidated in my IRA brokerage account.

 

[OBXTrader]

COB 12/16 EFT L2050 to L2020. A steady day today should result in small gain since I bought on the 11th, not the 12th in TSP. Still some skin in the game with 2020.

Sold 90% of IRA ETF's at market peak this morning that were purchased at market low on Dec. 12th. Not much, but I will take a 1.5% gain for not even two 1/2 days and one full day in market.

 

[OBXTrader]

With early trading, kind of glad I took 75% of my equities off the table in retirement savings accounts yesterday. Hope for a bounce, I am still in the L2020 and another Target Fund.

COB 12/16 EFT L2050 to L2020. A steady day today should result in small gain since I bought on the 11th, not the 12th in TSP. Still some skin in the game with 2020.

Sold 90% of IRA ETF's at market peak this morning that were purchased at market low on Dec. 12th. Not much, but I will take a 1.5% gain for not even two 1/2 days and one full day in market.

 

[OBXTrader]

Well, I came out of G Fund hibernation where I have been hiding since 12/19/13. Did first IFT into L2030 COB today, 1/24/14. If market decides to decline more toward end of month will make second IFT move to L2050.

With early trading, kind of glad I took 75% of my equities off the table in retirement savings accounts yesterday. Hope for a bounce, I am still in the L2020 and another Target Fund.

 

[OBXTrader]

Stayed pat in L2030. However, during session low bought some ETFs I had on watchlist. My feeling (not enough to bet on a leveraged fund) was market would crawl back. So, no move L2050 for me today.

Well, I came out of G Fund hibernation where I have been hiding since 12/19/13. Did first IFT into L2030 COB today, 1/24/14. If market decides to decline more toward end of month will make second IFT move to L2050.

 

[OBXTrader]

Been asleep at the switch, had life outside of investing. Sat in G Fund most of last month. Forget the tracker, I am not good enough to update as I am on the road when I do transactions.

Did a round trip to the L2050 yesterday and back to the G Fund today. I will draw interest on the account until April comes round. If making money was only this easy all the time.

 

[OBXTrader]

I still had my two IFT's, so I moved 50% out of G into L2050. Still have one to burn, but if I only had one left, I would have waited to Monday.

Kudos to JTH for a great run down, I am hoping for exactly what's currently happening, but there still is an hour to go. At 11:55, it was looking close to moving into positive territory and I thought I wasted an IFT. Again, couldn't enter in auto-tracker since I was all thumbs on my mobile device bouncing down the road, so my ranking is way jacked up this year. It's about +1.5% or so despite what tracker shows from last round-trip. We'll see what Monday holds.

Been asleep at the switch, had life outside of investing. Sat in G Fund most of last month. Forget the tracker, I am not good enough to update as I am on the road when I do transactions.

Did a round trip to the L2050 yesterday and back to the G Fund today. I will draw interest on the account until April comes round. If making money was only this easy all the time.

 

[JTH]

I still had my two IFT's, so I moved 50% out of G into L2050. Still have one to burn, but if I only had one left, I would have waited to Monday.

Kudos to JTH for a great run down, I am hoping for exactly what's currently happening, but there still is an hour to go. At 11:55, it was looking close to moving into positive territory and I thought I wasted an IFT. Again, couldn't enter in auto-tracker since I was all thumbs on my mobile device bouncing down the road, so my ranking is way jacked up this year. It's about +1.5% or so despite what tracker shows from last round-trip. We'll see what Monday holds.

Glad to see your trades are working out, with 2 IFTs you've managed to secure the position after the S&P 500 has dropped over -4% & the W4500 over -7%

 

[OBXTrader]

Still sitting in G Fund. Couldn't reconcile why 10 year bonds were falling with stocks rising. I tell myself it's the beginning of the month and DCA allotments are buying stocks for employees is all and the smart folks are buying bonds. That's too simple.

I am still up 2.71% for the year in my real world TSP (not on auto-tracker).

The month will provide an opportunity for a trader.

 

[OBXTrader]

Day's not over, but the 10 year bonds are still falling. Would like to hear a bullish/bearish reason for this. Tom often comments in his daily update on watching the bond traders as a leading indicator.

Kept me on the bench yesterday due to mixed signals. This month will still provide an opportunity for a trader.

Still sitting in G Fund. Couldn't reconcile why 10 year bonds were falling with stocks rising. I tell myself it's the beginning of the month and DCA allotments are buying stocks for employees is all and the smart folks are buying bonds. That's too simple.

I am still up 2.71% for the year in my real world TSP (not on auto-tracker).

The month will provide an opportunity for a trader.

 

[OBXTrader]

This is like a broken record 10 year dropping and stocks are up. I don't feel like I am missing anything sitting in the G Fund drawing interest until the right time. No regrets only being up 2.76% for the year in my TSP.

Day's not over, but the 10 year bonds are still falling. Would like to hear a bullish/bearish reason for this. Tom often comments in his daily update on watching the bond traders as a leading indicator.

Kept me on the bench yesterday due to mixed signals. This month will still provide an opportunity for a trader.

 

[OBXTrader]

We'll see what the day holds, but TZA just moved into positive territory.

This is like a broken record 10 year dropping and stocks are up. I don't feel like I am missing anything sitting in the G Fund drawing interest until the right time. No regrets only being up 2.76% for the year in my TSP.

 

[WorkFE]

just stopping by to put some traffic on your street.

 

[userque]

me too

 

[OBXTrader]

Good to see you Gents, thanks for visiting my street. You must have read my post on another thread.

I was sending a gentle heads up to the risk adverse (like me) among us.