Commodities

If USD goes down, commodity price will go up. If demands pick up, commodities will go up some more. There are many ETF or ETN in US for you to invest in commodities.

You can read more about the performance of commodities in the following links:

1. 2009 Commodity Fund Performance - Part I
2. 2009 Commodity Fund Performance - Part II
3. 2009 Commodity Fund Performance - Part III

iShares Silver Trust (SLV)

SLV Weekly Chart

SLV has broken from a descending flag. Should challenge the downtrend line soon. I'm long SLV.

September 08 Performance

These are the trades that I have closed for the month of September 2008:

1. LEH Oct Put (--): Poor management of position. Cut loss due to the reason that I'm very uncomfortable with any options that has less than 1 month lifetime.
2. CMG Sep Put (+): Just in time of getting myself out of this position as I thought that it will expired worthless. Lucky me.
3. MFC Sep Put (--): Not lucky enough for this one. Almost expired worthless.
4. PTR Sep Put (+): Sudden drop in HK shares. Lucky to make a profit with this one.
5. MET Sep Put (---): Expired worthless.
6. GHL Sep Put (---): Expired worthless.
7. COF Sep Put (---): Expired worthless.
8. SLT Sep Call (---): Expired worthless.
9. GS Oct Put (2+): Too bad I didn't have an Internet connection when GS crashes. Opportunity missed. The profit could have been equivalent to my initial capital. Just too bad.
10. BGC Nov Put (3+): After so many bad trades, just have to take some profit with this one.
11. SINA Dec Put (+): Take profit again because I was nervous about the bailout.

In total, I still manage to edge out a tiny profit for the month of September. My total account position is now above my initial capital (about 60% higher).

General Cable (BGC)

BGC Weekly Chart

General Cable (BGC) uptrend is broken. Supports at 54/36. 54 will be a tough one to crack. Bought puts.

Watch list for 14 July 2008

I'm bearish on the following:
Chubb Corp (CB): Looks like a break down from range trading. A triple top. Supports at 45/40/30.
Akamai (AKAM): Rising flag broken. Supports at 29/17/11.
Hewlett Packard (HPQ): Broken rising flag. Supports 40/38/30.
General Cable (BGC): Rising flag broken. Supports 54/36.
Google (GOOG): May cover gap fram 459-524. Technicals getting negative. Supports 520/420.

I'm bullish on gold:
Royal Gold (RGLD): Strong resistance at 35. Then 40.
Newmont (NEM): Uptrend forming. Resistance 56/61.

Steel Dynamics (STLD)

STLD Weekly Chart

Bought CALL for this counter as it will be closing at new high. Weekly chart indicates the possibility that it will break into new high soon.